1941 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The 1941 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 24th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Roscommon entered the championship as the defending champions, but lost to Leitrim in the opening round of the Connacht Championship.^[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 21 September 1941 at Croke Park between Kerry and Cavan, in what was the first ever meeting of the two counties in the final. Kerry won the match by 0–09 to 0–04 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first since 1930.

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

Tipperary v Kerry

3 August 1941[2] Final	Tipperary	0-03 - 1-10	Kerry	Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary
				Referee: P. McKenna (Limerick)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Laois v Louth

13 July 1941[3] Final	Laois	2-07 - 2-05	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin
	M. Dunne 0-5, V. Scully 1-1, N. Rice 1-0, S. Hughes 0-1		S. Keough 1-1, L. Carr 0-3, Sreenan 1-0, D. Fox 0-1	Referee: P. Dunne (Dublin)

GK 1 John McGlynn (Annanough) RCB 2 Kevin Croke (Portlaoise) FB 3 Jimmy Nolan (Portlaoise) LCB 4 Billy Mullins (Portarlington) RHB 5 Michael Kaye (Ballyadams) CHB 6 Paddy Bergin (Clonad) LHB 7 Mick Shortall (Annanough) MF 8 Paddy Horan (Mountmellick) MF 9 John Lalor (Jamestown) RHF 10 Vinnie Scully (Portlaoise) CHF 11 Matt Dunne (Annanough) LHF 12 Austin Stack (Jamestown) RCF 13 Nicholas Rice (The Heath) FF 14 Paddy Peacock (Ballyroan) LCF 15 Stephen Hughes (Jamestown)

GK 1 John Moore (Owen Roes) RCB 2 Paddy White (Dundalk Young Irelands) FB 3 Gerry Devine (St Magdalene's) LCB 4 Peter Killen (Cooley Kickhams) RHB 5 P.J. Clarke (Dundalk Gaels) CHB 6 Kevin O'Dowda (St Bride's) LHB 7 Johnny Murphy (Dowdallshill) MF 8 Philip Byrne (St Bride's) MF 9 Michael Campbell (Cooley Kickhams) RHF 10 Petie McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams) CHF 11 Seán Keough (Seán O'Mahony's) LHF 12 Jimmy Sreenan (St Joseph's, Drogheda) RCF 13 Denis Fox (St Magdalene's) FF 14 Larry Carr (Ramblers United) LCF 15 Paddy Carroll (Owen Roes) Substitutes: 16 Pat Tuite (Seán O'Mahony's) for Byrne

Ulster Junior Football Championship

Cavan v Armagh

29 June 1941[4] Final	Cavan	2-07 - 1-08	Armagh	Castleblayney, Monaghan
				Referee: H. McEneaney (Monaghan)

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Leitrim v Galway

3 August 1941[5] Final	Leitrim	3-09 - 1-07	Galway	Tuam Stadium, Galway
				Referee: M. Jennings (Sligo)

All-Ireland semi-finals

Laois v Kerry

17 August 1941[6]	Laois	4-06 - 3-09	Kerry	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
				Referee: C. Nolan (Carlow)

Kerry v Laois

31 August 1941[7] Replay	Kerry	3-07 - 1-00	Laois	Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
				Referee: P. Dunne (Dublin)

Cavan v Leitrim

24 August 1941[8]	Cavan	1-06 - 1-05	Leitrim	Breffni Park, Cavan
				Referee: P. Ratty (Meath)

All-Ireland final

Kerry v Cavan

21 September 1941[9]	Kerry	0-09 - 0-04	Cavan	Croke Park, Dublin
	T. Long 0-6, P. O'Donoghue, T. Lyne, P. McCarthy 0-1 each		J. Devlin 0-3 (3f), B. Hunt 0-1	Referee: J. Flaherty (Offaly)

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