The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all. It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s. It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway. The 1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 54th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kerry completed a three-in-a-row with a goal by Tom "Gega" O'Connor. The attendance was affected by restrictions under "The Emergency", with a thousand fans travelling by peat-fueled train, and two Kerrymen cycling a tandem bicycle from Killarney to Dublin. It was the second of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s. It was also the second of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway. Kennedy won a Kerry County Championship with Kerins O'Rahillys in 1939 and 4 Dublin County Championships: three with Geraldines and one with the Garda club he joined in the late 1930s.