1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (3rd win)
Captain	John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Bill Kinnerk
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Laois
Ulster	Monaghan
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
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The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 52nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway won their third title ending Kerry's year. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual, with a rotation system of every 3rd season from this year onwards meaning for with the four winners from Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals. The draw for these games was as follows:

• Connacht V. Ulster
• Munster V. Leinster

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

19 June 1938
Semi-Final

Galway	3–11 – 2–3	Sligo

Tuam

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17 July 1938
Final

Galway	0–8 – 0–5	Mayo
		P Flannelly (0–4, three frees) & P Moclair (0–1).

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Attendance: 20,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

1 May 1938
Preliminary Round

Louth	2–4 – 0–3	Westmeath

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

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8 May 1938
Preliminary Round

Carlow	2–5 – 2–5	Wicklow

Enniscorthy

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22 May 1938
Preliminary Round

Offaly	1–7 – 2–4	Wexford

Nolan Park, Kilkenny

Referee: M Hennessy (Dublin)

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5 June 1938
Preliminary Round Replay

Carlow	5–9 – 1–7	Wicklow

Naas

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12 June 1938
Preliminary Round Replay

Offaly	1–9 – 1–5	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: M Hennessy (Dublin)

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29 May 1938
Quarter-Final

Kildare	4–7 – 3–5	Dublin
P.Geoghegan 2–0, J.Martin 1–3, M.Geraghty 0–2, P.Waters, G.Comerford 0–1 (1–0 was a forward scramble).

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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3 July 1938
Quarter-Final

Laois	2–5 – 2–2	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

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3 July 1938
Quarter-Final

Meath	4–4 – 2–7	Carlow

Croke Park, Dublin

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10 July 1938
Quarter-Final

Offaly	2–4 – 0–8	Longford

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Attendance: 8000

Referee: Seamus Burke (Kildare)

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10 July 1938
Semi-Final

Laois	4–6 – 2–3	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

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24 July 1938
Semi-Final

Offaly	0–6 – 4–8	Kildare
		M.Geraghty, P.O'Brien, P.Geoghegan 1–1, W.Ryan 1–0, T.Mulhall 0–2, G.Comerford, C.Higgins 0–1.

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: C Nolan

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7 August 1938
Final

Laois	2–8 – 1–3	Kildare
Chris Delaney 0–4 (0-3f), Ned Begley and Jack McDarby 1–0 each, Danny Douglas and Mick Haughney 0–2 each		Tom Mulhall 1–1, P. Geoghegan and Joe Martin (0-1f) 0–1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 17,979

Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

29 May 1938
Quarter-Final

Kerry	2–6 – 0–1	Clare
Johnny Walsh (1–1), Eugene Powell (0–1), Murt Kelly (1–3) & Martin Regan (0–1).

Cusack Park, Ennis

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12 June 1938
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	1–10 – 1–8	Waterford

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)

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29 May 1938
Semi-Final

Cork	2–7 – 2–3	Limerick
R. Kiely (0–1), F. Healy (1–2), A. Ricken (0–1) & T. O’Reilly (1–2).

Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary

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3 July 1938
Semi-Final

Kerry	2–6 – 1–3	Tipperary
Charlie O'Sullivan (0–2), Eugene Powell (0–2), Con Geaney (0–1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1–0), Martin Regan (1–0) & Sub Tim O'Leary (0–1).

Mitchelstown

Referee: T. Greaney (W)

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7 August 1938
Final

Kerry	4–14 – 0–6	Cork
S. Brosnan (0–2), P. Kennedy (1–1), C. O'Sullivan (0–1), T. McAuliffe (1–1), M. Regan (0–4), M. Doyle (2–1) & T. O'Leary (0–4).		M. O’Connor & P. Harrington (0–2) each.

Clonakilty

Ulster Senior Football Championship

19 June 1938
Quarter-Final

Armagh	2–5 – 1–4	Antrim

Corrigan Park, Belfast

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19 June 1938
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	3–3 – 0–6	Tyrone

Omagh

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3 July 1938
Quarter-Final

Cavan	3–10 – 1–4	Fermanagh

Belturbet

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10 July 1938
Semi-Final

Monaghan	0–7 – 0–6	Donegal

Carndonagh

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17 July 1938
Semi-Final

Cavan	1–4 – 2–7	Armagh

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 8,000

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31 July 1938
Final

Monaghan	2–5 – 2–2	Armagh

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

14 August 1938
Semi-Final

Galway	2–10 – 2–3	Monaghan

Cusack Park, Mullingar

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21 August 1936
Semi-Final

Kerry	2–6 – 2–4	Laois
Tony McAuliffe (0–2), Charlie O'Sullivan (1–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Murt Kelly (1–1) & John Joe Landers (0–1).

Croke Park, Dublin

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Main article: 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

25 September 1938
Final

Galway	3–3 – 2–6	Kerry
		Sean Brosnan (0–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Tony McAuliffe (0–1), John Joe Landers (1–0), Miko Doyle (0–2) & Tim O'Leary (1–1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 68,950

Referee: P. Maguire (Cavan)

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23 October 1938
Final Replay

Galway	2–4 – 0–7	Kerry
		Sean Brosnan (0–3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1) & Miko Doyle (0–3).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 47,851

Referee: Peter Waters (Kildare)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• The Preliminary Round of the Leinster football championship saw 2 draws and replays, They were the matches between Carlow vs Wicklow and Offaly vs Wexford.
• Laois become the last team until Offaly (1971–1973) to complete a triple of Leinster titles.
• The All Ireland semi finals become Rotation of every 3 years from this years on words between the champions of each province.
• The All-Ireland final for the only time in history ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the 2nd year in a row.

Roll of Honour

• Dublin – 14 (1923)
• Kerry – 12 (1937)
• Wexford – 5 (1918)
• Kildare – 4 (1928)
• Tipperary – 4 (1920)
• Galway – 3 (1938)
• Cavan – 2 (1935)
• Limerick – 2 (1896)
• Cork – 2 (1911)
• Louth – 2 (1912)
• Mayo – 1 (1936)

References

1. "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.