1939_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship
1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
53rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition
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.[1][2][3]
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 26 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Kerry (13th win) |
| Captain | Tom O'Connor |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Meath |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Meath |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1938 1940 → | |
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
Connacht Senior Football Championship
| Semifinal | Final | ||||||||
 Galway
| 0-03 | ||||||||
 Mayo
| 2-10 | Mayo
| 2-06 | ||||||
 Sligo
| 0-02 | ||||||||
| Mayo | 2-10 – 0-2 | Sligo |
|---|---|---|
| H Kenny (0-1), M Hannon (0-1), J Munnelly (1-3), P Moclair (1-1), T Hoban (0-4). |
Leinster Senior Football Championship
| Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
 Longford
| 0-17 | ||||||||
| 4-04 |  Westmeath
| ||||||||
| 3-04 | |||||||||
 Carlow
| 2-05 | ||||||||
| Carlow
| 2-08 | ||||||||
 Wicklow
| 1-03 | ||||||||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Wexford
| 0-06 | |||||||||||||
| Longford
| 0-04 | |||||||||||||
| Wexford
| 1-07 | |||||||||||||
 Louth
| 0-07 | |||||||||||||
| Louth
| 3-04 | |||||||||||||
 Dublin
| 1-06 | |||||||||||||
| Wexford
| 2-03 | |||||||||||||
 Meath
| 2-07 | |||||||||||||
| Meath
| 1-09 | |||||||||||||
 Laois
| 1-07 | |||||||||||||
| Meath
| 2-10 | |||||||||||||
 Kildare
| 2-08 | |||||||||||||
| Kildare
| 2-11 | |||||||||||||
 Offaly
| 1-01 | |||||||||||||
| Kildare | 2-11 – 1-1 | Offaly |
|---|---|---|
| M.Geraghty 1-5, T.Dalton 1-1, P.Barry 0-2, M.Brosnan, P.Waters, H.Ennis 0-1. |
| Meath | 2-10 – 2-8 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| W.Ryan 1-1, M.Geraghty 0-3, P.Barry 1-0, P.Waters, R.Martin, M.Brosnan, T.Dalton 0-1. |
| Meath | 2-7 – 2-3 | Wexford |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Munster Senior Football Championship
| Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinal | ||||||||||||
 Clare
| 1-08, 2-14 | |||||||||||||
 Limerick
| 2-05, 0-03 | |||||||||||||
| Clare
| 1-06 | |||||||||||||
 Tipperary
| 4-05 | |||||||||||||
| Tipperary
| 1-09 | |||||||||||||
 Cork
| 0-08 | Cork
| 2-02 | |||||||||||
 Waterford
| 0-07 | |||||||||||||
| Final | ||||
 Kerry
| 2-11 | |||
| Tipperary
| 0-04 | |||
| Cork | 0-8 – 0-7 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| D. O’Connor & P. Barron (0-1), R. Harnedy (1-1), P.O’Sullivan (0-1), J. Young & R. Keily (0-2). |
| Kerry | 2-11 – 0-4 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny Walsh (0-1), Tony McAuliffe (1-1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), Mikey Lyne (0-3) & Murt Kelly (1-4). |
Ulster Senior Football Championship
| Preliminary round | ||||
 Down
| 1-06 | |||
 Antrim
| 1-05 | |||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Armagh
| 1-06, 1-06 | |||||||||||||
 Monaghan
| 1-06, 0-02 | |||||||||||||
| Armagh
| 2-04, 1-04 | |||||||||||||
 Cavan
| 2-06, 2-03 | |||||||||||||
 Donegal
| 0-06 | |||||||||||||
| Down
| 1-01 | |||||||||||||
| Donegal
| 0-04 | |||||||||||||
| Cavan
| 5-12 | |||||||||||||
| Cavan
| 4-11 | |||||||||||||
 Tyrone
| 1-02 | |||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1M | Kerry
| 0-04, 3-08 | |||||||
| 1C | Mayo
| 0-04, 1-04 | |||||||
| 1M | Kerry
| 2-05 | |||||||
| 1L | Meath
| 2-03 | |||||||
| 1L | Meath
| 1-09 | |||||||
| 1U | Cavan
| 1-01 | |||||||
| Kerry | 0-4 – 0-4 | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| 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). |
| Kerry | 3-8 – 1-4 | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| 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). |
Miscellaneous
- Meath win their second Leinster Title first since 1895.
- Kerry are now one behind Dublin with All Ireland titles.
- 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.
- "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
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