1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


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.

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:

Results

[Connacht Senior Football Championship]

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[Leinster Senior Football Championship]

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[Munster Senior Football Championship]

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[Ulster Senior Football Championship]

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[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]

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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 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
  • Kerry – 12
  • Wexford – 5
  • Kildare – 4
  • Tipperary – 4
  • Galway – 3
  • Cavan – 2
  • Limerick – 2
  • Cork – 2
  • Louth – 2
  • Mayo – 1