The 1939–40 National Football League was the 13th staging of the National Football League, an annual

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tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. 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.

Results

Group A

Results

Table

Group B

Wexford finished top, ahead of Carlow, Waterford and Tipperary.

Group C

Meath finished top, ahead of Dublin, Louth and Monaghan.

Group D

Table

Group E

Table

Group F

Table

Group G

Cork finished top, ahead of Clare and Limerick.

Knockout phase

Inter-group play-offs

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Semi-finals

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Final

References

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