1940–41 National Football League (Ireland)

1940–41 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1940 – 27 April 1941
League champions
Winners	Mayo (7th win)
Captain	Henry Kenny
League runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Captain	P. Holly
← 1939–40 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 divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.

Results

Northern Division

Down won, from Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Antrim.

8 December 1940 Round 4	Down	4-7 — 2-5	Derry	Newcastle^[5]

Group B, Southern Division

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

13 October 1940 Round 1	Cork	4-2 — 1-6	Kildare	Cork Athletic Grounds^[6]

13 October 1940 Round 1	Galway	0-9 — 1-0	Wexford	Wexford Park, Wexford

13 October 1940 Round 1	Offaly	1-3 — 1-6	Laois	Tullamore

27 October 1940 Round 2	Kildare	1-7 — 1-8	Kerry	Naas^[7]

27 October 1940 Round 2	Galway	1-12 — 2-2	Cork	Loughrea^[8]

27 October 1940 Round 2	Laois	5-10 — 1-6	Wexford	Portlaoise^[9]

10 November 1940 Round 3	Kerry	0-6 — 0-5	Galway	Listowel^[10]

24 November 1940 Round 3	Laois	1-12 — 0-6	Kerry	Portlaoise^[11]

24 November 1940 Round 3	Offaly	4-3 — 0-2	Cork	Tullamore^[12]

24 November 1940 Round 3	Galway	2-2 — 0-6	Kildare	Tuam^[13]

8 December 1940 Round 4	Kerry	1-8 — 1-5	Offaly	Austin Stack Park, Tralee^[14]

8 December 1940 Round 4	Cork	0-9 — 0-3	Wexford	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork^[15]

8 December 1940 Round 4	Kildare	3-6 — 2-7	Laois	Athy^[16]

26 January 1941 Round 5	Wexford	1-5 — 4-12	Kerry	Enniscorthy^[17]

2 February 1941 Round 6	Offaly	2-8 — 0-6	Kildare	O'Connor Park, Tullamore^[18]

23 February 1941 Round 6	Kerry	1-4 — 0-6	Cork	Kenmare^[19]

Group C, Eastern Division

Dublin won, from Westmeath, Louth, Meath, Longford.

Group A, Western Division

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

13 October 1940 Round 1	Cavan	1-5 — 1-9	Mayo	Breffni Park, Cavan^[20]

27 October 1940 Round 2	Mayo	0-7 — 0-7	Roscommon	Castlebar

27 October 1940 Round 2	Mayo	1-10 — 0-5	Donegal	Ballina

Knockout Phase

Semi-Finals

Dublin v Kerry

9 March 1941
Semi-Final

Dublin	2-7 – 1-4	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin^[21]

Mayo v Down

9 March 1941
Semi-Final

Mayo	0-11 – 1-4	Down
J Munnelly 0-6; PJ Munnelly 0-4; T Hoban 0-1

Newcastle

Final

Mayo v Dublin

27 April 1941
Final

Mayo	3-5 – 0-7	Dublin
Josie Munnelly 2-2; Peter Laffey 1-2; PJ Judge 0-1

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 7,700^[22]

References

↑ Mayo results archive
↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ Croke Park archive page
↑ "18 counties kick-off in Football League", Irish Independent, 11 October 1940, p. 9
↑ "Down win their group", Irish Press, 8 December 1940, p. 9
↑ "Easy for Cork", Irish Independent, 14 October 1940, p. 9
↑ "Kildare hold the Champions to a point", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
↑ "Galway master Cork", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
↑ "League results", Irish Press, 28/10/1940, p. 8
↑ "Kerry once more conquer Galway", The Kerryman, 16/11/1940, p. 7
↑ "Murt Kelly on mark as Kerry triumph", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
↑ "Offaly's wonder rally", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
↑ "Galway master Kildare", The Irish Press, 25/11/1940, p. 8
↑ "Offaly extend Kerry in football league", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
↑ "Cork maintain home record against Wexford", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
↑ "Laoighise take points from Kildare", The Cork Examiner, 09/12/1940, p. 8
↑ "Kerry's big win in Wexford", The Cork Examiner, 27/01/1941, p. 8
↑ "Offaly swamp Kildare in second half", Irish Press, 3 February 1941, p. 6
↑ "Cork give Kerry a fright", The Kerryman, 01/03/1941, p. 6
↑ http://mayogaablog.com/?page_id=5940
↑ "Kerry out of National League", The Kerryman, 15/03/1941, p. 6
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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