1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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]

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (14th win)
CaptainSeán Brosnan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
CaptainJohn "Tull" Dunne
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
← 1939
1941 →

Format

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.

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
Sligo2-4 – 1-7Mayo
M O’Malley (1-0) & T Hoban (0-4, one free).
Sligo0-7 – 3-2Mayo
G Ormsby (0-2), P Moclair (2-0) & sub J Laffey (1-0).
Galway1-7 – 0-5Mayo
G Ormsby (0-1), P Laffey (0-1) & M O’Malley (0-3).

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Laois1-7 – 1-6Carlow
Offaly1-13 – 1-5Wicklow
Referee: G Higgins
Meath3-11– 1-7Longford
Dublin1-9– 2-5Louth
Laois3-4– 0-4Wexford
Offaly2-6 – 0-8Kildare
A.O'Leary 0-3, R.Martin 0-2, T.Mulhall, B.Dunne, T.Dalton 0-1.
Meath1-7 – 0-4Dublin
Offaly0-7 – 2-7Laois
Referee: T Kehoe (Wexford)
Meath2-7 – 1-7Laois
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
Attendance: 19,803
Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship
Kerry4-9 – 1-2Limerick
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
Tipperary2-7 – 1-5Cork
R. Harmody (0-3), J. Young (1-1) & L. O’Sullivan (0-1).
Referee: P. McKenna (Limerick)
Clare1-6 – 2-3Waterford
Kerry4-8 – 1-5Tipperary
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.
Referee: S. Murphy ( C )
Clare1-3 – 2-5Waterford
Kerry1-10 – 0-6Waterford
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-2), Sean Brosnan (1-2), Murt Kelly (0-2) & Dan Spring (0-2).

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Antrim3-3 – 0-12Cavan
Donegal0-6 – 0-5Armagh
Down3-8 – 2-5Tyrone
Antrim0-4 – 6-13Cavan
Cavan0-12 – 2-3Donegal
Attendance: 3,000
Monaghan2-3 – 2-3Down
Monaghan1-3 – 0-8Down
Cavan4-10 – 1-5Down

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Galway3-8 – 2-5Meath
Kerry3-4 – 0-8Cavan
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Johnny Walsh (1-1) & Sean Brosnan (0-1).
Main article: 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry0-7 – 1-3Galway
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.
Attendance: 60,821
Referee: 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
  1. "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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