December All-Ireland finals in December ... nothing new
December finals held in early years of GAA
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When the GAA announced the original schedule for the 2020 Provincial and All-Ireland hurling and football championships in October 2019, we had no idea then that the 2020 final between Dublin and Mayo would set the record for the latest playing of an All-Ireland football final in December in the 133 years of the championship.
But there were four December All-Ireland football finals in the early years of the 20th century!
The 1909, 1913, 1916 and 1917 finals were played on 5, 14, 17 and 9 December respectively, all in the year of the competition. In fact, the 1909 final was only the second final to be played in the correct year when Tralee Mitchels of Kerry defeated Tredaghs of Louth by 1-9 to 0-6 on 5 December.