1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Cavan (4th win)
Captain John Joe O’Reilly
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Mayo
Captain John Forde
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Louth
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
1947
1949

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

Contents

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

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

Galway 3-4 – 1-4 Roscommon

Mayo 4-2 – 1-5 Sligo
P Carney (0-1), S Daly (0-1) & P Solan (3-1).

Finals

Mayo 2-4 – 1-7 Galway
T Langan (1-0), S Daly (0-1), P Solan (1-0), S Mulderrig (0-3, two frees).
Referee: Simon Duignan (Cavan)

Mayo 2-10 – 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

Carlow 3-11 – 1-5 Wicklow

Louth 2-14 – 1-2 Longford

Offaly 5-5 – 1-8 Kildare
T.O'Hanlon 0-5, J.Farrell 1-0, C.O'Hanlon 0-2, M.Geraghty 0-1.
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

Meath 0-14 – 1-6 Westmeath

Carlow 4-4 – 1-7 Laois

Offaly 3-8 – 4-6 Wexford
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

Louth 1-8 – 0-6 Dublin

Wexford 3-9 – 4-5 Carlow

Meath 2-6 – 2-5 Louth

Final

Colours of Louth.svg Louth 2–10 – 2–05 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford
Mick Hardy 1-4 (0-3f), Kevin Connolly 1-0, Jim Quigley 0-3, Hugh O'Rourke 0-2, Frank Fagan 0-1Billy Kelly 2-1, Des O'Neill 0-2, Bill Goodison (1 '50), Sam Thorpe 0-1
Referee: Jimmy Flaherty (Offaly)
GK1Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)
RCB2Jack Bell (Stabannon Parnells)
FB3Eddie Boyle (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
LCB4Johnny Malone (St Mary's)
RHB5Seán Boyle (St Mary's)
CHB6Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB7 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
MF8Ray Mooney (St Mary's)
MF9Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10Mick Hardy (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11 Stephen White (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF12Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF13Larry Carr (Oliver Plunketts)
FF14Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c)
LCF15Hugh O'Rourke (Cooley Kickhams)
Substitutes:
16Paddy McArdle (St Mary's) for Mooney
GK1J. O'Neill
RCB2J. Culleton
FB3J. Cullen
LCB4J. Coady
RHB5J. Rogers
CHB6Bill Goodison
LHB7J. Morris
MF8J. Eustace
MF9D. Clancy
RHF10Des O'Neill
CHF11 Nicky Rackard
LHF12 Paddy Kehoe (c)
RCF13J. O'Connor
FF14Billy Kelly
LCF15Sam Thorpe
Substitutes:

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare 4-10 – 0-2 Limerick

Tipperary 3-13 – 1-7 Waterford
Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy
Referee: S. O'Boyle (Tipperary)

Kerry 6-6 – 1-8 Clare
G. O'Sullivan (1-0), W. O'Donnell (3-2), B. Garvey (1-2) & B. Kelliher (1-1).

Cork 0-12 – 1-8 Tipperary
T. Crowley (0-1), C. McGrath (0-1), N. Duggan (0-3), J. Lynam (0-1), J. Cronin (0-5) & J. Aherne (0-1).
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: P. Ryan (W)

Final

Kerry 2-9 – 2-6 Cork
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

Down 5-7 – 2-3 Armagh

Antrim 1-3 – 0-1
Unfinished
Donegal

Derry 2-6 – 2-9 Monaghan

Tyrone 5-8 – 0-4 Fermanagh

Cavan 2-9 – 2-4 Down

Antrim 4-5 – 1-4 Donegal

Antrim 0-12 – 1-3 Tyrone

Cavan 1-9 – 0-7 Monaghan

Final

Cavan 2-12 – 2-4 Antrim

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-Final

Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 1-14 – 4-02 Louth Colours of Louth.svg
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)
GK1 Des Benson
RCB2 Willie Doonan
FB3Brian O'Reilly
LCB4Paddy Smith
RHB5 P. J. Duke
CHB6 John Joe O'Reilly (c)
LHB7 Simon Deignan
MF8 Phil Brady
MF9 Victor Sherlock
RHF10 Anthony Tighe
CHF11 Mick Higgins
LHF12 John Joe Cassidy
RCF13 Joe Stafford
FF14 Peter Donohoe
LCF15 Edwin Carolan
Substitutes:
GK1Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)
RCB2Jack Bell (Stabannon Parnells)
FB3Eddie Boyle (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
LCB4Johnny Malone (St Mary's)
RHB5Seán Boyle (St Mary's)
CHB6Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB7 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
MF8Ray Mooney (St Mary's)
MF9Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10Mick Hardy (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11 Stephen White (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF12Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF13Larry Carr (Oliver Plunketts)
FF14Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c)
LCF15Mickey Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)
Substitutes:
16Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) for White

Semi-Final

Mayo 0-13 – 0-3 Kerry
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

Cavan 4-5 – 4-4 Mayo
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

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