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1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1940
team	Kerry
titles	14th
captain	Seán Brosnan
team2	Galway
captain2	John "Tull" Dunne
leinster	Meath
munster	Kerry
ulster	Cavan
connacht	Galway
previous	1939
next	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 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

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-Final

Semi-Final Replay

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Semi-Final Replay

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final Replay

Semi-Final

Semi-Final Replay

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-Final

Main article: 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final

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

Info: Wikipedia Source

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