1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry football team 1939.jpg
Championship details
Teams26
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (13th win)
Captain Tom O'Connor
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Meath
Captain Matt Gilsenan
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Meath
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
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The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 53rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht final. Kerry were the winners. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Format

Provincial Championships format changes

Leinster Championship format change

2 Preliminary rounds instead of usual 1. Involved were Longford, Carlow, Westmeath & Wicklow of course the winners qualified for a quarterfinal to meet the stronger teams.

Munster Championship format change

In 1939 Kerry were given a bye to the Munster final, preliminary round was just a lone match between Cork vs Waterford, the winners of the game played in the quarterfinals along with Tipperary, Limerick and Clare, the winners of the game played in a lone Semifinal. The format was previously used in 1933 and was used again in 1941.

All Ireland semifinals system

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual in every 3rd year in rotation, 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:

Provincial championships

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Semifinal Final
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0–03
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2–10 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2–06
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0–02
Mayo 2–10 – 0–2 Sligo
H Kenny (0–1), M Hannon (0–1), J Munnelly (1–3), P Moclair (1–1), T Hoban (0–4).
Sligo
Attendance: 4,000
Mayo 2–6 – 0–3 Galway
P Flannelly (0–3), M Hannon (0–1); J Munnelly (0–1), P Moclair (2–1).
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 20,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Round 1 Round 2
      
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 0–17
4-04 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath
 3–04
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 2–05
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 2–08
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 1–03
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 0–06
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 0–04
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 1–07
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 0–07
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 3–04
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 1–06
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 2–03
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 2–07
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 1–09
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1–07
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 2–10
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 2–08
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 2–11
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 1–01


Longford 0–17 – 4–4 Westmeath
Pearse Park, Longford
Wicklow 1–3 – 2–8 Carlow
Enniscorthy
Longford 3–4 – 2–5 Carlow
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Louth 3–4 – 1–6 Dublin
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Meath 1–9 – 1–7 Laois
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Kildare 2–11 – 1–1 Offaly
M.Geraghty 1–5, T.Dalton 1–1, P.Barry 0–2, M.Brosnan, P.Waters, H.Ennis 0–1.
Nolan Park, Kilkenny
Referee: D Hamilton (Dublin)
Wexford 0–6 – 0–4 Longford
Croke Park, Dublin
Wexford 1–7 – 0–7 Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Meath 2–10 – 2–8 Kildare
W.Ryan 1–1, M.Geraghty 0–3, P.Barry 1–0, P.Waters, R.Martin, M.Brosnan, T.Dalton 0–1.
Drogheda Park, Drogheda
Attendance: 20,000
Meath 2–7 – 2–3 Wexford
Tony Donnelly 0–5 (0-3f), Jim Clarke and Hugh Lynch 1–0 each, Matty Gilsenan and Jack Cummins 0–1 eachTom Roche 1–2 and Joe Smyth 1–1
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: J. Dunne (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round Quarterfinals Semifinal
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1–08, 2–14
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 2–05, 0–03
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1–06
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 4–05
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1–09
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 0–08 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2–02
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 0–07
Final
   
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 2–11
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 0–04


Cork 0–8 – 0–7 Waterford
D. O’Connor & P. Barron (0–1), R. Harnedy (1–1), P.O’Sullivan (0–1), J. Young & R. Keily (0–2).
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Clare 1–8 – 2–5 Limerick
Cusack Park, Ennis
Tipperary 1–9 – 2–2 Cork
D. Murphy & P. O’Sullivan (0–1).
Mitchelstown
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Clare 2–14 – 0–3 Limerick
The Cricket Field, Kilrush
Attendance: 2,000
Tipperary 4–5 – 1–6 Clare
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Kerry 2–11 – 0–4 Tipperary
Johnny Walsh (0–1), Tony McAuliffe (1–1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1), Mikey Lyne (0–3) & Murt Kelly (1–4).
Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
Referee: D. Goode (W)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round
   
Colours of Down.svg Down 1–06
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 1–05
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
 
 
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 1–06, 1–06
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1–06, 0–02
 
 
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 2–04, 1–04
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 2–06, 2–03
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 0–06
Colours of Down.svg Down 1–01
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 0–04
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 5–12
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 4–11
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 1–02
Down 1–6 – 1–5 Antrim
Corrigan Park, Belfast
Cavan 4–11 – 1–2 Tyrone
Omagh
Attendance: 3,000
Donegal 0–6 – 1–1 Down
Magheragallon
Monaghan 1–6 – 1–6 Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Monaghan 0–2 – 1–6 Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Cavan 5–12 – 0–4 Donegal
Breffni Park, Cavan
Attendance: 8,000
Cavan 2–6 – 2–4 Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Cavan 2–3 – 1–4 Armagh
Croke Park, Dublin

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semifinals Final
      
1M Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 0–04, 3–08
1C Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0–04, 1–04
1M Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 2–05
1L Colours of Meath.svg Meath 2–03
1L Colours of Meath.svg Meath 1–09
1U Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 1–01
Kerry 0–4 – 0–4 Mayo
Sean Brosnan (0–2), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1) & Murt Kelly (0–1).P Flannelly (0–1), J Carney (0–1) & T Hoban (0–2, one free).
Croke Park, Dublin
Meath 1–9 – 1–1 Cavan
Croke Park, Dublin
Kerry 3–8 – 1–4 Mayo
P. Kennedy(0–1), J. G. O'Gorman (0–2), S. Brosnan (0–1), J. Walsh (1–1), T. Landers (0–2), D. Spring (1–0) & C. O'Sullivan (1–1).H Kenny (0–1), P Laffey (0–2), J Munnelly (1–0) & T Hoban (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Kerry 2–5 – 2–3 Meath
Murt Kelly (0–2), Johnny Walsh (0–1), Dan Spring (2–1) & Tim Landers (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 46,828
Referee: J Flaherty (Offaly)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Frontier Sentinel – Saturday 12 August 1939 "Central Council have fixed the replay for Croke Park to-morrow, so that Armagh and Cavan will appear on the same bill as Kerry and Mayo. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003475/19390812/243/0010
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