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
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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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).
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
Carlow4-4 – 1-7Laois
Offaly3-8 – 4-6Wexford
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Louth1-8 – 0-6Dublin
Wexford3-9 – 4-5Carlow
Meath2-6 – 2-5Louth
Louth2-10 – 2-5Wexford
Mick Hardy 1-4 (0-3f), Kevin Connolly 1-0, Jim Quigley 0-3, Hughie O'Rourke 0-2, Frank Fagan 0-1 Billy Kelly 2-1, Des O'Neill 0-2, Bill Goodison (1 '50) and Sam Thorpe 0-1 each
Referee: Jimmy Flaherty (Offaly)

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)
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
Tyrone5-8 – 0-4Fermanagh
Cavan2-9 – 2-4Down
Antrim4-5 – 1-4Donegal
Antrim0-12 – 1-3Tyrone
Cavan1-9 – 0-7Monaghan
Cavan2-12 – 2-4Antrim

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cavan1-14 – 4-2Louth
Attendance: 51,117
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
Main article: 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.

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)
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