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{{Short description|Football championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Football All-Ireland
{{Infobox Football All-Ireland
|image=
|image=
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|team= Kerry
|team= Kerry
|titles=14th
|titles=14th
|captain=
|captain= [[Seán Brosnan]]
|manager=
|manager=
|team2= Galway
|captain2= [[John Dunne (Gaelic footballer)|John "Tull" Dunne]]
|manager2=
|top scorer=
|top scorer=
|leinster=Meath
|leinster=Meath
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|next=[[1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1941]]
|next=[[1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1941]]
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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 {{GG|Dublin|football}} in the all-time standings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030358/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}</ref>
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 {{GG|Dublin|football}} in the all-time standings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html |title=Football Results 1911 - 1940 &#124; the Official Website of the GAA |access-date=2011-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030358/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}</ref>


==Format==
==Format==
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====Munster Championship format change====
====Munster Championship format change====


There is normal format of 2 Quarter-finals vs 2 Semi-finals in place.
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===
===All Ireland semi-finals system===
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===[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]===
===[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]===
{{football box
{{football box
|date=30 June 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date=30 June 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=14 July 1940<br>Semi-Final Replay
|date=14 July 1940<br />Semi-Final Replay
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=21 July 1940<br>Final
|date=21 July 1940<br />Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
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|goals1 =
|goals1 =
|goals2 =G Ormsby (0-1), P Laffey (0-1) & M O’Malley (0-3).
|goals2 =G Ormsby (0-1), P Laffey (0-1) & M O’Malley (0-3).
|stadium = [[St. Coman's Park]], [[Roscommon]]
|stadium = [[Roscommon GAA|St. Coman's Park]], [[Roscommon]]
|attendance =
|attendance =
|referee =
|referee =
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===[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]===
===[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]===
{{football box
{{football box
|date=5 May 1940<br>Preliminary Round
|date=5 May 1940<br />Preliminary Round
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Laois|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Laois|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=19 May 1940<br>Preliminary Round
|date=19 May 1940<br />Preliminary Round
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=12 May 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date=12 May 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=19 May 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date=19 May 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=2 June 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date=2 June 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Laois|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Laois|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=23 June 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date=23 June 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=7 July 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date=7 July 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=14 July 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date=14 July 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=28 July 1940<br>Final
|date=28 July 1940<br />Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
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===[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]===
===[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]===
{{football box
{{football box
|date=19 May 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date=19 May 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=19 May 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date=19 May 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Tipperary|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Tipperary|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=19 May 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date=19 May 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Clare|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Clare|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=30 June 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date=30 June 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=30 June 1940<br>Semi-Final Replay
|date=30 June 1940<br />Semi-Final Replay
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Clare|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Clare|football}}
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date=21 July 1940<br>Final
|date=21 July 1940<br />Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
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===[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]===
===[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]===
{{football box
{{football box
|date= 23 June 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date= 23 June 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
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{{football box
{{football box
|date= 23 June 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date= 23 June 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Donegal|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Donegal|football}}
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|goals1 =
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Athletic Grounds]], [[Armagh]]
|stadium = [[Athletic Grounds (Armagh)|Athletic Grounds]], [[Armagh]]
|attendance =
|attendance =
|referee =
|referee =
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----
{{football box
{{football box
|date= 30 June 1940<br>Quarter-Final
|date= 30 June 1940<br />Quarter-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Down|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Down|football}}
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{{football box
{{football box
|date= 7 July 1940<br>Quarter-Final Replay
|date= 7 July 1940<br />Quarter-Final Replay
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
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{{football box
{{football box
|date= 14 July 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date= 14 July 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
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{{football box
{{football box
|date= 14 July 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date= 14 July 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}
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{{football box
{{football box
|date= 21 July 1940<br>Semi-Final Replay
|date= 21 July 1940<br />Semi-Final Replay
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}
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{{football box
{{football box
|date=28 July 1940<br>Final
|date=28 July 1940<br />Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
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===[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]===
===[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]===
{{football box
{{football box
|date=18 August 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date=18 August 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
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{{football box
{{football box
|date=18 August 1940<br>Semi-Final
|date=18 August 1940<br />Semi-Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
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{{main|1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final}}
{{main|1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final}}
{{football box
{{football box
|date=22 September 1940<br> Final
|date=22 September 1940<br /> Final
|time =
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
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|team2 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|team2 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|goals1 = 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.
|goals1 = 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.
|goals2 = J. Duggan (1-0), B. Nestor, J. Dunne & J. Burke (0-1) each.
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Croke Park]], [[Dublin]]
|stadium = [[Croke Park]], [[Dublin]]
|attendance = 60,821
|attendance = 60,821
|referee =
|referee = Seamus Burke, ([[Kildare]])
}}
}}


Latest revision as of 15:59, 4 September 2024

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (14th win)
CaptainSeán Brosnan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
CaptainJohn "Tull" Dunne
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
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

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Provincial Championships format changes

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Leinster Championship format change

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A reduced amount of counties in the championship of 1940.

Munster Championship format change

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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

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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

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Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Sligo2-4 – 1-7Mayo
M O’Malley (1-0) & T Hoban (0-4, one free).
Sligo0-7 – 3-2Mayo
G Ormsby (0-2), P Moclair (2-0) & sub J Laffey (1-0).
Galway1-7 – 0-5Mayo
G Ormsby (0-1), P Laffey (0-1) & M O’Malley (0-3).

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Laois1-7 – 1-6Carlow
Offaly1-13 – 1-5Wicklow
Referee: G Higgins
Meath3-11– 1-7Longford
Dublin1-9– 2-5Louth
Laois3-4– 0-4Wexford
Offaly2-6 – 0-8Kildare
A.O'Leary 0-3, R.Martin 0-2, T.Mulhall, B.Dunne, T.Dalton 0-1.
Meath1-7 – 0-4Dublin
Offaly0-7 – 2-7Laois
Referee: T Kehoe (Wexford)
Meath2-7 – 1-7Laois
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
Attendance: 19,803
Referee: Dave Hamilton (Dublin)

Munster Senior Football Championship

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Kerry4-9 – 1-2Limerick
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).
Tipperary2-7 – 1-5Cork
R. Harmody (0-3), J. Young (1-1) & L. O’Sullivan (0-1).
Referee: P. McKenna (Limerick)
Clare1-6 – 2-3Waterford
Kerry4-8 – 1-5Tipperary
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.
Referee: S. Murphy ( C )
Clare1-3 – 2-5Waterford
Kerry1-10 – 0-6Waterford
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-2), Sean Brosnan (1-2), Murt Kelly (0-2) & Dan Spring (0-2).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Antrim3-3 – 0-12Cavan
Donegal0-6 – 0-5Armagh
Down3-8 – 2-5Tyrone
Antrim0-4 – 6-13Cavan
Cavan0-12 – 2-3Donegal
Attendance: 3,000
Monaghan2-3 – 2-3Down
Monaghan1-3 – 0-8Down
Cavan4-10 – 1-5Down

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Galway3-8 – 2-5Meath
Kerry3-4 – 0-8Cavan
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Johnny Walsh (1-1) & Sean Brosnan (0-1).
Main article: 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry0-7 – 1-3Galway
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.
Attendance: 60,821
Referee: Seamus Burke, (Kildare)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • 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

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  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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