1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (14th win)
Captain	Seán Brosnan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Galway
Captain	John "Tull" Dunne
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Galway
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. Limerick played final match until 1943 took a 2 year break.

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

30 June 1940
Semi-Final

Sligo	2-4 – 1-7	Mayo
		M O’Malley (1-0) & T Hoban (0-4, one free).

Sligo

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14 July 1940
Semi-Final Replay

Sligo	0-7 – 3-2	Mayo
		G Ormsby (0-2), P Moclair (2-0) & sub J Laffey (1-0).

Sligo

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21 July 1940
Final

Galway	1-7 – 0-5	Mayo
		G Ormsby (0-1), P Laffey (0-1) & M O’Malley (0-3).

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship

5 May 1940
Preliminary Round

Laois	1-7 – 1-6	Carlow

Geraldine Park, Athy

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19 May 1940
Preliminary Round

Offaly	1-13 – 1-5	Wicklow

Naas

Referee: G Higgins

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12 May 1940
Quarter-Final

Meath	3-11– 1-7	Longford

Cusack Park, Mullingar

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19 May 1940
Quarter-Final

Dublin	1-9– 2-5	Louth

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

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2 June 1940
Quarter-Final

Laois	3-4– 0-4	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

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23 June 1940
Quarter-Final

Offaly	2-6 – 0-8	Kildare
		A.O'Leary 0-3, R.Martin 0-2, T.Mulhall, B.Dunne, T.Dalton 0-1.

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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7 July 1940
Semi-Final

Meath	1-7 – 0-4	Dublin

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

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14 July 1940
Semi-Final

Offaly	0-7 – 2-7	Laois

Geraldine Park, Athy

Referee: T Kehoe (Wexford)

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28 July 1940
Final

Meath	2-7 – 1-7	Laois
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

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 19,803

Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

19 May 1940
Quarter-Final

Kerry	4-9 – 1-2	Limerick
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

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19 May 1940
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	2-7 – 1-5	Cork
		R. Harmody (0-3), J. Young (1-1) & L. O’Sullivan (0-1).

Mitchelstown

Referee: P. McKenna (Limerick)

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19 May 1940
Semi-Final

Clare	1-6 – 2-3	Waterford

The Cricket Field, Kilrush

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30 June 1940
Semi-Final

Kerry	4-8 – 1-5	Tipperary
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.

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Referee: S. Murphy ( C )

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30 June 1940
Semi-Final Replay

Clare	1-3 – 2-5	Waterford

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

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21 July 1940
Final

Kerry	1-10 – 0-6	Waterford
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-2), Sean Brosnan (1-2), Murt Kelly (0-2) & Dan Spring (0-2).

Walsh Park, Waterford

Ulster Senior Football Championship

23 June 1940
Quarter-Final

Antrim	3-3 – 0-12	Cavan

Corrigan Park, Belfast

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23 June 1940
Quarter-Final

Donegal	0-6 – 0-5	Armagh

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

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30 June 1940
Quarter-Final

Down	3-8 – 2-5	Tyrone

St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle

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7 July 1940
Quarter-Final Replay

Antrim	0-4 – 6-13	Cavan

Breffni Park, Cavan

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14 July 1940
Semi-Final

Cavan	0-12 – 2-3	Donegal

Bundoran

Attendance: 3,000

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14 July 1940
Semi-Final

Monaghan	2-3 – 2-3	Down

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

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21 July 1940
Semi-Final Replay

Monaghan	1-3 – 0-8	Down

St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle

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28 July 1940
Final

Cavan	4-10 – 1-5	Down

Breffni Park, Cavan

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

18 August 1940
Semi-Final

Galway	3-8 – 2-5	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

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18 August 1940
Semi-Final

Kerry	3-4 – 0-8	Cavan
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Johnny Walsh (1-1) & Sean Brosnan (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

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Main article: 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

22 September 1940
Final

Kerry	0-7 – 1-3	Galway
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.		J. Duggan (1-0), B. Nestor, J. Dunne & J. Burke (0-1) each.

Croke Park, Dublin

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.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.