1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 Kerry football team 1939.jpg 1939 Kerry 13th Tom O'Connor Meath Matt Gilsenan Meath Kerry Cavan Mayo 1938 1940 26 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.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 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: Munster V. Connacht Ulster V. Leinster Provincial championships Connacht Senior Football Championship Semifinals border|20px Galway 0–03 border|20px Mayo 2–10 border|20px Mayo 2–06 border|20px Sligo 0–02 Final25 June 1939Semifinal Mayo football 2–10 – 0–2 Sligo football H Kenny (0–1), M Hannon (0–1), J Munnelly (1–3), P Moclair (1–1), T Hoban (0–4). Sligo 4,000 16 July 1939Final Mayo football 2–6 – 0–3 Galway football P Flannelly (0–3), M Hannon (0–1); J Munnelly (0–1), P Moclair (2–1). St. Coman's Park, Roscommon 20,000 Leinster Senior Football Championship border|20px Longford 0–17 4-04 border|20px Westmeath border|20px Carlow border|20px Wicklow 1–03 2–08 border|20px Longford 3–04 border|20px Carlow 2–05 Round 2 Round 1 Quarterfinals 0–07 border|20px Kildare 2–11 border|20px Offaly 1–01 border|20px Wexford 1–07 border|20px Louth 1–07 border|20px Meath 2–10 border|20px Kildare 2–08 border|20px Wexford 2–03 border|20px Meath border|20px Laois Semifinals Final border|20px Wexford 0–06 border|20px Longford 0–04 border|20px Louth 3–04 border|20px Dublin 1–06 border|20px Meath 1–09 2–07 7 May 1939Round 1 Longford football 0–17 – 4–4 Westmeath football Pearse Park, Longford 14 May 1939Round 1 Wicklow football 1–3 – 2–8 Carlow football Enniscorthy 28 May 1939Round 2 Longford football 3–4 – 2–5 Carlow football O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 28 May 1939Quarterfinal Louth football 3–4 – 1–6 Dublin football Páirc Tailteann, Navan 4 June 1939Quarterfinal Meath football 1–9 – 1–7 Laois football Cusack Park, Mullingar 11 June 1939Quarterfinal Kildare football 2–11 – 1–1 Offaly football M.Geraghty 1–5, T.Dalton 1–1, P.Barry 0–2, M.Brosnan, P.Waters, H.Ennis 0–1. Nolan Park, Kilkenny D Hamilton (Dublin) 11 June 1939Quarterfinal Wexford football 0–6 – 0–4 Longford football Croke Park, Dublin 2 July 1939Semifinal Wexford football 1–7 – 0–7 Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 9 July 1939Semifinal Meath football 2–10 – 2–8 Kildare football 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 20,000 30 July 1939Final Meath football 2–7 – 2–3 Wexford football Tony Donnelly 0–5 (0-3f), Jim Clarke and Hugh Lynch 1–0 each, Matty Gilsenan and Jack Cummins 0–1 each Tom Roche 1–2 and Joe Smyth 1–1 Croke Park, Dublin 20,000 J. Dunne (Dublin) Munster Senior Football Championship Preliminary round 4–05 border|20px Tipperary 1–06 border|20px Clare 2–02 border|20px Cork 1–09 Quarterfinals border|20px Tipperary 2–05, 0–03 border|20px Limerick 1–08, 2–14 border|20px Clare 0–08 border|20px Cork 0–07 border|20px Waterford 35 100 Semifinal35 Final border|20px Kerry 2–11 border|20px Tipperary 0–0414 May 1939Preliminary round Cork football 0–8 – 0–7 Waterford football 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 14 May 1939Quarterfinal Clare football 1–8 – 2–5 Limerick football Cusack Park, Ennis 4 June 1939Quarterfinal Tipperary football 1–9 – 2–2 Cork football D. Murphy & P. O’Sullivan (0–1). Mitchelstown S. Moynihan (K) 18 June 1939Quarterfinal Replay Clare football 2–14 – 0–3 Limerick football The Cricket Field, Kilrush 2,000 2 July 1939Semifinal Tipperary football 4–5 – 1–6 Clare football Gaelic Grounds, Limerick S. Moynihan (K) 23 July 1939Final Kerry football 2–11 – 0–4 Tipperary football 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 D. Goode (W) Ulster Senior Football Championship 55 Preliminary round border|20px Down 1–06 border|20px Antrim 1–05Quarterfinals 1–06, 0–02 border|20px Cavan 4–11 border|20px Tyrone 1–02 border|20px Armagh 1–06, 1–06 border|20px Monaghan 1–01 border|20px Donegal 0–04 border|20px Cavan 5–12 border|20px Armagh 2–04, 1–04 border|20px Cavan border|20px Down Semifinals Final border|20px Donegal 0–06 2–06, 2–03 25 June 1939Preliminary round Down football 1–6 – 1–5 Antrim football Corrigan Park, Belfast 25 June 1939Quarterfinal Cavan football 4–11 – 1–2 Tyrone football Omagh 3,000 2 July 1939Quarterfinal Donegal football 0–6 – 1–1 Down football Magheragallon 16 July 1939Semifinal Monaghan football 1–6 – 1–6 Armagh football St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney 23 July 1939Semifinal Replay Monaghan football 0–2 – 1–6 Armagh football St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney 23 July 1939Semifinal Cavan football 5–12 – 0–4 Donegal football Breffni Park, Cavan 8,000 6 August 1939Final Cavan football 2–6 – 2–4 Armagh football St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney 13 August 1939Final Replay Cavan football 2–3 – 1–4 Armagh football Croke Park, Dublin All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semifinals 1L border|20px Meath 1L 2–05 border|20px Kerry 1M 1–01 border|20px Cavan 1U 1–09 border|20px Meath 0–04, 1–04 Final border|20px Mayo 1C 0–04, 3–08 border|20px Kerry 1M 2–0313 August 1939Semifinal Kerry football 0–4 – 0–4 Mayo football 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 20 August 1939Semifinal Meath football 1–9 – 1–1 Cavan football Croke Park, Dublin 10 September 1939Semifinal Replay Kerry football 3–8 – 1–4 Mayo football 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 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 24 September 1939Final Kerry football 2–5 – 2–3 Meath football Murt Kelly (0–2), Johnny Walsh, Tim Landers(0–1) & Dan Spring (2–1). M. Glsenan, J. Clarke (1-2), T. Laners (0-1), M. Gilseana & J. Clarke (1-0) & T. Donnelly (0-3). Croke Park, Dublin 46,828 J Flaherty (Offaly) Championship statistics Miscellaneous Meath win their second Leinster Title first since 1895. Kerry are now one behind Dublin with All Ireland titles. The Ulster Final was originally scheduled for St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney, however it had to be abandoned when spectators encroached onto the pitch, with Cavan leading by two points. The replay was fixed for Croke Park the following week as a double-header of the All-Ireland semi-final between Kerry and Mayo.Frontier Sentinel – Saturday 12 August 1939 "Central Council have fixed the replay for Croke Park to-morrow, so that Armagh and Cavan will appear on the same bill as Kerry and Mayo. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0003475/19390812/243/0010 There were a number of first-time championship meetings; There were 2 first time championship meetings in the All Ireland Series at first in the semifinal stage a first meeting between Meath vs Cavan while the second was All Ireland final was the first championship meeting of Kerry vs Meath. References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship