1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 1938 Galway 3rd John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe) Kerry Bill Kinnerk Laois Kerry Monaghan Galway 1937 1939 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.http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA 2011-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030358/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html 2012-03-21 dead All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010 http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx 2011-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx 2011-07-16 dead Leinster Senior Football Champions http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf 2011-09-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf 2011-09-28 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 1938Semi-Final Galway football 3–11 – 2–3 Sligo football Tuam 17 July 1938Final Galway football 0–8 – 0–5 Mayo football P Flannelly (0–4, three frees) & P Moclair (0–1). St. Coman's Park, Roscommon 20,000 Leinster Senior Football Championship 1 May 1938Preliminary Round Louth football 2–4 – 0–3 Westmeath football Páirc Tailteann, Navan 8 May 1938Preliminary Round Carlow football 2–5 – 2–5 Wicklow football Enniscorthy 22 May 1938Preliminary Round Offaly football 1–7 – 2–4 Wexford football Nolan Park, Kilkenny M Hennessy (Dublin) 5 June 1938Preliminary Round Replay Carlow football 5–9 – 1–7 Wicklow football Naas 12 June 1938Preliminary Round Replay Offaly football 1–9 – 1–5 Wexford football Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow M Hennessy (Dublin) 29 May 1938Quarter-Final Kildare football 4–7 – 3–5 Dublin football 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 3 July 1938Quarter-Final Laois football 2–5 – 2–2 Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 3 July 1938Quarter-Final Meath football 4–4 – 2–7 Carlow football Croke Park, Dublin 10 July 1938Quarter-Final Offaly football 2–4 – 0–8 Longford football Cusack Park, Mullingar 8000 Seamus Burke (Kildare) 10 July 1938Semi-Final Laois football 4–6 – 2–3 Meath football Croke Park, Dublin 24 July 1938Semi-Final Offaly football 0–6 – 4–8 Kildare football 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 C Nolan 7 August 1938Final Laois football 2–8 – 1–3 Kildare football 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 17,979 Dave Hamilton (Dublin) Munster Senior Football Championship 29 May 1938Quarter-Final Kerry football 2–6 – 0–1 Clare football Johnny Walsh (1–1), Eugene Powell (0–1), Murt Kelly (1–3) & Martin Regan (0–1). Cusack Park, Ennis 12 June 1938Quarter-Final Tipperary football 1–10 – 1–8 Waterford football Fraher Field, Dungarvan D. Ryan (Kerry) 29 May 1938Semi-Final Cork football 2–7 – 2–3 Limerick football R. Kiely (0–1), F. Healy (1–2), A. Ricken (0–1) & T. O’Reilly (1–2). Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary 3 July 1938Semi-Final Kerry football 2–6 – 1–3 Tipperary football 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 T. Greaney (W) 7 August 1938Final Kerry football 4–14 – 0–6 Cork football 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 1938Quarter-Final Armagh football 2–5 – 1–4 Antrim football Corrigan Park, Belfast 19 June 1938Quarter-Final Monaghan football 3–3 – 0–6 Tyrone football Omagh 3 July 1938Quarter-Final Cavan football 3–10 – 1–4 Fermanagh football Belturbet 10 July 1938Semi-Final Monaghan football 0–7 – 0–6 Donegal football Carndonagh 17 July 1938Semi-Final Cavan football 1–4 – 2–7 Armagh football Athletic Grounds, Armagh 8,000 31 July 1938Final Monaghan football 2–5 – 2–2 Armagh football Athletic Grounds, Armagh All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 14 August 1938Semi-Final Galway football 2–10 – 2–3 Monaghan football Cusack Park, Mullingar 21 August 1936Semi-Final Kerry football 2–6 – 2–4 Laois football 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 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 25 September 1938Final Galway football 3–3 – 2–6 Kerry football B. Nestor (1-1), N. Mulholland & R. Griffin (1-0), J. Flavin & M. Kelly (0-1) each. Sean Brosnan, Paddy Kennedy & Tony McAuliffe (0–1) each, John Joe Landers (1–0), Miko Doyle (0–2) & Tim O'Leary (1–1). Croke Park, Dublin 68,950 P. Maguire (Cavan) 23 October 1938Final Replay Galway football 2–4 – 0–7 Kerry football B. Nestor (0-4), R. Griffin & J. Burke (0-2) each. Sean Brosnan (0–3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1) & Miko Doyle (0–3). Croke Park, Dublin 47,851 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 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship