1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 1940 Kerry 14th Seán Brosnan Galway John "Tull" Dunne Meath Kerry Cavan Galway 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 football in the all-time standings.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 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: Munster V. Ulster Connacht V. Leinster Results Connacht Senior Football Championship 30 June 1940Semi-Final Sligo football 2–4 – 1–7 Mayo football M O’Malley (1–0) & T Hoban (0–4, one free). Sligo 14 July 1940Semi-Final Replay Sligo football 0–7 – 3–2 Mayo football G Ormsby (0–2), P Moclair (2–0) & sub J Laffey (1–0). Sligo 21 July 1940Final Galway football 1–7 – 0–5 Mayo football G Ormsby (0–1), P Laffey (0–1) & M O’Malley (0–3). St. Coman's Park, Roscommon Leinster Senior Football Championship 5 May 1940Preliminary Round Laois football 1–7 – 1–6 Carlow football Geraldine Park, Athy 19 May 1940Preliminary Round Offaly football 1–13 – 1–5 Wicklow football Naas G Higgins 12 May 1940Quarter-Final Meath football 3-11– 1–7 Longford football Cusack Park, Mullingar 19 May 1940Quarter-Final Dublin football 1-9– 2–5 Louth football Páirc Tailteann, Navan 2 June 1940Quarter-Final Laois football 3-4– 0–4 Wexford football Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow 23 June 1940Quarter-Final Offaly football 2–6 – 0–8 Kildare football A.O'Leary 0–3, R.Martin 0–2, T.Mulhall, B.Dunne, T.Dalton 0–1. O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 7 July 1940Semi-Final Meath football 1–7 – 0–4 Dublin football St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge 14 July 1940Semi-Final Offaly football 0–7 – 2–7 Laois football Geraldine Park, Athy T Kehoe (Wexford) 28 July 1940Final Meath football 2–7 – 1–7 Laois football Jackie Maye 2–0, Kevin Devin 0-4f, Tony Donnelly 0–2, Peter McDermott 0–1 Chris Delaney 0–5 (0-3f) and Danny Douglas 1–2 Croke Park, Dublin 19,803 Dave Hamilton (Dublin) Munster Senior Football Championship 19 May 1940Quarter-Final Kerry football 4–9 – 1–2 Limerick football 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 19 May 1940Quarter-Final Tipperary football 2–7 – 1–5 Cork football R. Harmody (0–3), J. Young (1–1) & L. O’Sullivan (0–1). Mitchelstown P. McKenna (Limerick) 19 May 1940Semi-Final Clare football 1–6 – 2–3 Waterford football The Cricket Field, Kilrush 30 June 1940Semi-Final Kerry football 4–8 – 1–5 Tipperary football 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 S. Murphy ( C ) 30 June 1940Semi-Final Replay Clare football 1–3 – 2–5 Waterford football Fraher Field, Dungarvan 21 July 1940Final Kerry football 1–10 – 0–6 Waterford football 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 23 June 1940Quarter-Final Antrim football 3–3 – 0–12 Cavan football Corrigan Park, Belfast 23 June 1940Quarter-Final Donegal football 0–6 – 0–5 Armagh football Athletic Grounds, Armagh 30 June 1940Quarter-Final Down football 3–8 – 2–5 Tyrone football St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle 7 July 1940Quarter-Final Replay Antrim football 0–4 – 6–13 Cavan football Breffni Park, Cavan 14 July 1940Semi-Final Cavan football 0–12 – 2–3 Donegal football Bundoran 3,000 14 July 1940Semi-Final Monaghan football 2–3 – 2–3 Down football St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney 21 July 1940Semi-Final Replay Monaghan football 1–3 – 0–8 Down football St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle 28 July 1940Final Cavan football 4–10 – 1–5 Down football Breffni Park, Cavan All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 18 August 1940Semi-Final Galway football 3–8 – 2–5 Meath football Croke Park, Dublin 18 August 1940Semi-Final Kerry football 3–4 – 0–8 Cavan football Tom Gega O'Connor (0–1), Johnny Walsh (1–1) & Sean Brosnan (0–1). Croke Park, Dublin 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 22 September 1940 Final Kerry football 0–7 – 1–3 Galway football 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 60,821 Seamus Burke, (Kildare) 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 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship