1940–41 National Football League (Ireland)
National football league in Ireland
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The 1940–41 National Football League was the 14th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 1940 – 27 April 1941 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Mayo (7th win) |
| Captain | Henry Kenny |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Dublin |
| Captain | P. Holly |
← 1939–40 1945–46 → | |
Mayo returned to the league and won a seventh title. Petrol rationing (due to The Emergency / Second World War) made the playing of the NFL prohibitively expensive and difficult and the tournament was suspended until the end of the war.[1][2][3]
22 counties competed in the league.[4]
Format
There were four regional divisions, with 7 teams in the Southern Division and 5 in the Northern, Eastern and Western Divisions. Division winners played off for the NFL title.
Results
Northern Division
Down won, from Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Antrim.
Group B, Southern Division
Kerry won, ahead of Kildare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Wexford and Cork.
| 13 October 1940 Round 1 | Cork | 4-2 — 1-6 | Kildare | Cork Athletic Grounds[6] |
| 13 October 1940 Round 1 | Galway | 0-9 — 1-0 | Wexford | Wexford Park, Wexford |
| 27 October 1940 Round 2 | Laois | 5-10 — 1-6 | Wexford | Portlaoise[9] |
| 24 November 1940 Round 3 | Laois | 1-12 — 0-6 | Kerry | Portlaoise[11] |
| 8 December 1940 Round 4 | Kerry | 1-8 — 1-5 | Offaly | Austin Stack Park, Tralee[14] |
| 8 December 1940 Round 4 | Cork | 0-9 — 0-3 | Wexford | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork[15] |
| 26 January 1941 Round 5 | Wexford | 1-5 — 4-12 | Kerry | Enniscorthy[17] |
| 2 February 1941 Round 6 | Offaly | 2-8 — 0-6 | Kildare | O'Connor Park, Tullamore[18] |
Group C, Eastern Division
Dublin won, from Westmeath, Louth, Meath, Longford.
Group A, Western Division
Mayo won, ahead of Cavan, Roscommon, Donegal and Sligo.
| 13 October 1940 Round 1 | Cavan | 1-5 — 1-9 | Mayo | Breffni Park, Cavan[20] |