1940–41 National Football League (Ireland) Explained

League:	1940–41 National Football League
Dates:	October 1940 – 27 April 1941
Team1:	Mayo
Captain1:	Henry Kenny
Titles:	7th
Team2:	Dublin
Captain2:	P. Holly
Previous:	1939–40
Next:	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

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

Northern Division

won, from Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Antrim.

Group B, Southern Division

won, ahead of Kildare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Wexford and Cork.

Group C, Eastern Division

won, from Westmeath, Louth, Meath, Longford.

Group A, Western Division

won, ahead of Cavan, Roscommon, Donegal and Sligo.

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Final

Notes and References

1. http://mayogaablog.com/?page_id=5938 Mayo results archive
2. http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/final-teams/0/6/0/0/16/ GAA Final Teams
3. Web site: Croke Park archive page . 2015-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211332/http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(6)/1984-(7) . 2015-09-23 . dead .
4. "18 counties kick-off in Football League", Irish Independent, 11 October 1940, p. 9