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.

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

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

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

19 May 1940
Preliminary Round

Offaly	1-13 – 1-5	Wicklow

Naas

Referee: G Higgins

12 May 1940
Quarter-Final

Meath	3-11– 1-7	Longford

Cusack Park, Mullingar

19 May 1940
Quarter-Final

Dublin	1-9– 2-5	Louth

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

2 June 1940
Quarter-Final

Laois	3-4– 0-4	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

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

7 July 1940
Semi-Final

Meath	1-7 – 0-4	Dublin

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

14 July 1940
Semi-Final

Offaly	0-7 – 2-7	Laois

Geraldine Park, Athy

Referee: T Kehoe (Wexford)

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

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)

19 May 1940
Semi-Final

Clare	1-6 – 2-3	Waterford

The Cricket Field, Kilrush

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 )

30 June 1940
Semi-Final Replay

Clare	1-3 – 2-5	Waterford

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

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

23 June 1940
Quarter-Final

Donegal	0-6 – 0-5	Armagh

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

30 June 1940
Quarter-Final

Down	3-8 – 2-5	Tyrone

St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle

7 July 1940
Quarter-Final Replay

Antrim	0-4 – 6-13	Cavan

Breffni Park, Cavan

14 July 1940
Semi-Final

Cavan	0-12 – 2-3	Donegal

Bundoran

Attendance: 3,000

14 July 1940
Semi-Final

Monaghan	2-3 – 2-3	Down

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

21 July 1940
Semi-Final Replay

Monaghan	1-3 – 0-8	Down

St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle

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

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

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.

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

^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "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)

[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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