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

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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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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