Football championship
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.
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
30 June 1940
Sligo 2-4 – 1-7 Mayo
M O’Malley (1-0) & T Hoban (0-4, one free).
Sligo
14 July 1940
Sligo 0-7 – 3-2 Mayo
G Ormsby (0-2), P Moclair (2-0) & sub J Laffey (1-0).
Sligo
21 July 1940
Galway 1-7 – 0-5 Mayo
G Ormsby (0-1), P Laffey (0-1) & M O’Malley (0-3).
St. Coman's Park , Roscommon
5 May 1940 Geraldine Park , Athy
19 May 1940 Naas Referee: G Higgins
12 May 1940 Cusack Park , Mullingar
19 May 1940 Páirc Tailteann , Navan
2 June 1940 Dr. Cullen Park , Carlow
23 June 1940
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 St. Conleth's Park , Newbridge
14 July 1940 Geraldine Park , Athy Referee: T Kehoe (Wexford)
28 July 1940
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: 19,803Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)
19 May 1940
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
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 The Cricket Field , Kilrush
30 June 1940
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 Fraher Field , Dungarvan
21 July 1940
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
23 June 1940 Corrigan Park , Belfast
23 June 1940 Athletic Grounds , Armagh
30 June 1940 St. Patrick's Park , Newcastle
7 July 1940 Breffni Park , Cavan
14 July 1940 Bundoran Attendance: 3,000
14 July 1940 St. Mary's Park , Castleblayney
21 July 1940 St. Patrick's Park , Newcastle
28 July 1940 Breffni Park , Cavan
18 August 1940 Croke Park , Dublin
18 August 1940
Kerry 3-4 – 0-8 Cavan
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Johnny Walsh (1-1) & Sean Brosnan (0-1).
Croke Park , Dublin
1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
22 September 1940
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: 60,821Referee: 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 )
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