1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Foot-and-mouth disease

There was major disruption to the format of the 1941 championship due to a serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in many parts of Munster and south Leinster. The championship was run on a knockout provincial basis as usual; however, there was a certain amount of tweaking required to cope with the situation. Dublin, for instance, did not contest the All-Ireland semi-final as Leinster champions; they were nominated to play the game and their Leinster final against Carlow (which Dublin won) was postponed until November.

Munster Championship format change

Kerry, were a bye team to the Munster final, Cork a bye team to the Munster semi-final, A Preliminary Round game was contested between Tipperary and Waterford – the winners were awarded the Quarter-final against Clare. Limerick refused to take part in the Championship. It was also used in the 1939 championship but this format did not exist again until 1980.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round Replay

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Semi-Final Replay A.E.T.

Semi-Final

Semi-Final 2nd Replay A.E.T.

Semi-Final 3rd Replay

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final Replay

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-Final

The 1941 semi-final replay, held in Tralee, was the last All-Ireland semi-final replay to be held outside Croke Park until the 1983 replay between Cork and Dublin in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Semi-Final Replay

Semi-Final

Main article: 1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Roscommon return to Connacht championship for the first time since 1937.
• Some games were affected by foot and mouth problems. It meant that the Tipperary vs Clare game awarded to Clare without being played & only at least 25 instead of the usual 31–32 teams took part in the championship.
• Kerry won their second ever three in a row as All Ireland Champions giving a total of 15 titles the most for a year.

References

References

1. "football_results_1941_1970.html".
2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010".
3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions".
4. Moran, Seán. (11 September 2019). "Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park". [[The Irish Times]].