1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (14th win)
Captain Seán Brosnan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Galway
Captain John "Tull" Dunne
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Meath
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
← 1939
1941 →

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 54th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry won their fourteenth All-Ireland title, putting them level with Dublin in the all-time standings. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Format

Provincial Championships format changes

Leinster Championship format change

A reduced amount of counties in the championship of 1940.

Munster Championship format change

There is normal format of 2 Quarter-finals vs 2 Semi-finals in place. Limerick played final match until 1943 took a 2 year break.

All Ireland semi-finals system

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

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Sligo 2–4 – 1–7 Mayo
M O’Malley (1–0) & T Hoban (0–4, one free).
Sligo
Sligo 0–7 – 3–2 Mayo
G Ormsby (0–2), P Moclair (2–0) & sub J Laffey (1–0).
Sligo
Galway 1–7 – 0–5 Mayo
G Ormsby (0–1), P Laffey (0–1) & M O’Malley (0–3).
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Laois 1–7 – 1–6 Carlow
Geraldine Park, Athy
Offaly 1–13 – 1–5 Wicklow
Naas
Referee: G Higgins
Meath 3-11– 1–7 Longford
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Dublin 1-9– 2–5 Louth
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Laois 3-4– 0–4 Wexford
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Offaly 2–6 – 0–8 Kildare
A.O'Leary 0–3, R.Martin 0–2, T.Mulhall, B.Dunne, T.Dalton 0–1.
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Meath 1–7 – 0–4 Dublin
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Offaly 0–7 – 2–7 Laois
Geraldine Park, Athy
Referee: T Kehoe (Wexford)
Meath 2–7 – 1–7 Laois
Jackie Maye 2–0, Kevin Devin 0-4f, Tony Donnelly 0–2, Peter McDermott 0–1Chris Delaney 0–5 (0-3f) and Danny Douglas 1–2
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 19,803
Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Kerry 4–9 – 1–2 Limerick
Tom Gega O'Connor (0–1), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (1–1), Murt Kelly (0–1), Tony McAuliffe (1–1), Dan Spring (1–3) & Jimmy O'Gorman (1–2).
Páirc Uí Chathaláin, Glin
Tipperary 2–7 – 1–5 Cork
R. Harmody (0–3), J. Young (1–1) & L. O’Sullivan (0–1).
Mitchelstown
Referee: P. McKenna (Limerick)
Clare 1–6 – 2–3 Waterford
The Cricket Field, Kilrush
Kerry 4–8 – 1–5 Tipperary
Johnny Walsh (0–1), Murt Kelly (0–2), Dan Spring (2–2), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (2–1) & Sub: Jim Bawn Fitzgerald (0–2) for Jack Walsh.
Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
Referee: S. Murphy ( C )
Clare 1–3 – 2–5 Waterford
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Kerry 1–10 – 0–6 Waterford
Tom Gega O'Connor (0–2), Sean Brosnan (1–2), Murt Kelly (0–2) & Dan Spring (0–2).
Walsh Park, Waterford

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Antrim 3–3 – 0–12 Cavan
Corrigan Park, Belfast
Donegal 0–6 – 0–5 Armagh
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Down 3–8 – 2–5 Tyrone
St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle
Antrim 0–4 – 6–13 Cavan
Breffni Park, Cavan
Cavan 0–12 – 2–3 Donegal
Bundoran
Attendance: 3,000
Monaghan 2–3 – 2–3 Down
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Monaghan 1–3 – 0–8 Down
St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle
Cavan 4–10 – 1–5 Down
Breffni Park, Cavan

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway 3–8 – 2–5 Meath
Croke Park, Dublin
Kerry 3–4 – 0–8 Cavan
Tom Gega O'Connor (0–1), Johnny Walsh (1–1) & Sean Brosnan (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Kerry 0–7 – 1–3 Galway
Tom Gega O'Connor (0–1), Murt Kelly (0–2), Dan Spring (0–1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–2) & Sub, Paddy Bawn Brosnan (0–1) for Dan Spring.J. Duggan (1–0), B. Nestor, J. Dunne & J. Burke (0–1) each.
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 60,821
Referee: Seamus Burke, (Kildare)

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. ↑ "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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