1934–35 National Football League (Ireland)

1934–35 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1934 – 4 August 1935
League champions
Winners	Mayo (2nd win)
Captain	Gerald Courell
League runners-up
Runners-up	Fermanagh
← 1933–34 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.

Results

Division Two

Leinster

Wicklow, Kilkenny, Carlow

29 October 1934 Round 1	Carlow	5-8 — 0-2	Kilkenny	Kilkenny^[3]

24 March 1935 Round 1	Carlow	3-11 — 3-5	Kilkenny	Muine Bheag^[4]

31 March 1935 Round 1	Wicklow	3-3 — 0-6	Kilkenny	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny^[5]

4 August 1935 Round 1	Wicklow	1-5 — 1-8	Carlow	Baltinglass^[6]

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^[7]

Northern Division

Fermanagh won.

Southern Division (Munster Football League)

Waterford withdrew before the competition started.^[8]

28 October 1934 Round 1	Clare	0-4 — 1-4	Tipperary	Kilrush^[9]

11 November 1934 Round 1	Cork	1-8 — 1-5	Kerry	UCC GAA, Cork^[10]

11 November 1934 Round 1	Limerick	0-2 — 4-2	Clare	Foynes^[11]

25 November 1934 Round 2	Tipperary	4-3 — 0-8	Cork	Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel^[12]

10 March 1935 Round 2	Clare	w/o — scr.	Kerry	Kilfenora^[13]

24 March 1935 Round 2	Tipperary	w/o — scr.	Kerry	Clonmel^[14]

24 March 1935 Round 3	Cork	w/o — scr.	Clare	Cork^[15]

	Kerry	w/o — scr.^[16]	Limerick

	Tipperary	w/o — scr.^[17]	Limerick

	Cork	w/o — scr.^[18]	Limerick

Table

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

Eastern Division

Western Division

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

Finals

Mayo v Tipperary

6 June 1935
Semi-Final

Mayo	6-8 – 2-5	Tipperary

Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel

Mayo v Fermanagh

4 August 1935
Final

Mayo	5-8 – 0-2	Fermanagh
Gerald Courell 3-0; Paddy Moclair 2-2; Paddy Munnelly 0-3; Josie Munnelly, Peter Laffey 0-1 each

MacHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 2,000^[19]
Referee: J Kelly (Longford)^[20]

References

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

National Football Leagues

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