1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (14th win)
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]

Results

Connacht Championship

30 June 1940
Semi-Final
Sligo 2-4 – 1-7 Mayo

30 June 1940
Semi-Final Replay
Sligo 0-7 – 3-2 Mayo

21 July 1940
Final
Galway 1-7 – 0-5 Mayo

Leinster Championship

19 May 1940
Offaly 1-13 – 1-5 Wicklow
Naas
Referee: G Higgins

23 June 1940
Quarter-Final
Offaly 2-6 – 0-8 Kildare

14 July 1940
Semi-Final
Offaly 0-7 – 2-7 Laois
Athy
Referee: T Kehoe

28 July 1940
Final
Meath 2-7 – 1-7 Laois

Munster Championship

19 May 1940
Quarter-Final
Kerry 4-9 – 1-2 Limerick

19 May 1940
Quarter-Final
Tipperary 2-7 – 1-5 Cork

30 June 1940
Semi-Final
Kerry 4-8 – 1-5 Tipperary

June 1940
Semi-Final
Clare 1-6 – 2-3 Waterford

June 1940
Semi-Final
Clare 1-3 – 2-5 Waterford

21 July 1940
Final
Kerry 1-10 – 0-6 Waterford

Ulster Championship

23 June 1940
Quarter-Final
Antrim 3-3 – 0-12 Cavan

23 June 1940
Quarter-Final
Donegal 0-6 – 0-5 Armagh

30 June 1940
Quarter-Final
Down 3-8 – 2-5 Tyrone

7 July 1940
Quarter-Final Replay
Antrim 0-4 – 6-13 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

21 July 1940
Semi-Final Replay
Monaghan 1-3 – 0-8 Down

28 July 1940
Final
Cavan 4-10 – 1-5 Down

All-Ireland Championship

18 August 1940
Semi-Final
Galway 3-8 – 2-5 Meath

18 August 1940
Semi-Final
Kerry 3-4 – 0-8 Cavan

22 September 1940
Final
Kerry 0-7 – 1-3 Galway

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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