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]
Championship details | |
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Teams | 26 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Kerry (13th win) |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Meath |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Mayo |
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 | |||||||
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0-03 | |||||||
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2-10 | |
2-06 | |||||
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0-02 |
Mayo | 2-10 – 0-2 | Sligo |
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Mayo | 2-6 – 0-3 | Galway |
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Leinster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary Round 1 | Preliminary Round 2 | |||||||
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3-04 | |||||||
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1-03 | |
2-05 | |||||
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2-08 |
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
0-06 | ||||||||||||||
0-04 | ||||||||||||||
1-07 | ||||||||||||||
0-07 | ||||||||||||||
3-04 | ||||||||||||||
1-06 | ||||||||||||||
2-03 | ||||||||||||||
2-07 | ||||||||||||||
1-09 | ||||||||||||||
1-07 | ||||||||||||||
2-10 | ||||||||||||||
2-08 | ||||||||||||||
2-11 | ||||||||||||||
1-01 | ||||||||||||||
Wicklow | 1-3 – 2-8 | Carlow |
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Longford | 3-4 – 2-5 | Carlow |
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Louth | 3-4 – 1-6 | Dublin |
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Meath | 1-9 – 1-7 | Laois |
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Kildare | 2-11 – 1-1 | Offaly |
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Wexford | 0-6 – 0-4 | Longford |
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Wexford | 1-7 – 0-7 | Louth |
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Meath | 2-10 – 2-8 | Kildare |
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Meath | 2-7 – 2-3 | Wexford |
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Munster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary Round | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Final | |||||||||||
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1-08, 2-14 | ||||||||||||
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2-05, 0-03 | ||||||||||||
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1-06 | ||||||||||||
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4-05 | ||||||||||||
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1-09 | ||||||||||||
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0-08 | |
2-02 | ||||||||||
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0-07 | ||||||||||||
Final | ||||
2-11 | ||||
0-04 | ||||
Cork | 0-8 – 0-7 | Waterford |
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Clare | 1-8 – 2-5 | Limerick |
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Tipperary | 1-9 – 2-2 | Cork |
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Clare | 2-14 – 0-3 | Limerick |
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Tipperary | 4-5 – 1-6 | Clare |
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Kerry | 2-11 – 0-4 | Tipperary |
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Ulster Senior Football Championship
Preliminary Round | ||||
1-06 | ||||
1-05 | ||||
Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||
1-06, 1-06 | ||||||||||||||
1-06, 0-02 | ||||||||||||||
2-04, 1-04 | ||||||||||||||
2-06, 2-03 | ||||||||||||||
0-06 | ||||||||||||||
1-01 | ||||||||||||||
0-04 | ||||||||||||||
5-12 | ||||||||||||||
4-11 | ||||||||||||||
1-02 | ||||||||||||||
Cavan | 4-11 – 1-2 | Tyrone |
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Donegal | 0-6 – 1-1 | Down |
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Monaghan | 1-6 – 1-6 | Armagh |
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Monaghan | 0-2 – 1-6 | Armagh |
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Cavan | 5-12 – 0-4 | Donegal |
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Cavan | 2-6 – 2-4 | Armagh |
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Cavan | 2-3 – 1-4 | Armagh |
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||
1M | 0-04, 3-08 | ||||||||
1C | 0-04, 1-04 | ||||||||
1M | 2-05 | ||||||||
1L | 2-03 | ||||||||
1L | 1-09 | ||||||||
1U | 1-01 | ||||||||
Kerry | 0-4 – 0-4 | Mayo |
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Meath | 1-9 – 1-1 | Cavan |
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Kerry | 3-8 – 1-4 | Mayo |
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Kerry | 2-5 – 2-3 | Meath |
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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.
References
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- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)