1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCavan (4th win)
CaptainJohn Joe O’Reilly
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMayo
CaptainJohn Forde
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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1949 →

The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 62nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Fermanagh play their last Ulster championship game until 1960.

Cavan won their second title in a row.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo4-9 – 1-2Leitrim
P Carney (0-4, two frees), W Kenny (1-3), T Langan, S Daly (1-1), P Solan (1-0) & S Mulderrig (1-1).
Galway3-4 – 1-4Roscommon
Mayo4-2 – 1-5Sligo
P Carney (0-1), S Daly (0-1) & P Solan (3-1).

Finals

Mayo2-4 – 1-7Galway
T Langan (1-0), S Daly (0-1), P Solan (1-0), S Mulderrig (0-3, two frees).
Referee: Simon Duignan (Cavan)
Mayo2-10 – 2-7
A.E.T.		Galway
P Carney (0-9, six frees), P Solan (1-1) & S Mulderrig (0-1).
Referee: P.J. Sheehy (Longford)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Carlow3-11 – 1-5Wicklow
Louth2-14 – 1-2Longford
Offaly5-5 – 1-8Kildare
T.O'Hanlon 0-5, J.Farrell 1-0, C.O'Hanlon 0-2, M.Geraghty 0-1.
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Meath0-14 – 1-6Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Carlow4-4 – 1-7Laois
Offaly3-8 – 4-6Wexford
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Louth1-8 – 0-6Dublin
Wexford3-9 – 4-5Carlow
Meath2-6 – 2-5Louth

Final

Louth2–10 – 2–05 Wexford
Mick Hardy 1-4 (0-3f), Kevin Connolly 1-0, Jim Quigley 0-3, Hugh O'Rourke 0-2, Frank Fagan 0-1 Billy Kelly 2-1, Des O'Neill 0-2, Bill Goodison (1 '50), Sam Thorpe 0-1
Referee: Jimmy Flaherty (Offaly)
GK 1 Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)
RCB 2 Jack Bell (Stabannon Parnells)
FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
LCB 4 Johnny Malone (St Mary's)
RHB 5 Seán Boyle (St Mary's)
CHB 6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB 7 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
MF 8 Ray Mooney (St Mary's)
MF 9 Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF 10 Mick Hardy (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF 11 Stephen White (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF 12 Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF 13 Larry Carr (Oliver Plunketts)
FF 14 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c)
LCF 15 Hugh O'Rourke (Cooley Kickhams)
Substitutes:
16 Paddy McArdle (St Mary's) for Mooney
GK 1 J. O'Neill
RCB 2 J. Culleton
FB 3 J. Cullen
LCB 4 J. Coady
RHB 5 J. Rogers
CHB 6 Bill Goodison
LHB 7 J. Morris
MF 8 J. Eustace
MF 9 D. Clancy
RHF 10 Des O'Neill
CHF 11 Nicky Rackard
LHF 12 Paddy Kehoe (c)
RCF 13 J. O'Connor
FF 14 Billy Kelly
LCF 15 Sam Thorpe
Substitutes:

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare4-10 – 0-2Limerick
Tipperary3-13 – 1-7Waterford
Referee: S. O'Boyle (Tipperary)
Kerry6-6 – 1-8Clare
G. O'Sullivan (1-0), W. O'Donnell (3-2), B. Garvey (1-2) & B. Kelliher (1-1).
Cork0-12 – 1-8Tipperary
T. Crowley (0-1), C. McGrath (0-1), N. Duggan (0-3), J. Lynam (0-1), J. Cronin (0-5) & J. Aherne (0-1).
Referee: P. Ryan (W)

Final

Kerry2-9 – 2-6Cork
B. Garvey (0-1), D. Kavanagh (0-1), M. McCarthy (1-0) & Tom Gega O'Connor (1-6). J. Harnett (1-0), C. McGrath (0-4), N. Duggan (0-2) & J. Aherne (0-1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Down5-7 – 2-3Armagh
Antrim1-3 – 0-1
Unfinished		Donegal
Derry2-6 – 2-9Monaghan
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Tyrone5-8 – 0-4Fermanagh
Cavan2-9 – 2-4Down
Antrim4-5 – 1-4Donegal
Antrim0-12 – 1-3Tyrone
Cavan1-9 – 0-7Monaghan

Final

Cavan2-12 – 2-4Antrim
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-Final

Cavan1-14 – 4-02Louth
Donohoe (0-8, 5f), Higgins (0-5, 1f), Tighe (1-0), Carolan (0-1) Hardy (2-0), Fagan (1-2), Mooney (1-0)
Attendance: 51,117
Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)
GK 1 Des Benson
RCB 2 Willie Doonan
FB 3 Brian O'Reilly
LCB 4 Paddy Smith
RHB 5 P. J. Duke
CHB 6 John Joe O'Reilly (c)
LHB 7 Simon Deignan
MF 8 Phil Brady
MF 9 Victor Sherlock
RHF 10 Anthony Tighe
CHF 11 Mick Higgins
LHF 12 John Joe Cassidy
RCF 13 Joe Stafford
FF 14 Peter Donohoe
LCF 15 Edwin Carolan
Substitutes:
GK 1 Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)
RCB 2 Jack Bell (Stabannon Parnells)
FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
LCB 4 Johnny Malone (St Mary's)
RHB 5 Seán Boyle (St Mary's)
CHB 6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB 7 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
MF 8 Ray Mooney (St Mary's)
MF 9 Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF 10 Mick Hardy (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF 11 Stephen White (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF 12 Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF 13 Larry Carr (Oliver Plunketts)
FF 14 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c)
LCF 15 Mickey Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)
Substitutes:
16 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) for White

Semi-Final

Mayo0-13 – 0-3Kerry
P Carney (0-1, free); W Kenny (0-2), T Langan (0-3), Joe Gilvarry (0-1); T Acton (0-1), P Solan (0-3), S Mulderrig (0-1). Eddie Dowling (0-1) & Tom Gega O'Connor (0-2).
Attendance: 51,305

Final

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1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Cavan4-5 – 4-4Mayo
E Mongey (0-1), P Carney (1-2, penalty goal and a free), T Acton (2-0), P Solan (1-0) & S Mulderrig (0-1).
Attendance: 74,645
Referee: M.J. Flatherty (Offaly)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Fermanagh withdraw from Ulster championship until 1960.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Cavan and Louth was their first championship meeting.
  • Cavan becomes the first county from Ulster to be All Ireland Champions for 2 in a row.

Roll of Honour

  • Kerry - 16 (1946)
  • Dublin - 15 (1942)
  • Wexford - 5 (1918)
  • Cavan - 4 (1948)
  • Kildare - 4 (1928)
  • Tipperary - 4 (1920)
  • Cork - 3 (1945)
  • Galway - 3 (1938)
  • Roscommon - 2 (1944)
  • Limerick - 2 (1896)
  • Louth - 2 (1912)
  • Mayo - 1 (1936)

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Football Champions in Final Again". Irish Independent. 23 August 1948.
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