'64 was another good year
May 12, 2020
Leinster SFC champions 1964. Front l-r: Tom Browne, Kevin McNamee, Pat Collier, Davy Carty, Dinny Donnelly, Gerry Quinn, Jimmy Walsh. Back l-r: Pat Reynolds, Peter Darby, Martin Quinn, Jack Quinn, Paddy Cromwell, Peter Moore, Olly Shanley, Bertie Cunningham.
Meath had some memorable days against neighbours Dublin in Croke Park over the years. The 1964 Leinster SFC final was one of them.
The Royals defeated Kildare 2-12 to 0-8 in the quarter final and overcame Louth 1-12 to 2-7 in the semi final but lost out to eventual champions Galway 1-8 to 0-9 in the All Ireland semi final.
Match report from the 1984 Leinster SFC final programme
Meath 2-12 Dublin 1-7
The Leinster senior football championship final played in Croke Park on July 26th, 1964 saw All Ireland champions Dublin unceremoniously knocked from their perch by a superbly fit Meath team that went from strength to strength and had gained complete mastery long before the final whistle.
In fact the margin of eight points only faintly represented a marked superiority that brought the Leinster crown to the Royal County for the first time since 1954.
McNamee opened the scoring with a Meath point in the fourth minute and ten minutes later Shanley punched a point from a free by Carty.
Dublin drew level with scores from Coen and Ferguson but Meath regained the lead when Shanley added points before a cross by Coen was punched to the Meath net by McDonald.
Coen added a point from a free and Carty replied for Meath before Casey had a Dublin point in the 25th minute. Walsh (Meath) and Coen (Dublin) exchanged points to leave the half-time score 1-6 to 1-5 in favour of Meath.
In the first minute of the second half Walsh pointed a Meath free and McDonald replied with a punched point for Dublin. Meath, however, then hit the high spots and points from Walsh and Shanley were followed by a goal from substitute Mulvaney.
McNamee added a point and after McDonald had pointed for Dublin, Meath finished with several wides and points from McNamee and Walsh (free).
Scorers Meath: O. Shanley 1-3, J. Walsh 0-4, P. Mulvanney 1-0, K. McNamee 0-3, D. Carty 0-2
Scorers Dublin: B. McDonald 1-2, S. Coen 0-3, D. Ferguson and W. Casey 0-1 each.
Meath: P. Cromwell, d. Donnelly, M. Quinn, P. Darby, P. Collier, B. Cunningham, P. Reynolds, J. Quinn, P. Moore, D. Carty, T. Browne, J. Walsh, G. Quinn, K. McNamee, O. Shanley. Sub: P. Mulvaney
Dublin: P. Flynn, L. Hickey, L. Foley, C. Kane, M. Kissane, P. Holden, M. Fox, D. Foley, S. Behan, R. McDonald, M. Whelan, S. Coen, G. Davey, M. Casey, D. Ferguson. Subs: E. Breslin, D. McKane, E. Fahy
Referee John Dowling Offaly
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