1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 56th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final. Dublin won their fifteenth title, drawing level with Kerry in the all-time standings until 1946.

Munster Championship format change

Normal system in place but Limerick still refuse to take part for 1 more year.

Roscommon	1–8 – 0–8	Mayo
		T Hoban (0–4), H Kenny (0–3), J Munnelly (0–1).

Galway	4–9 – 1–2	Leitrim

Roscommon	0–14 – 0–6	Sligo

Galway	2–6 – 3–2	Roscommon

Longford	0–4 – 0–3	Westmeath

Meath	2–11 – 0–8	Louth

Offaly	1–6 – 0–7	Kildare
		P.Waters 0–4, W.Hannify, R.O'Hara, J.Martin 0–1.

Carlow	0–10 – 0–7	Wexford

Dublin	0–7 – 0–7	Longford

Offaly	6–5 – 2–7	Laois

Dublin	2–15 – 1–3	Longford

Dublin	3–5 – 1–10	Meath
Sean McCarthy 1–1, Tommy Banks 0-4f, Paddy O'Connor and M Quigley 1–0 each		Jackie Maye 0–7 (0-6f), Billy Brien 1–0, S Ludlow 0–2, J Hand 0–1

Offaly	1–10 – 0–13	Carlow

Offaly	0–6 – 1–9	Carlow

Dublin	0–8 – 0–6	Carlow
Tommy Banks 0-4f, Jimmy Joy, Gerry Fitzgerald, Brendan Quinn, Paddy O'Connor 0–1 each		Jimma Rea, Tom Walker, Johnny Doyle (0-2f) 0–2 each

Kerry	3–8 – 1–3	Clare
Bill Dillon (1–1).

Cork	1–8 – 0–2	Waterford
J. Kenny (0–3), R. Harnedy (0–1), M. Corcarn (1–0), E. Reilly, T. O'Reilly & D. Burke (0–1) each.

Kerry	3–6 – 1–5	Tipperary
Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Johnny Walsh (0–1), Willie O'Donnell (1–1), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (2–1) & Murt Kelly (0–2).

Kerry	3–7 – 0–8	Cork
Tom Gega O'Connor (0–1), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (1–3), Murt Kelly (1–3) & Paddy Bawn Brosnan (1–0).		J. Kenny (0–5), D. Burke (0–1) & J. Young (0–2).

Armagh	3–4 – 0–0	Tyrone

Down	4–4 – 3–7	Antrim

Cavan	1–4 – 0–6	Monaghan

Down	2–11 – 1–5	Antrim

Cavan	7–10 – 4–4	Donegal

Down	0–7 – 0–6	Armagh

An objection was made and a replay ordered.

Down	1–12 – 2–5	Armagh

Cavan	5–11 – 1–3	Down

Dublin	1–6 – 1–3	Cavan

Galway	1–3 – 0–3	Kerry
		Murt Kelly (0–3).

Dublin	1–10 – 1–8	Galway
T. Banks (0–6), P. O'Connor (1–1), J. Joy (0–2) & M. Fletcher (0–1).		S. Thronaton (0–4), J. Casey (1–0), M. Fallon (0–2) P. Thornton & J. Flavin (0–1).

Leitrim return to Connacht championship for the first time since 1933.
The All Ireland final between Galway and Dublin gave Dublin won their first All Ireland title since 1923, ending their longest drought of 19 years. They were the first champions from Leinster since Kildare in 1928. Galway lost their third All Ireland final in a row. The scoreline was repeated 41 years later in the 1983 All Ireland final.