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).

Sligo 2-6 – 1-6 Galway

Roscommon 1-9 – 0-3 Leitrim

Roscommon 2-12 – 1-8 Sligo
James Stephens Park, Ballina
Attendance: 14,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Meath 5-7 – 2-3 Wicklow

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

Kildare 2-8 – 1-9 Wexford
W.Geraghty 0-4, K.O'Donovan, P.White 1-1, D.Fox, R.Martin 0-1.

Offaly 2-6 – 1-3 Carlow

Louth 3-11 – 1-9 Dublin

Meath 1-8 – 0-5 Westmeath

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.

Offaly 0-4 – 5-11 Laois
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: P Mythen (Laois)

Meath 0-9 – 1-4 Louth

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

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).

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).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone 0-7 – 1-4 Fermanagh

Tyrone 3-5 – 2-6 Fermanagh

Down 2-11 – 2-5 Derry

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)

Cavan 1-11 – 1-9 Monaghan

Armagh 1-6 – 1-6 Tyrone

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)

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

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