1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 53rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.

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 and Clare the winners of the game played in a lone Semi final. The format was previously used in 1933 and was used 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:

[Connacht [Senior Football Championship]]

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[Leinster Senior Football Championship]


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[Munster Senior Football Championship]


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[Ulster Senior Football Championship]

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[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]

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Championship statistics

Miscellaneous