Winners Mayo (5th win) Runners-up Wexford | Captain Paddy Moclair Captain Peter Hayes | |
Dates 24 October 1937 – 3 July 1938 | ||
The 1937–38 National Football League was the 11th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
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Mayo won the league for the fifth year in a row, beating Meath in the final. This season was notable for featuring the first commentary by Mícheál Ó hEithir, who, along with four others, did a test commentary on Dublin v. Louth in May 1938. Dr Kiernan was so impressed by Ó hEithir's performance that he allowed him to commentate on the entire second half. ɗ
Format
There were two divisions – Division 1 and Division 2.
Division 1 was split into two Groups. Group winners played off for the NFL title.
Group B
Division 2
Teams in Division 2 were Wicklow, Carlow, Cork, Waterford, Tipperary