All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Meath (1st win) |
Captain | Brain Symth |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Cavan |
Captain | John Joe O’Reilly |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Meath |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Mayo |
Championship statistics | |
← 1948 1950 → |
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Despite Leitrim reaching the Connacht final withdraw from the championship for the next 3 years.
Meath won their first title. [1] [2] [3] Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row.
Mayo | 2-10 – 1-9 | Roscommon |
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P Carney (0-7, frees), H Dixon (1-0), J Curran (1-1), P Solan (0-1) & M Flanagan (0-1). |
Mayo | 7-10 – 0-2 | Sligo |
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P Carney (0-6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0-1), Joe Gilvarry (1-0); L Hastings (1-1) & P Solan (5-2). |
Clare | 3-7 – 1-8 | Kerry |
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G. O'Sullivan (1-2), T. Ashe (0-1) & Willie O'Donnell (0-5). |
Cork | 4-2 – 2-4 | Tipperary |
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E. Young (1-0), D. O’Donavan (3-0), J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Lynam (0-1). |
Antrim | 1-6 – 3-7 | Cavan |
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J Mc Callin (0-4), Pa O Hara (1-0), S Gibson (0-2) | P Donohoe (1-5), J Cassidy (1-0), M Higgins (0-1), T Tighe (0-1), V Sherlock (1-0) |
Meath | 3-10 – 1-10 | Mayo |
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P Carney (0-6, five frees), L Hastings (0-1), T Langan (1-0), P Solan (0-1) & Subs: M Flanagan (0-2). |
Cavan | 1-9 – 2-3 | Cork |
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P Donohoe (0-6), J Cassidy (1-0), J Stafford (0-1), T Tighe (0-1), P Brady (0-1) | J. Hartnett (1-0), D. O’Donavan (1-0) & J. Cronin (0-2). |
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