1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Cavan (3rd win)
Captain John Joe O’Reilly
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kerry
Captain Dinny Lyne
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Meath
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
← 1946
1948 →

The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 61st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Contents

The Munster final between Cork & Kerry became a start of common Cork-Kerry Munster finals until 1990 expect 4.

Cavan were the winners. [1] [2] [3] All Ireland final in New York ending Kerry's All Ireland title.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Roscommon 1–10 – 0–4 Mayo
S. Daly (0–2) & J. Munnelly (0–2).
James Stephens Park, Ballina
Sligo 2–6 – 1–6 Galway
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Roscommon 1–9 – 0–3 Leitrim
Carrick-on-Shannon
Roscommon 2–12 – 1–8 Sligo
James Stephens Park, Ballina
Attendance: 14,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Meath 5–7 – 2–3 Wicklow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Dublin 1–11 – 0–5 Longford
M Dolan 1–1, T Leahy, Pierce Thornton, M O'Reilly (0-1f) 0–3 each, C Manning 0–1F Doris 0–2, J Duignan, J O'Brien, J Plunkett 0–1 each
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Kildare 2–8 – 1–9 Wexford
W.Geraghty 0–4, K.O'Donovan, P.White 1–1, D.Fox, R.Martin 0–1.
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Offaly 2–6 – 1–3 Carlow
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Louth 3–11 – 1–9 Dublin
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Meath 1–8 – 0–5 Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Laois 2–7 – 1–8 Kildare
D.Fox 1–1, M.Geraghty 0–3, P.White 0–2, W.Geraghty, T.O'Hanlon 0–1.
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Offaly 0–4 – 5–11 Laois
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: P Mythen (Laois)
Meath 0–9 – 1–4 Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Meath 3–7 – 1–7 Laois
Peter McDermott 2–2, Brian Smyth 1–0, Victor Sherlock and Frankie Byrne (0-2f) 0–2 each, Mick O'Brien 0–1 eachBill Delaney 1–2, Des Connolly (0-2f) and Paddy Peacock 0–2 each, Aiden O'Donnell 0-1f
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 41,631
Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary 4–13 – 0–4 Waterford
Páirc Daibhín, Carrick on Suir
Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)
Clare 4–9 – 2–4 Limerick
Cusack Park, Ennis
Kerry 9–10 – 0–4 Clare
P. Kennedy (1–0), G. O'Sullivan (1–2), W. O'Donnell (1–0), B. Garvey (2–0), F. O'Keeffe (3–0), T. G. O'Connor (0–7) & D. Kavanagh (1–1).
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Cork 2–3 – 1–2 Tipperary
D. Cullinane (0–2), J. Lynch (0–1) & J. Cronin (1–0).
Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)
Kerry 3–8 – 2–6 Cork
T. O'Connor (0–1), G. O'Sullivan (1–0), W. O'Donnell (0–1), B. Garvey (0–1), F. O'Keeffe (1–0), T. G. O'Connor (0–3) & D. Kavanagh (1–2).T. Crowley (0–1), C. McGrath (0–1), N. Duggan (0–1), J. Lynch (1–0) & J. Aherne (1–3).
Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone 0–7 – 1–4 Fermanagh
St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
Tyrone 3–5 – 2–6 Fermanagh
Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland
Down 2–11 – 2–5 Derry
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Cavan 0–9 – 1–6 Monaghan
M Higgins (0–3), Ed Carolan (0–2), T Tighe (0–2), Cassidy (0–2)Finnegan (1–1), Murphy (0–2), O Rourke (0–1), Firzpatrick (0–1), Mc Donald (0–1)
Breffni Park, Cavan
Cavan 1–11 – 1–9 Monaghan
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Armagh 1–6 – 1–6 Tyrone
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Armagh 1–4 – 2–5 Tyrone
O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Attendance: 10,000
Antrim 3–13 – 1–7 Down
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Attendance: 17,000
Cavan 4–5 – 0–2 Tyrone
J Stafford (1-02), P Donohoe (1-01), Ed Carolan (1–0), S Deignan (1–0), Cassidy (0–2)I Jones (0–1), Devlin (0-01)
O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Cavan 3–4 – 1–6 Antrim
P Donohoe (1–2), Stafford (1–2), OG (1–0)F Dunlop (1–0), J Mc Callin (0–1), K Armstrong (0–1), Mc Corry (0–2), Pa O Hara (0–1), S Gibson (0–1),
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 34,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cavan 2–4 – 0–6 Roscommon
P Donohoe (1–4), T Tighe (1–0)O Rourke (0–4), Mc Quillan (0–1), Nerney (0–1)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 60,075
Kerry 1–11 – 0–5 Meath
Gerald O'Sullivan (0–2), Willie O'Donnell (1–1), Batt Garvey (0–3), Tom Gega O'Connor (0–2), Dan Kavanagh (0–1) & Sub: Eddie Dowling (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,939
Cavan 2–11 – 2–7 Kerry
P Donohoe (0–8), M Higgins (1–1), T P O Reilly (1–1), C Mc Dyer (0–1),Eddie Dowling (1–0), Batt Garvey (1–0), Tom Gega O'Connor (0–6) & Paddy Kennedy (0–1).
Polo Grounds, New York City
Attendance: 34,491
Referee: M O'Neill (Wexford)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887–2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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