1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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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.[1][2][3]

Winning teamGalway (3rd win)
CaptainJohn "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe)
Losing teamKerry
CaptainBill Kinnerk
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1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamGalway (3rd win)
CaptainJohn "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
CaptainBill Kinnerk
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLaois
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
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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

More information Galway, 3–11 – 2–3 ...
Galway3–11 – 2–3Sligo
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More information Galway, 0–8 – 0–5 ...
Galway0–8 – 0–5Mayo
P Flannelly (0–4, three frees) & P Moclair (0–1).
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Attendance: 20,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

More information Louth, 2–4 – 0–3 ...
Louth2–4 – 0–3Westmeath
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More information Carlow, 2–5 – 2–5 ...
Carlow2–5 – 2–5Wicklow
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More information Offaly, 1–7 – 2–4 ...
Offaly1–7 – 2–4Wexford
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Referee: M Hennessy (Dublin)
More information Carlow, 5–9 – 1–7 ...
Carlow5–9 – 1–7Wicklow
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More information Offaly, 1–9 – 1–5 ...
Offaly1–9 – 1–5Wexford
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Referee: M Hennessy (Dublin)
More information Kildare, 4–7 – 3–5 ...
Kildare4–7 – 3–5Dublin
P.Geoghegan 2–0, J.Martin 1–3, M.Geraghty 0–2, P.Waters, G.Comerford 0–1 (1–0 was a forward scramble).
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More information Laois, 2–5 – 2–2 ...
Laois2–5 – 2–2Louth
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More information Meath, 4–4 – 2–7 ...
Meath4–4 – 2–7Carlow
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More information Offaly, 2–4 – 0–8 ...
Offaly2–4 – 0–8Longford
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Attendance: 8000
Referee: Seamus Burke (Kildare)
More information Laois, 4–6 – 2–3 ...
Laois4–6 – 2–3Meath
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More information Offaly, 0–6 – 4–8 ...
Offaly0–6 – 4–8Kildare
M.Geraghty, P.O'Brien, P.Geoghegan 1–1, W.Ryan 1–0, T.Mulhall 0–2, G.Comerford, C.Higgins 0–1.
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Referee: C Nolan
More information Laois, 2–8 – 1–3 ...
Laois2–8 – 1–3Kildare
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
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Attendance: 17,979
Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

More information Kerry, 2–6 – 0–1 ...
Kerry2–6 – 0–1Clare
Johnny Walsh (1–1), Eugene Powell (0–1), Murt Kelly (1–3) & Martin Regan (0–1).
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More information Tipperary, 1–10 – 1–8 ...
Tipperary1–10 – 1–8Waterford
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Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)
More information Cork, 2–7 – 2–3 ...
Cork2–7 – 2–3Limerick
R. Kiely (0–1), F. Healy (1–2), A. Ricken (0–1) & T. O’Reilly (1–2).
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More information Kerry, 2–6 – 1–3 ...
Kerry2–6 – 1–3Tipperary
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).
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Referee: T. Greaney (W)
More information Kerry, 4–14 – 0–6 ...
Kerry4–14 – 0–6Cork
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.
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Ulster Senior Football Championship

More information Armagh, 2–5 – 1–4 ...
Armagh2–5 – 1–4Antrim
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More information Monaghan, 3–3 – 0–6 ...
Monaghan3–3 – 0–6Tyrone
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More information Cavan, 3–10 – 1–4 ...
Cavan3–10 – 1–4Fermanagh
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More information Monaghan, 0–7 – 0–6 ...
Monaghan0–7 – 0–6Donegal
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More information Cavan, 1–4 – 2–7 ...
Cavan1–4 – 2–7Armagh
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Attendance: 8,000
More information Monaghan, 2–5 – 2–2 ...
Monaghan2–5 – 2–2Armagh
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

More information Galway, 2–10 – 2–3 ...
Galway2–10 – 2–3Monaghan
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More information Kerry, 2–6 – 2–4 ...
Kerry2–6 – 2–4Laois
Tony McAuliffe (0–2), Charlie O'Sullivan (1–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Murt Kelly (1–1) & John Joe Landers (0–1).
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More information Galway, 3–3 – 2–6 ...
Galway3–3 – 2–6Kerry
Sean Brosnan (0–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Tony McAuliffe (0–1), John Joe Landers (1–0), Miko Doyle (0–2) & Tim O'Leary (1–1).
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Attendance: 68,950
Referee: P. Maguire (Cavan)
More information Galway, 2–4 – 0–7 ...
Galway2–4 – 0–7Kerry
Sean Brosnan (0–3), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1) & Miko Doyle (0–3).
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Attendance: 47,851
Referee: 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)

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