1940–41 National Football League Dates October 1940 – 27 April 1941 Winners Mayo (7th win)Captain Henry Kenny Runners-up Dublin Captain P. Holly
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 [ ]
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Northern Division [ ]
Down won, from Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Antrim.
Group B, Southern Division [ ]
Kerry won, ahead of Kildare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Wexford and Cork.
Offaly v Laois
13 October 1940 Round 1 Offaly 1-3 — 1-6 Laois Tullamore
Kildare v Kerry
27 October 1940 Round 2 Kildare 1-7 — 1-8 Kerry Naas [7]
Galway v Cork
27 October 1940 Round 2 Galway 1-12 — 2-2 Cork Loughrea [8]
Kerry v Galway
10 November 1940 Round 3 Kerry 0-6 — 0-5 Galway Listowel [10]
Galway v Kildare
24 November 1940 Round 3 Galway 2-2 — 0-6 Kildare Tuam [13]
Kildare v Laois
8 December 1940 Round 4 Kildare 3-6 — 2-7 Laois Athy [16]
Kerry v Cork
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.
Mayo v Roscommon
27 October 1940 Round 2 Mayo 0-7 — 0-7 Roscommon Castlebar
Mayo v Donegal
27 October 1940 Round 2 Mayo 1-10 — 0-5 Donegal Ballina
Knockout Phase [ ]
Semi-Finals [ ]
Final [ ]
References [ ]
^ Mayo results archive
^ GAA Final Teams
^ "Croke Park archive page" . Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-07-13 .
^ "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
^ "1940" .
^ "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