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.
Format
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: Connacht V. Ulster Munster V. Leinster
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Munster Senior Football Championship
Ulster Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
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 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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