1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Galway (3rd win) |
| Captain | John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kerry |
| Captain | Bill Kinnerk |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Laois |
| Ulster | Monaghan |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1937 1939 → | |
The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 52nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway won their third title ending Kerry's year.[1][2][3]
Format
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual, with a rotation system of every 3rd season from this year onwards meaning for 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:
- Connacht V. Ulster
- Munster V. Leinster
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Leinster Senior Football Championship
| Kildare | 4-7 – 3-5 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| P.Geoghegan 2-0, J.Martin 1-3, M.Geraghty 0-2, P.Waters, G.Comerford 0-1 (1-0 was a forward scramble). |
| Offaly | 0-6 – 4-8 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| M.Geraghty, P.O'Brien, P.Geoghegan 1-1, W.Ryan 1-0, T.Mulhall 0-2, G.Comerford, C.Higgins 0-1. |
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: C Nolan
| Laois | 2-8 – 1-3 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Delaney 0-4 (0-3f), Ned Begley and Jack McDarby 1-0 each, Danny Douglas and Mick Haughney 0-2 each | Tom Mulhall 1-1, P. Geoghegan and Joe Martin (0-1f) 0-1 each |
Munster Senior Football Championship
| Kerry | 2-6 – 1-3 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie O'Sullivan (0-2), Eugene Powell (0-2), Con Geaney (0-1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1-0), Martin Regan (1-0) & Sub Tim O'Leary (0-1). |
Referee: T. Greaney (W)
| Kerry | 4-14 – 0-6 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| S. Brosnan (0-2), P. Kennedy (1-1), C. O'Sullivan (0-1), T. McAuliffe (1-1), M. Regan (0-4), M. Doyle (2-1) & T. O'Leary (0-4). | M. O’Connor & P. Harrington (0-2) each. |
Ulster Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| Kerry | 2-6 – 2-4 | Laois |
|---|---|---|
| Tony McAuliffe (0-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (1-1), Paddy Kennedy (0-1), Murt Kelly (1-1) & John Joe Landers (0-1). |
| Galway | 3-3 – 2-6 | Kerry |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Brosnan (0-1), Paddy Kennedy (0-1), Tony McAuliffe (0-1), John Joe Landers (1-0), Miko Doyle (0-2) & Tim O'Leary (1-1). |
Attendance: 68,950
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- The Preliminary Round of the Leinster football championship saw 2 draws and replays, They were the matches between Carlow vs Wicklow and Offaly vs Wexford.
- Offaly(1971-1973) to complete a triple of Leinster titles.
- The All Ireland semi finals become Rotation of every 3 years from this years on words between the champions of each province.
- The All-Ireland final for the only time in history ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the 2nd year in a row.
Roll of Honour
- Dublin - 14 (1923)
- Kerry - 12 (1937)
- Wexford - 5 (1918)
- Kildare - 4 (1928)
- Tipperary - 4 (1920)
- Galway - 3 (1938)
- Cavan - 2 (1935)
- Limerick - 2 (1896)
- Cork - 2 (1911)
- Louth - 2 (1912)
- Mayo - 1 (1936)
References
- ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
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