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:
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 Honouredit
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)
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January 01, 1970
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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 1938 All Ireland Senior Football ChampionshipAll Ireland ChampionsWinning teamGalway 3rd win CaptainJohn Tull Dunne St Grellan s Ballinasloe All Ireland FinalistsLosing teamKerryCaptainBill KinnerkProvincial ChampionsMunsterKerryLeinsterLaoisUlsterMonaghanConnachtGalwayChampionship statistics 1937 1939 Contents 1 Format 2 Results 2 1 Connacht Senior Football Championship 2 2 Leinster Senior Football Championship 2 3 Munster Senior Football Championship 2 4 Ulster Senior Football Championship 2 5 All Ireland Senior Football Championship 3 Championship statistics 3 1 Miscellaneous 4 Roll of Honour 5 ReferencesFormat editThe 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 LeinsterResults editConnacht Senior Football Championship edit 19 June 1938Semi FinalGalway3 11 2 3SligoTuam 17 July 1938FinalGalway0 8 0 5MayoP Flannelly 0 4 three frees amp P Moclair 0 1 St Coman s Park RoscommonAttendance 20 000 Leinster Senior Football Championship edit 1 May 1938Preliminary RoundLouth2 4 0 3WestmeathPairc Tailteann Navan 8 May 1938Preliminary RoundCarlow2 5 2 5WicklowEnniscorthy 22 May 1938Preliminary RoundOffaly1 7 2 4WexfordNolan Park KilkennyReferee M Hennessy Dublin 5 June 1938Preliminary Round ReplayCarlow5 9 1 7WicklowNaas 12 June 1938Preliminary Round ReplayOffaly1 9 1 5WexfordDr Cullen Park CarlowReferee M Hennessy Dublin 29 May 1938Quarter FinalKildare4 7 3 5DublinP Geoghegan 2 0 J Martin 1 3 M Geraghty 0 2 P Waters G Comerford 0 1 1 0 was a forward scramble O Moore Park Portlaoise 3 July 1938Quarter FinalLaois2 5 2 2LouthCroke Park Dublin 3 July 1938Quarter FinalMeath4 4 2 7CarlowCroke Park Dublin 10 July 1938Quarter FinalOffaly2 4 0 8LongfordCusack Park MullingarAttendance 8000Referee Seamus Burke 10 July 1938Semi FinalLaois4 6 2 3MeathCroke Park Dublin 24 July 1938Semi FinalOffaly0 6 4 8KildareM Geraghty P O Brien P Geoghegan 1 1 W Ryan 1 0 T Mulhall 0 2 G Comerford C Higgins 0 1 Dr Cullen Park CarlowReferee C Nolan 7 August 1938FinalLaois2 8 1 3KildareChris Delaney 0 4 0 3f Ned Begley and Jack McDarby 1 0 each Danny Douglas and Mick Haughney 0 2 each Tom Mulhall 1 1 P Geoghegan and Joe Martin 0 1f 0 1 eachCroke Park DublinAttendance 17 979Referee Dave Hamilton Dublin Munster Senior Football Championship edit 29 May 1938Quarter FinalKerry2 6 0 1ClareJohnny Walsh 1 1 Eugene Powell 0 1 Murt Kelly 1 3 amp Martin Regan 0 1 Cusack Park Ennis 12 June 1938Quarter FinalTipperary1 10 1 8WaterfordFraher Field DungarvanReferee D Ryan Kerry 29 May 1938Semi FinalCork2 7 2 3LimerickR Kiely 0 1 F Healy 1 2 A Ricken 0 1 amp T O Reilly 1 2 Sean Treacy Park Tipperary 3 July 1938Semi FinalKerry2 6 1 3TipperaryCharlie O Sullivan 0 2 Eugene Powell 0 2 Con Geaney 0 1 Tom Gega O Connor 1 0 Martin Regan 1 0 amp Sub Tim O Leary 0 1 MitchelstownReferee T Greaney W 7 August 1938FinalKerry4 14 0 6CorkS Brosnan 0 2 P Kennedy 1 1 C O Sullivan 0 1 T McAuliffe 1 1 M Regan 0 4 M Doyle 2 1 amp T O Leary 0 4 M O Connor amp P Harrington 0 2 each Clonakilty Ulster Senior Football Championship edit 19 June 1938Quarter FinalArmagh2 5 1 4AntrimCorrigan Park Belfast 19 June 1938Quarter FinalMonaghan3 3 0 6TyroneOmagh 3 July 1938Quarter FinalCavan3 10 1 4FermanaghBelturbet 10 July 1938Semi FinalMonaghan0 7 0 6DonegalCarndonagh 17 July 1938Semi FinalCavan1 4 2 7ArmaghAthletic Grounds ArmaghAttendance 8 000 31 July 1938FinalMonaghan2 5 2 2ArmaghAthletic Grounds Armagh All Ireland Senior Football Championship edit 14 August 1938Semi FinalGalway2 10 2 3MonaghanCusack Park Mullingar 21 August 1936Semi FinalKerry2 6 2 4LaoisTony McAuliffe 0 2 Charlie O Sullivan 1 1 Paddy Kennedy 0 1 Murt Kelly 1 1 amp John Joe Landers 0 1 Croke Park Dublin Main article 1938 All Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 25 September 1938FinalGalway3 3 2 6KerrySean Brosnan 0 1 Paddy Kennedy 0 1 Tony McAuliffe 0 1 John Joe Landers 1 0 Miko Doyle 0 2 amp Tim O Leary 1 1 Croke Park DublinAttendance 68 950 23 October 1938Final ReplayGalway2 4 0 7KerrySean Brosnan 0 3 Charlie O Sullivan 0 1 amp Miko Doyle 0 3 Croke Park DublinAttendance 47 851Referee P Maguire Cavan Championship statistics editMiscellaneous edit 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 editDublin 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 References edit Football Results 1911 1940 the Official Website of the GAA Archived from the original on 21 March 2012 Retrieved 22 July 2011 Archived copy Archived from the original on 16 July 2011 Retrieved 22 July 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 28 September 2011 Retrieved 28 September 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1938 All Ireland Senior Football Championship amp oldid 1202575570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
