1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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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]

Teams26
Winning teamKerry (13th win)
CaptainTom O'Connor
Losing teamMeath
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1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Teams26
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (13th win)
CaptainTom O'Connor
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMeath
CaptainMatt Gilsenan
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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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

Semifinal Final
Galway 0–03
Mayo 2–10 Mayo 2–06
Sligo 0–02
More information Mayo, 2–10 – 0–2 ...
Mayo2–10 – 0–2Sligo
H Kenny (0–1), M Hannon (0–1), J Munnelly (1–3), P Moclair (1–1), T Hoban (0–4).
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Attendance: 4,000
More information Mayo, 2–6 – 0–3 ...
Mayo2–6 – 0–3Galway
P Flannelly (0–3), M Hannon (0–1); J Munnelly (0–1), P Moclair (2–1).
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Attendance: 20,000

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


More information Longford, 0–17 – 4–4 ...
Longford0–17 – 4–4Westmeath
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More information Wicklow, 1–3 – 2–8 ...
Wicklow1–3 – 2–8Carlow
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More information Longford, 3–4 – 2–5 ...
Longford3–4 – 2–5Carlow
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More information Louth, 3–4 – 1–6 ...
Louth3–4 – 1–6Dublin
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More information Meath, 1–9 – 1–7 ...
Meath1–9 – 1–7Laois
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More information Kildare, 2–11 – 1–1 ...
Kildare2–11 – 1–1Offaly
M.Geraghty 1–5, T.Dalton 1–1, P.Barry 0–2, M.Brosnan, P.Waters, H.Ennis 0–1.
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Referee: D Hamilton (Dublin)
More information Wexford, 0–6 – 0–4 ...
Wexford0–6 – 0–4Longford
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More information Wexford, 1–7 – 0–7 ...
Wexford1–7 – 0–7Louth
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More information Meath, 2–10 – 2–8 ...
Meath2–10 – 2–8Kildare
W.Ryan 1–1, M.Geraghty 0–3, P.Barry 1–0, P.Waters, R.Martin, M.Brosnan, T.Dalton 0–1.
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Attendance: 20,000
More information Meath, 2–7 – 2–3 ...
Meath2–7 – 2–3Wexford
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
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Attendance: 20,000
Referee: J. Dunne (Dublin)

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


More information Cork, 0–8 – 0–7 ...
Cork0–8 – 0–7Waterford
D. O’Connor & P. Barron (0–1), R. Harnedy (1–1), P.O’Sullivan (0–1), J. Young & R. Keily (0–2).
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More information Clare, 1–8 – 2–5 ...
Clare1–8 – 2–5Limerick
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More information Tipperary, 1–9 – 2–2 ...
Tipperary1–9 – 2–2Cork
D. Murphy & P. O’Sullivan (0–1).
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Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
More information Clare, 2–14 – 0–3 ...
Clare2–14 – 0–3Limerick
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Attendance: 2,000
More information Tipperary, 4–5 – 1–6 ...
Tipperary4–5 – 1–6Clare
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Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
More information Kerry, 2–11 – 0–4 ...
Kerry2–11 – 0–4Tipperary
Johnny Walsh (0–1), Tony McAuliffe (1–1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1), Mikey Lyne (0–3) & Murt Kelly (1–4).
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Referee: D. Goode (W)

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
More information Down, 1–6 – 1–5 ...
Down1–6 – 1–5Antrim
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More information Cavan, 4–11 – 1–2 ...
Cavan4–11 – 1–2Tyrone
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Attendance: 3,000
More information Donegal, 0–6 – 1–1 ...
Donegal0–6 – 1–1Down
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Magheragallon
More information Monaghan, 1–6 – 1–6 ...
Monaghan1–6 – 1–6Armagh
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More information Monaghan, 0–2 – 1–6 ...
Monaghan0–2 – 1–6Armagh
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More information Cavan, 5–12 – 0–4 ...
Cavan5–12 – 0–4Donegal
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Attendance: 8,000
More information Cavan, 2–6 – 2–4 ...
Cavan2–6 – 2–4Armagh
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More information Cavan, 2–3 – 1–4 ...
Cavan2–3 – 1–4Armagh
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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
More information Kerry, 0–4 – 0–4 ...
Kerry0–4 – 0–4Mayo
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).
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More information Meath, 1–9 – 1–1 ...
Meath1–9 – 1–1Cavan
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More information Kerry, 3–8 – 1–4 ...
Kerry3–8 – 1–4Mayo
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).
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More information Kerry, 2–5 – 2–3 ...
Kerry2–5 – 2–3Meath
Murt Kelly (0–2), Johnny Walsh (0–1), Dan Spring (2–1) & Tim Landers (0–1).
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Attendance: 46,828
Referee: 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.[4]
  • 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.

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