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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[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