1940–41 National Football League (Ireland)

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.

1940–41 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1940 – 27 April 1941
League champions
WinnersMayo (7th win)
CaptainHenry Kenny
League runners-up
Runners-upDublin
CaptainP. Holly

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 divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.

Results

Northern Division

Down won, from Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Antrim.

8 December 1940 Round 4Down4-7 — 2-5DerryNewcastle[5]

Group B, Southern Division

Kerry won, ahead of Kildare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Wexford and Cork.

13 October 1940 Round 1Cork4-2 — 1-6KildareCork Athletic Grounds[6]
13 October 1940 Round 1Galway0-9 — 1-0WexfordWexford Park, Wexford
13 October 1940 Round 1Offaly1-3 — 1-6LaoisTullamore
27 October 1940 Round 2Kildare1-7 — 1-8KerryNaas[7]
27 October 1940 Round 2Galway1-12 — 2-2CorkLoughrea[8]
27 October 1940 Round 2Laois5-10 — 1-6WexfordPortlaoise[9]
10 November 1940 Round 3Kerry0-6 — 0-5GalwayListowel[10]
24 November 1940 Round 3Laois1-12 — 0-6KerryPortlaoise[11]
24 November 1940 Round 3Offaly4-3 — 0-2CorkTullamore[12]
24 November 1940 Round 3Galway2-2 — 0-6KildareTuam[13]
8 December 1940 Round 4Kerry1-8 — 1-5OffalyAustin Stack Park, Tralee[14]
8 December 1940 Round 4Cork0-9 — 0-3WexfordCork Athletic Grounds, Cork[15]
8 December 1940 Round 4Kildare3-6 — 2-7LaoisAthy[16]
26 January 1941 Round 5Wexford1-5 — 4-12KerryEnniscorthy[17]
2 February 1941 Round 6Offaly2-8 — 0-6KildareO'Connor Park, Tullamore[18]
23 February 1941 Round 6Kerry1-4 — 0-6CorkKenmare[19]

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 1Cavan1-5 — 1-9MayoBreffni Park, Cavan[20]
27 October 1940 Round 2Mayo0-7 — 0-7RoscommonCastlebar
27 October 1940 Round 2Mayo1-10 — 0-5DonegalBallina

Knockout Phase

Semi-Finals
Dublin2-7 – 1-4Kerry
Mayo0-11 – 1-4Down
J Munnelly 0-6; PJ Munnelly 0-4; T Hoban 0-1

Final
Mayo3-5 – 0-7Dublin
Josie Munnelly 2-2; Peter Laffey 1-2; PJ Judge 0-1
Attendance: 7,700[22]

References
  1. Mayo results archive
  2. GAA Final Teams
  3. "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  4. "18 counties kick-off in Football League", Irish Independent, 11 October 1940, p. 9
  5. "Down win their group", Irish Press, 8 December 1940, p. 9
  6. "Easy for Cork", Irish Independent, 14 October 1940, p. 9
  7. "Kildare hold the Champions to a point", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
  8. "Galway master Cork", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
  9. "League results", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
  10. "Kerry once more conquer Galway", The Kerryman, 16/11/1940, p. 7
  11. "Murt Kelly on mark as Kerry triumph", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
  12. "Offaly's wonder rally", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
  13. "Galway master Kildare", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
  14. "Offaly extend Kerry in football league", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
  15. "Cork maintain home record against Wexford", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
  16. "Laoighise take points from Kildare", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
  17. "Kerry's big win in Wexford", The Cork Examiner, 27/01/1941, p. 8
  18. "Offaly swamp Kildare in second half", Irish Press, 3 February 1941, p. 6
  19. "Cork give Kerry a fright", The Kerryman, 01/03/1941, p. 6
  20. http://mayogaablog.com/?page_id=5940
  21. "Kerry out of National League", The Kerryman, 15/03/1941, p. 6
  22. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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