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1939–40 National Football League (Ireland)

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Dates
  
1939 – 1940

Captain
  
John Dunne

Captain
  
Matt Gilsenan

Winners
  
Galway (1st win)

Runners-up
  
Meath

The 1939–40 National Football League was the 13th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

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After winning six NFL titles in a row, Mayo did not play in the league this season, on the grounds that petrol rationing (due to The Emergency / Second World War) would make playing in the NFL prohibitively expensive. They were also protesting events during the 1939 All-Ireland semi-final replay. In their absence, Galway won the League.

Format

There were four divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.

Knockout stage qualifiers

  • The winners of Division A, B and C each progressed to the Semi-Finals.
  • The Winners of Divisions D, E, F and G each contested the Inter-Group Play-Offs for the fourth semi-final place.

    • Group B

    Wexford won from Carlow, Waterford, Tipperary

    Group C

    Dublin, Meath, Louth, Monaghan

    Group G

    Clare, Limerick, Cork

    References

    1939–40 National Football League (Ireland) Wikipedia
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