1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained
| Year: | 1938 |
| Team: | Galway |
| Titles: | 3rd |
| Captain: | John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe) |
| Team2: | Kerry |
| Leinster: | Laois |
| Munster: | Kerry |
| Ulster: | Monaghan |
| Connacht: | Galway |
| Next: | 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
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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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA . 2011-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030358/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html . 2012-03-21 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-09-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 2011-09-28 .
