1933–34 National Football League (Ireland)

1933–34 National Football League

League details
Dates	November 1933 – 21 October 1934
League champions
Winners	Mayo (1st win)
Captain	Gerald Courell
League runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Captain	Mick Keating
← 1932–33 1934–35 →

The 1933–34 National Football League was the 7th staging of the National Football League, a Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland, held in 1933 and 1934.

Mayo won the league after a replayed final.^[1][2]

Format

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

Results and Tables

Group I

Results

Sligo v Westmeath

12 November 1933 Round 1	Sligo	0-7 — 0-3	Westmeath	Tubbercurry[3]

Roscommon v Longford

19 November 1933 Round 1	Roscommon	1-3 — 0-3	Longford	Longford[4]

Sligo v Longford

3 December 1933 Round 2	Sligo	3-5 — 2-2	Longford	Collooney[5]

Westmeath v Roscommon

8 April 1934 Round 2	Westmeath	4-7 — 1-2	Roscommon	Athlone[6]

Group II

Results

Kildare v Wexford

5 November 1933 Round 1	Kildare	2-9 — 0-4	Wexford	Naas[7]

Laois v Dublin

5 November 1933 Round 1	Laois	1-6 — 2-3	Dublin	Portlaoise[8]

Dublin v Kildare

19 November 1933 Round 2	Dublin	1-5 — 0-6	Kildare	Croke Park, Dublin[9]

Kerry v Laois

19 November 1933 Round 2	Kerry	0-8 — 1-3	Laois	Austin Stack Park, Tralee[10]

Dublin v Wexford

3 December 1933 Round 3	Dublin	1-9 — 2-3	Wexford	Wexford,[11]

Kildare v Kerry

3 December 1933 Round 3	Kildare	w/o — scr	Kerry	Newbridge,[12]

Kerry v Wexford

4 March 1934 Round 4	Kerry	w/o[13] — scr.	Wexford

Dublin v Kerry

8 April 1934 Round 5	Dublin	2-6 — 1-7	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin[14]

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Dublin	4	3	1	0	7	Qualified for Final
Kildare	4	3	0	1	6
Kerry	4	2	0	2	4
Laois	4	1	1	2	3
Wexford	4	0	0	4	4

^[15]

Division III

Results

Mayo v Meath

12 November 1933 Round 1	Mayo	2-4 — 1-5	Meath	Castlebar[16]

Galway v Louth

19 November 1933 Round 2	Galway	1-5 — 1-2	Louth	Tuam[17]

Cavan v Mayo

19 November 1933 Round 2	Cavan	1-6 — 1-6	Mayo	Cavan[18]

Meath v Cavan

3 December 1933 Round 3	Meath	2-6 — 3-3	Cavan	Navan[19]

Mayo v Galway

3 December 1933 Round 3	Mayo	2-8 — 0-3	Galway	Castlebar[20]

Galway v Cavan

8 April 1934 Round 4	Galway	2-6 — 0-7	Cavan	Breffni Park, Cavan[21]

Mayo v Louth

15 April 1934 Round 4	Mayo	4-3 — 1-3	Louth	Drogheda

Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Mayo	4	3	1	0	7	Qualified for Final
Galway	4	3	0	1	6
Cavan	3	0	2	1	2
Meath	3	0	1	2	1
Louth	2	0	0	2	0

^[22]

Division IV

Results

Carlow v Wicklow

5 November 1933 Round 1	Carlow	5-3 — 2-4	Wicklow	Aughrim[23]

Offaly v Kilkenny

5 November 1933 Round 1	Offaly	4-10 — 1-4	Kilkenny	Kilkenny[24]

Carlow v Kilkenny

19 November 1933 Round 2	Carlow	3-4 — 0-3	Kilkenny	Carlow[25]

Offaly v Wicklow

19 November 1933 Round 2	Offaly	3-8 — 1-3	Wicklow	Tullamore[26]

Offaly v Carlow

3 December 1933 Round 3	Offaly	1-5 — 1-4	Carlow	Tullamore[27]

Final

Mayo v Dublin

13 May 1934 Final

Mayo	2-3 – 1-6	Dublin
Paddy Moclair 2-0, Paddy Munnelly 0-3[28]		Willie Dowling 1-0, Mickey Wellington 0-4[29]

MacHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 10,000[30] Referee: Tom Shevlin (Roscommon)[31]

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Mayo v Dublin

21 October 1934 Final Replay

Mayo	2-4 – 1-5	Dublin

Croke Park Referee: J Kelly (Longford)[32]

References

1. Mayo results archive
2. GAA Final Teams
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