2 Preliminary rounds instead of usual 1. Involved were
Longford,
Carlow,
Westmeath &
Wicklow of course the winners qualified for a quarterfinal to meet the stronger teams.
Munster Championship format change
In 1939
Kerry were given a bye to the Munster final, preliminary round was just a lone match between
Cork vs Waterford, the winners of the game played in the quarterfinals along with
Tipperary,
Limerick and
Clare, the winners of the game played in a lone Semifinal. The format was previously used in 1933 and was used again in 1941.
All Ireland semifinals system
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual in every 3rd year in rotation, 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:
Meath win their second Leinster Title first since 1895.
Kerry are now one behind Dublin with All Ireland titles.
There were a number of first-time championship meetings; There were 2 first time championship meetings in the All Ireland Series at first in the semifinal stage a first meeting between
Meath vs Cavan while the second was All Ireland final was the first championship meeting of
Kerry vs Meath.
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