The 1940–41 National Football League was the 14th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
Mayo returned to the league and won a seventh title. Petrol rationing (due to The Emergency / Second World War) made the playing of the NFL prohibitively expensive and difficult and the tournament was suspended until the end of the war.Mayo results archive
22 counties competed in the league."18 counties kick-off in Football League", Irish Independent, 11 October 1940, p. 9
Format There were four regional divisions, with 7 teams in the Southern Division and 5 in the Northern, Eastern and Western Divisions. Division winners played off for the NFL title.
Results Northern Division won, from Fermanagh, Tyrone, Derry, Antrim.
Group B, Southern Division won, ahead of Kildare, Galway, Laois, Offaly, Wexford and Cork.
Group C, Eastern Division won, from Westmeath, Louth, Meath, Longford.
Group A, Western Division won, ahead of Cavan, Roscommon, Donegal and Sligo.
Knockout phase
Semi-finals
Final
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