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1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (13th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 53rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Format

Munster Championship format change

In 1939 Kerry were given a bye to the Munster final, Preliminary Round was just a lone match between Cork vs Waterford, The winners of the game played in the Quarter finals along with Tipperary, Limerick & Clare the winners of the game played in a lone Semi final. The format was previously used in 1933 & again in 1941.

All Ireland Semi Finals system

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual in every 3rd year in rotation, 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. Connacht
  • Ulster V. Leinster

Results

Connacht Championship

Mayo2-10 – 0-2Sligo
Attendance: 4,000
Mayo2-6 – 0-3Galway
Attendance: 20,000

Leinster Championship

Wicklow1-3 – 2-8Carlow
Longford3-4 – 2-5Carlow
Louth3-4 – 1-6Dublin
Meath1-9 – 1-7Laois
Kildare2-11 – 1-1Offaly
Referee: D Hamilton
Wexford0-6 – 0-4Longford
Wexford1-7 – 0-7Louth
Meath2-10 – 2-8Kildare
Attendance: 20,000
Meath2-7 – 2-3Wexford

Munster Championship

Cork0-8 – 0-7Waterford
Clare1-8 – 2-5Limerick
Tipperary1-9 – 2-2Cork
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Clare2-14 – 0-3Limerick
Attendance: 2,000
Tipperary4-5 – 1-6Clare
Referee: S. Moynihan (K)
Kerry2-11 – 0-4Tipperary
Referee: D. Goode (W)

Ulster Championship

Cavan4-11 – 1-2Tyrone
Attendance: 3,000
Down1-6 – 1-5Antrim
Donegal0-6 – 1-1Down
Monaghan1-6 – 1-6Armagh
Monaghan0-2 – 1-6Armagh
Cavan5-12 – 0-4Donegal
Attendance: 8,000
Cavan2-6 – 2-4Armagh
Cavan2-3 – 1-4Armagh

All-Ireland Championship

Kerry0-4 – 0-4Mayo
Meath1-9 – 1-1Cavan
Kerry3-8 – 1-4Mayo
Main article: 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry2-5 – 2-3Meath
Attendance: 46,828

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Meath win their second Leinster Title first since 1895.
  • Kerry are now one behind Dublin with All Ireland titles.
  • There were a number of first-time championship meetings; There were 2 first time championship meetings in the All Ireland Series 1st in the semi-final stage a first meeting between Meath vs Cavan while the 2nd was All Ireland final was the first championship meeting of Kerry vs Meath.

References

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