1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Galway (3rd win) |
| Captain | John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kerry |
| Captain | Bill Kinnerk |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Laois |
| Ulster | Monaghan |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1937 1939 → | |
The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 52nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway won their third title ending Kerry's year.[1][2][3]
Format
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual, with a rotation system of every 3rd season from this year onwards meaning for 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 V. Ulster
- Munster V. Leinster
Results
| Kildare | 4–7 – 3–5 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| P.Geoghegan 2–0, J.Martin 1–3, M.Geraghty 0–2, P.Waters, G.Comerford 0–1 (1–0 was a forward scramble). |
| Offaly | 0–6 – 4–8 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| M.Geraghty, P.O'Brien, P.Geoghegan 1–1, W.Ryan 1–0, T.Mulhall 0–2, G.Comerford, C.Higgins 0–1. |
Referee: C Nolan
| Laois | 2–8 – 1–3 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Delaney 0–4 (0-3f), Ned Begley and Jack McDarby 1–0 each, Danny Douglas and Mick Haughney 0–2 each | Tom Mulhall 1–1, P. Geoghegan and Joe Martin (0-1f) 0–1 each |
| Kerry | 2–6 – 1–3 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| Charlie O'Sullivan (0–2), Eugene Powell (0–2), Con Geaney (0–1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1–0), Martin Regan (1–0) & Sub Tim O'Leary (0–1). |
Referee: T. Greaney (W)
| Kerry | 4–14 – 0–6 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| S. Brosnan (0–2), P. Kennedy (1–1), C. O'Sullivan (0–1), T. McAuliffe (1–1), M. Regan (0–4), M. Doyle (2–1) & T. O'Leary (0–4). | M. O’Connor & P. Harrington (0–2) each. |
| Kerry | 2–6 – 2–4 | Laois |
|---|---|---|
| Tony McAuliffe (0–2), Charlie O'Sullivan (1–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Murt Kelly (1–1) & John Joe Landers (0–1). |
| Galway | 3–3 – 2–6 | Kerry |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Brosnan (0–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Tony McAuliffe (0–1), John Joe Landers (1–0), Miko Doyle (0–2) & Tim O'Leary (1–1). |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- The Preliminary Round of the Leinster football championship saw 2 draws and replays, They were the matches between Carlow vs Wicklow and Offaly vs Wexford.
- Laois become the last team until Offaly (1971–1973) to complete a triple of Leinster titles.
- The All Ireland semi finals become Rotation of every 3 years from this years on words between the champions of each province.
- The All-Ireland final for the only time in history ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the 2nd year in a row.
Roll of Honour
- Dublin – 14 (1923)
- Kerry – 12 (1937)
- Wexford – 5 (1918)
- Kildare – 4 (1928)
- Tipperary – 4 (1920)
- Galway – 3 (1938)
- Cavan – 2 (1935)
- Limerick – 2 (1896)
- Cork – 2 (1911)
- Louth – 2 (1912)
- Mayo – 1 (1936)
References
- ^ "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.