The GAA Archive holds a number of interesting GAA related documents. Each month staff at the GAA Museum choose one such document which is then displayed here as the 'Document of the Month'.

The document of the month chosen for September 2010 is the agreement between the GAA and the Kerry County Board for Kerry's temporary possession of the Sam Maguire Cup.

Kerry defeated Meath by 2-05 to 2-03 to win the 1939 All-Ireland senior football title. This agreement, dated the 5th of October 1939, stipulates that Kerry can temporarily hold the Sam Maguire Cup, valued at £150, and that the Board will ‘preserve and keep the same in good order, repair and condition, and shall not suffer the same to be lost, damaged, injured, destroyed or interfered with in any way’

Please click on the provided link to read the agreement in full