1940–41 National Football League (Ireland)
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 1940 – 27 April 1941 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Mayo (7th win) |
| Captain | Henry Kenny |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Dublin |
| Captain | P. Holly |
← 1939–40 1945–46 → | |
The 1940–41 National Football League was the 14th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Mayo returned to the league and won a seventh title. Petrol rationing (due to The Emergency / Second World War) made the playing of the NFL prohibitively expensive and difficult and the tournament was suspended until the end of the war.[1][2][3]
22 counties competed in the league.[4]
Format
[edit]There were four regional divisions, with 7 teams in the Southern Division and 5 in the Northern, Eastern and Western Divisions. Division winners played off for the NFL title.
Results
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Northern Division
[edit]Down won, from Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Antrim.
Group B, Southern Division
[edit]Kerry won, ahead of Kildare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Wexford and Cork.
| 13 October 1940 Round 1 | Cork | 4-2 — 1-6 | Kildare | Cork Athletic Grounds[6] |
| 13 October 1940 Round 1 | Galway | 0-9 — 1-0 | Wexford | Wexford Park, Wexford |
| 27 October 1940 Round 2 | Laois | 5-10 — 1-6 | Wexford | Portlaoise[9] |
| 24 November 1940 Round 3 | Laois | 1-12 — 0-6 | Kerry | Portlaoise[11] |
| 8 December 1940 Round 4 | Kerry | 1-8 — 1-5 | Offaly | Austin Stack Park, Tralee[14] |
| 8 December 1940 Round 4 | Cork | 0-9 — 0-3 | Wexford | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork[15] |
| 26 January 1941 Round 5 | Wexford | 1-5 — 4-12 | Kerry | Enniscorthy[17] |
| 2 February 1941 Round 6 | Offaly | 2-8 — 0-6 | Kildare | O'Connor Park, Tullamore[18] |
Group C, Eastern Division
[edit]Dublin won, from Westmeath, Louth, Meath, Longford.
Group A, Western Division
[edit]Mayo won, ahead of Cavan, Roscommon, Donegal and Sligo.
| 13 October 1940 Round 1 | Cavan | 1-5 — 1-9 | Mayo | Breffni Park, Cavan[20] |
Knockout phase
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]Final
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mayo results archive
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "18 counties kick-off in Football League", Irish Independent, 11 October 1940, p. 9
- ^ "Down win their group", Irish Press, 8 December 1940, p. 9
- ^ "Easy for Cork", Irish Independent, 14 October 1940, p. 9
- ^ "Kildare hold the Champions to a point", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Galway master Cork", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
- ^ "League results", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Kerry once more conquer Galway", The Kerryman, 16/11/1940, p. 7
- ^ "Murt Kelly on mark as Kerry triumph", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Offaly's wonder rally", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Galway master Kildare", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Offaly extend Kerry in football league", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Cork maintain home record against Wexford", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Laoighise take points from Kildare", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
- ^ "Kerry's big win in Wexford", The Cork Examiner, 27/01/1941, p. 8
- ^ "Offaly swamp Kildare in second half", Irish Press, 3 February 1941, p. 6
- ^ "Cork give Kerry a fright", The Kerryman, 01/03/1941, p. 6
- ^ "1940".
- ^ "Kerry out of National League", The Kerryman, 15/03/1941, p. 6
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151