1938–39 National Football League (Ireland)

The 1938–39 National Football League was the 12th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

1938–39 National Football League
League details
DatesNovember 1938 – 14 May 1939
League champions
WinnersMayo (6th win)
CaptainPaddy Moclair
League runners-up
Runners-upMeath
CaptainMatt Gilsenan

30 counties participated in the league, with Kilkenny and Fermanagh being the non-participants.[1]

Mayo won the league for the sixth year in a row, beating Meath in the final.[2][3][4]

Format

There were seven groups.

Group A had originally been drawn with five teams. When Mayo entered, they were added to Group A, which was then split into two sections for the round-robin stage.[5]

The winners of Groups A, B and C qualified automatically for the Semi-Final.,[6][7]

The winners of Groups D, E, F and G played off for the remaining semi-final place

Results and Tables

Section One Play-Offs
Mayo4-3 – 0-5Galway
Mayo1-6 – 0-6Kerry

Group Final
Mayo0-8 – 0-7Laois

Group B
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Wexford 44008Advance to Semi-Final
Carlow 42115
Tipperary 42115
Wicklow 41032
Waterford 40040

[11]

Play-Off
Meath1-7 – 1-6Louth
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Meath 642010Advance to Knockout Stage
Louth 642010
Cavan 63309
Dublin 62135
Monaghan 62044
Armagh 61052
Down 61052

[13]

Group D
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Leitrim 22004Advance to Inter-Group Play-Offs
Sligo 21012
Donegal 20010

Group E
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Roscommon 22004Advance to Inter-Group Play-Offs
Longford 21012
Westmeath 20010

Group F
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Derry 22004Advance to Inter-Group Play-Offs
Tyrone 21012
Antrim 20010

Group G
Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Limerick 22004Advance to Inter-Group Play-Offs
Clare 21012
Cork 20010

Semi-Finals
Derry1-5 – 0-3Leitrim
Roscommon1-3 – 1-2Limerick

Final
Roscommon2-7 – 3-3Derry

Semi-finals
Mayo3-7 – 0-6Wexford
Meath2-5 – 1-4Roscommon

National League Final
Mayo5-9 – 0-6Meath
Attendance: 10,000[15]

References
  1. "New draws in National Football League", Irish Independent, 25 October 1938, p. 16
  2. Mayo results archive
  3. GAA Final Teams
  4. "Croke Park archive page". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  5. "New draws in National Football League", Irish Independent, 25 October 1938, p. 16
  6. "How They Stand Now", Irish Independent, 27 February 1939, p. 13
  7. "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
  8. "Full steam ahead for another title", Irish Press, 13 March 1939, p. 17
  9. "Mayo spring big surprise by beating Kerry in League Decider in Tralee", The Cork Examiner, 27 March 1939, p. 11
  10. "How They Stand Now", Irish Independent, 27 February 1939, p. 13
  11. "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
  12. "Weekend Results", The Cork Examiner, 24 April 1939, p. 10
  13. "What the results now mean"; Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p.10
  14. "Roscommon for semi-final", Irish Independent, 27 March 1939, p. 10
  15. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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