1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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
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.

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

13 June 1948
Quarter-Final

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).

Sligo

20 June 1948
Semi-Final

Galway	3-4 – 1-4	Roscommon

Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe

27 June 1948
Semi-Final

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

Sligo

18 July 1948
Final

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

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Referee: Simon Duignan (Cavan)

25 July 1948
Final Replay

Mayo	2-10 – 2-7 A.E.T.	Galway
P Carney (0-9, six frees), P Solan (1-1) & S Mulderrig (0-1).

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Referee: P.J. Sheehy (Longford)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

2 May 1948
Preliminary Round

Carlow	3-11 – 1-5	Wicklow

Enniscorthy

9 May 1948
Preliminary Round

Louth	2-14 – 1-2	Longford

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

9 May 1948
Preliminary Round

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)

2 May 1948
Quarter-Final

Meath	0-14 – 1-6	Westmeath

Cusack Park, Mullingar

16 May 1948
Quarter-Final

Carlow	4-4 – 1-7	Laois

Geraldine Park, Athy

6 June 1948
Quarter-Final

Offaly	3-8 – 4-6	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: W Delaney (Laois)

13 June 1948
Quarter-Final

Louth	1-8 – 0-6	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

4 July 1948
Semi-Final

Wexford	3-9 – 4-5	Carlow

Croke Park, Dublin

11 July 1948
Semi-Final

Meath	2-6 – 2-5	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

25 July 1948
Final

Louth	2-10 – 2-5	Wexford
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

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Jimmy Flaherty (Offaly)

Munster Senior Football Championship

30 May 1948
Quarter-Final

Clare	4-10 – 0-2	Limerick

Cusack Park, Ennis

20 June 1948
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	3-13 – 1-7	Waterford

Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy

Referee: S. O'Boyle (Tipperary)

4 July 1948
Semi-Final

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

Ballylongford

4 July 1948
Semi-Final

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)

25 July 1948
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).

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Senior Football Championship

13 June 1948
Preliminary Round

Down	5-7 – 2-3	Armagh

St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle

6 June 1948
Quarter-Final

Antrim	1-3 – 0-1 Unfinished	Donegal

Corrigan Park, Belfast

6 June 1948
Quarter-Final

Derry	2-6 – 2-9	Monaghan

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

13 June 1948
Quarter-Final

Tyrone	5-8 – 0-4	Fermanagh

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

20 June 1948
Quarter-Final

Cavan	2-9 – 2-4	Down

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

20 June 1948
Quarter-Final Replay

Antrim	4-5 – 1-4	Donegal

Corrigan Park, Belfast

3 July 1948
Semi-Final

Antrim	0-12 – 1-3	Tyrone

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

10 July 1948
Semi-Final

Cavan	1-9 – 0-7	Monaghan

Breffni Park, Cavan

24 July 1948
Final

Cavan	2-12 – 2-4	Antrim

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

22 August 1948
Semi-Final

Cavan	1-14 – 4-2	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 51,117

29 August 1948
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).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 51,305

26 September 1948
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).

Croke Park, Dublin

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

^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "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)

[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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