1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions | |
---|---|
Winning team | Kerry (13th win) |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Meath |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Mayo |
Championship statistics | |
← 1938 1940 → |
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
Leinster Championship
Munster Championship
Ulster Championship
All-Ireland Championship
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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
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