1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (14th win)
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]

Format

Munster Championship format change

There is normal format of 2 Quarter-finals vs 2 Semi-finals in place.

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:

  • Munster V. Ulster
  • Connacht V. Leinster

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Sligo 2-4 – 1-7 Mayo
Sligo 0-7 – 3-2 Mayo
Galway 1-7 – 0-5 Mayo
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Laois 1-7 – 1-6 Carlow
Offaly 1-13 – 1-5 Wicklow
Referee: G Higgins
Meath 3-11– 1-7 Longford
Dublin 1-9– 2-5 Louth
Laois 3-4– 0-4 Wexford
Offaly 2-6 – 0-8 Kildare
Meath 1-7 – 0-4 Dublin
Offaly 0-7 – 2-7 Laois
Referee: T Kehoe
Meath 2-7 – 1-7 Laois

Munster Senior Football Championship

Kerry 4-9 – 1-2 Limerick
Tipperary 2-7 – 1-5 Cork
Referee: P. McKenna (L)
Clare 1-6 – 2-3 Waterford
Kerry 4-8 – 1-5 Tipperary
Referee: S. Murphy ( C )
Clare 1-3 – 2-5 Waterford
Kerry 1-10 – 0-6 Waterford

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Antrim 3-3 – 0-12 Cavan
Donegal 0-6 – 0-5 Armagh
Down 3-8 – 2-5 Tyrone
Antrim 0-4 – 6-13 Cavan
Cavan 0-12 – 2-3 Donegal
Attendance: 3,000
Monaghan 2-3 – 2-3 Down
Monaghan 1-3 – 0-8 Down
Cavan 4-10 – 1-5 Down

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway 3-8 – 2-5 Meath
Kerry 3-4 – 0-8 Cavan
Kerry 0-7 – 1-3 Galway
Attendance: 60,821

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Meath retain the Leinster title for the first time in history.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Galway and Meath was their first championship meeting.
  • Kerry are now level with Dublin for the most All Ireland titles.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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