1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 53rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Teams26
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (13th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1938
1940 →

Format

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 Quarter finals along with Tipperary, Limerick and Clare the winners of the game played in a lone Semi final. The format was previously used in 1933 and was used again in 1941.

All Ireland Semi Finals 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  
Mayo2-10 – 0-2Sligo
Attendance: 4,000
Mayo2-6 – 0-3Galway
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 20,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship
  Preliminary Round 1     Preliminary Round 2
                 
    Longford 3-04
  Wicklow 1-03     Carlow 2-05
  Carlow 2-08  
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals 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



Wicklow1-3 – 2-8Carlow
Longford3-4 – 2-5Carlow
Louth3-4 – 1-6Dublin
Meath1-9 – 1-7Laois
Kildare2-11 – 1-1Offaly
Nolan Park, Kilkenny
Referee: D Hamilton
Wexford0-6 – 0-4Longford
Wexford1-7 – 0-7Louth
Meath2-10 – 2-8Kildare
Attendance: 20,000
Meath2-7 – 2-3Wexford

Munster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary Round Quarter-Finals Semi-Final
     
        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


Cork0-8 – 0-7Waterford
Clare1-8 – 2-5Limerick
Tipperary1-9 – 2-2Cork
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Clare2-14 – 0-3Limerick
The Cricket Field, Kilrush
Attendance: 2,000
Tipperary4-5 – 1-6Clare
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Kerry2-11 – 0-4Tipperary
Referee: D. Goode (W)

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary Round
   
Down 1-06
Antrim 1-05
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals 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
Cavan4-11 – 1-2Tyrone
Attendance: 3,000
Preliminary Round
Down1-6 – 1-5Antrim
Donegal0-6 – 1-1Down
Magheragallon
Monaghan1-6 – 1-6Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Monaghan0-2 – 1-6Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Cavan5-12 – 0-4Donegal
Attendance: 8,000
Cavan2-6 – 2-4Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Cavan2-3 – 1-4Armagh


All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-Finals 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
Kerry0-4 – 0-4Mayo
Meath1-9 – 1-1Cavan
Kerry3-8 – 1-4Mayo
Main article: 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry2-5 – 2-3Meath
Attendance: 46,828

Championship statistics

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 semi-final 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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