1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 54th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry won their fourteenth All-Ireland title, putting them level with Dublin in the all-time standings.[1][2][3]
All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Kerry (14th win) |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Meath |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Galway |
Championship statistics | |
← 1939 1941 → |
Format
Munster Championship format change
There is normal format of 2 Quarter-finals vs 2 Semi-finals in place.
All Ireland semi-finals system
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual in rotation of every 3rd year, 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. Ulster
- Connacht V. Leinster
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Sligo | 2-4 – 1-7 | Mayo |
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Sligo | 0-7 – 3-2 | Mayo |
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Galway | 1-7 – 0-5 | Mayo |
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St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Laois | 1-7 – 1-6 | Carlow |
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Offaly | 1-13 – 1-5 | Wicklow |
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Referee: G Higgins
Meath | 3-11– 1-7 | Longford |
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Dublin | 1-9– 2-5 | Louth |
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Laois | 3-4– 0-4 | Wexford |
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Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Offaly | 2-6 – 0-8 | Kildare |
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Meath | 1-7 – 0-4 | Dublin |
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St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Offaly | 0-7 – 2-7 | Laois |
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Referee: T Kehoe
Meath | 2-7 – 1-7 | Laois |
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Munster Senior Football Championship
Kerry | 4-9 – 1-2 | Limerick |
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Tipperary | 2-7 – 1-5 | Cork |
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Referee: P. McKenna (L)
Clare | 1-6 – 2-3 | Waterford |
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The Cricket Field, Kilrush
Kerry | 4-8 – 1-5 | Tipperary |
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Referee: S. Murphy ( C )
Clare | 1-3 – 2-5 | Waterford |
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Kerry | 1-10 – 0-6 | Waterford |
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Ulster Senior Football Championship
Antrim | 3-3 – 0-12 | Cavan |
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Donegal | 0-6 – 0-5 | Armagh |
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Down | 3-8 – 2-5 | Tyrone |
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Antrim | 0-4 – 6-13 | Cavan |
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Cavan | 0-12 – 2-3 | Donegal |
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Attendance: 3,000
Monaghan | 2-3 – 2-3 | Down |
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St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Monaghan | 1-3 – 0-8 | Down |
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Cavan | 4-10 – 1-5 | Down |
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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Galway | 3-8 – 2-5 | Meath |
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Kerry | 3-4 – 0-8 | Cavan |
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Kerry | 0-7 – 1-3 | Galway |
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Attendance: 60,821
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
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References
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