1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (14th win)
CaptainSeán Brosnan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
CaptainJohn "Tull" Dunne
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
← 1939
1941 →

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]

Format

Provincial Championships format changes

Leinster Championship format change

A reduced amount of counties in the championship of 1940.

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

Sligo2-4 – 1-7Mayo
M O’Malley (1-0) & T Hoban (0-4, one free).
Sligo0-7 – 3-2Mayo
G Ormsby (0-2), P Moclair (2-0) & sub J Laffey (1-0).
Galway1-7 – 0-5Mayo
G Ormsby (0-1), P Laffey (0-1) & M O’Malley (0-3).

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Laois1-7 – 1-6Carlow
Offaly1-13 – 1-5Wicklow
Referee: G Higgins
Meath3-11– 1-7Longford
Dublin1-9– 2-5Louth
Laois3-4– 0-4Wexford
Offaly2-6 – 0-8Kildare
A.O'Leary 0-3, R.Martin 0-2, T.Mulhall, B.Dunne, T.Dalton 0-1.
Meath1-7 – 0-4Dublin
Offaly0-7 – 2-7Laois
Referee: T Kehoe (Wexford)
Meath2-7 – 1-7Laois
Jackie Maye 2-0, Kevin Devin 0-4f, Tony Donnelly 0-2, Peter McDermott 0-1 Chris Delaney 0-5 (0-3f) and Danny Douglas 1-2
Attendance: 19,803
Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Kerry4-9 – 1-2Limerick
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (1-1), Murt Kelly (0-1), Tony McAuliffe (1-1), Dan Spring (1-3) & Jimmy O'Gorman (1-2).
Páirc Uí Chathaláin, Glin
Tipperary2-7 – 1-5Cork
R. Harmody (0-3), J. Young (1-1) & L. O’Sullivan (0-1).
Referee: P. McKenna (Limerick)
Clare1-6 – 2-3Waterford
Kerry4-8 – 1-5Tipperary
Johnny Walsh (0-1), Murt Kelly (0-2), Dan Spring (2-2), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (2-1) & Sub: Jim Bawn Fitzgerald (0-2) for Jack Walsh.
Referee: S. Murphy ( C )
Clare1-3 – 2-5Waterford
Kerry1-10 – 0-6Waterford
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-2), Sean Brosnan (1-2), Murt Kelly (0-2) & Dan Spring (0-2).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Antrim3-3 – 0-12Cavan
Donegal0-6 – 0-5Armagh
Down3-8 – 2-5Tyrone
Antrim0-4 – 6-13Cavan
Cavan0-12 – 2-3Donegal
Attendance: 3,000
Monaghan2-3 – 2-3Down
Monaghan1-3 – 0-8Down
Cavan4-10 – 1-5Down

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway3-8 – 2-5Meath
Kerry3-4 – 0-8Cavan
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Johnny Walsh (1-1) & Sean Brosnan (0-1).
Kerry0-7 – 1-3Galway
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Murt Kelly (0-2), Dan Spring (0-1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-2) & Sub, Paddy Bawn Brosnan (0-1) for Dan Spring.
Attendance: 60,821
Referee: Seamus Burke, Kildare

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Meath retain the Leinster title for the first time in history.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Galway and Meath was their first championship meeting.
  • Kerry are now level with Dublin for the most All Ireland titles.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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