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1934–35 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1934 – 4 August 1935
League champions
Winners Mayo (2nd win)
Captain Gerald Courell
League runners-up
Runners-up Fermanagh
1935–36 →


The 1934–35 National Football League was the 8th staging of the National Football League (NFL), a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Mayo won the league for the second year in a row, defeating Fermanagh in the final by 21 points, still the record for an NFL final. [1] [2]

Format

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

League Stage

Northern Division

Fermanagh won.

Southern Division ( Munster Football League)

Waterford withdrew before the competition started. [3]

28 October 1934 Round 1 Clare 0-4 — 1-4 Tipperary Kilrush [4]
11 November 1934 Round 1 Cork 1-8 — 1-5 Kerry UCC GAA, Cork [5]
11 November 1934 Round 1 Limerick 0-2 — 4-2 Clare Foynes [6]
25 November 1934 Round 2 Tipperary 4-3 — 0-8 Cork Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel [7]
10 March 1935 Round 2 Clare w/o — scr. Kerry Kilfenora [8]
24 March 1935 Round 2 Tipperary w/o — scr. Kerry Clonmel [9]
24 March 1935 Round 3 Cork w/o — scr. Clare Cork [10]
Kerry w/o — scr. [11] Limerick
Tipperary w/o — scr. [12] Limerick
Cork w/o — scr. [13] Limerick

Table

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Tipperary 4 4 0 0 8 Win Munster Football League; advance to knockout stage
Cork 4 3 0 1 6
Clare 4 2 0 2 4
Kerry 4 2 0 2 4
Limerick 4 0 0 4 0


Eastern Division

??

Western Division

Mayo won, ahead of Dublin, Louth, Meath, Galway, Laois and Kildare.

Knockout stage

Mayo6-8 – 2-5 Tipperary
Mayo5-8 – 0-2 Fermanagh
Gerald Courell 3-0; Paddy Moclair 2-2; Paddy Munnelly 0-3; Josie Munnelly, Peter Laffey 0-1 each
Attendance: 2,000 [14]
Referee: J Kelly (Longford) [15]

Division Two

Leinster

Wicklow, Kilkenny, Carlow

29 October 1934 Round 1 Carlow 5-8 — 0-2 Kilkenny Kilkenny [16]
24 March 1935 Round 1 Carlow 3-11 — 3-5 Kilkenny Muine Bheag [17]
31 March 1935 Round 1 Wicklow 3-3 — 0-6 Kilkenny Nowlan Park, Kilkenny [18]
4 August 1935 Round 1 Wicklow 1-5 — 1-8 Carlow Baltinglass [19]

Midland

Roscommon, Westmeath

11 November 1934 Round 1 Longford 1-10 — 1-2 Roscommon

Final

27 October 1935 Final Carlow 2-10 — 4-3 Cork Carlow [20]

References

  1. ^ Mayo results archive
  2. ^ GAA Final Teams
  3. ^ "London Team's prospects", Irish Independent, 31 October 1934, p. 14
  4. ^ "Close scoring", Cork Examiner, 29 October 1934, p. 12
  5. ^ "Cork footballers beat Kerry", Irish Independent, 13 November 1934, p. 14
  6. ^ "Limerick Collapse", Irish Press, 12 November 1934, p. 8
  7. ^ "Cork beaten in McGrath Cup", Nenagh Guardian, 1 December 1934, p. 7
  8. ^ "Big Ulster game", Irish Independent, 6 March 1935, p. 14
  9. ^ "Big Ulster game", Irish Independent, 6 March 1935, p. 14
  10. ^ Irish Independent, 22 March 1935, p. 14
  11. ^ "Big Ulster game", Irish Independent, 6 March 1935, p. 14
  12. ^ "Big Ulster game", Irish Independent, 6 March 1935, p. 14
  13. ^ "Big Ulster game", Irish Independent, 6 March 1935, p. 14
  14. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN  9781903464151
  15. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN  9781903464151
  16. ^ "Carlow's easy victory over Kilkenny", Kildare Observer, 3 November 1934, p. 1
  17. ^ "Carlow's good win", Irish Press, 25 March 1935, p. 10
  18. ^ "Wicklow on top", Irish Press, 1 April 1935, p. 9
  19. ^ "Carlow win a thriller", Irish Press, 5 August 1935, p. 10
  20. ^ "Carlow defeat Cork in Final Division II National Football League", The Kerryman, 2 November 1935, p. 13


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