All-Ireland Champions | |
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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.
Fermanagh play their last Ulster championship game until 1960.
Limerick take a 2 year break from the Munster championship.
Cavan won their second title in a row.[1][2][3]
Results
[edit]Mayo | 4-9 – 1-2 | Leitrim |
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P Carney (0-4, two frees), W Kenny (1-3), T Langan, S Daly (1-1), P Solan (1-0) & S Mulderrig (1-1). |
Finals
[edit]Mayo | 2-4 – 1-7 | Galway |
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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 |
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P Carney (0-9, six frees), P Solan (1-1) & S Mulderrig (0-1). |
Referee: P.J. Sheehy (Longford)
Offaly | 5-5 – 1-8 | Kildare |
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T.O'Hanlon 0-5, J.Farrell 1-0, C.O'Hanlon 0-2, M.Geraghty 0-1. |
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Final
[edit]![]() | 2–10 – 2–05 | ![]() |
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Mick Hardy 1-4 (0-3f), Kevin Connolly 1-0, Jim Quigley 0-3, Hugh O'Rourke 0-2, Frank Fagan 0-1 | Billy Kelly 2-1, Des O'Neill 0-2, Bill Goodison (1 '50), Sam Thorpe 0-1 |
Referee: Jimmy Flaherty (Offaly)
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Cork | 0-12 – 1-8 | Tipperary |
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T. Crowley (0-1), C. McGrath (0-1), N. Duggan (0-3), J. Lynam (0-1), J. Cronin (0-5) & J. Aherne (0-1). |
Referee: P. Ryan (W)
Final
[edit]Kerry | 2-9 – 2-6 | Cork |
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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). |
Cavan | 2-9 – 2-4 | Down |
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P Donohoe (2-3), M Higgins (0-6) | M Shortt (1-0), Kennedy (1-0), G Brown (0-1), Downey (0-1), Keenan (0-1), B Carr (0-1) |
Cavan | 1-9 – 0-7 | Monaghan |
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P Donohoe (0-6), J J O Reilly (0-1), J Cassidy (0-1) M Higgins (0-1), T Tighe (1-0) | P Mc Donald (0-3), V Duffy (0-1), M Finnegan (0-2), P O Rouke (0-1) |
Attendance: 14,000
Final
[edit]Cavan | 2-12 – 2-4 | Antrim |
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P Donohoe (1-4), J Cassidy (0-2), Ed Carolan (1-2), M Higgins (0-2) S Deignan (0-1), T Tighe (0-1) | B Mc Ateer (1-0), J Mc Callin (0-3) |
Semi-Final
[edit]![]() | 1-14 – 4-02 | Louth ![]() |
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P Donohoe (0-8, 5f), M Higgins (0-5, 1f), T Tighe (1-0), Ed Carolan (0-1) | Hardy (2-0), Fagan (1-2), Mooney (1-0) |
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Semi-Final
[edit]Mayo | 0-13 – 0-3 | Kerry |
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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
[edit]Cavan | 4-5 – 4-4 | Mayo |
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P Donohoe (0-4), T Tighe (2-0), V Sherlock (1-1), M Higgins (1-0) | 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). |
Championship statistics
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]- Fermanagh withdraw from Ulster championship until 1960.
- Limerick withdraw from Munster championship for the next 2 years.
- 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.
Roll of Honour
[edit]- Kerry - 16 (1946)
- Dublin - 15 (1942)
- Wexford - 5 (1918)
- Cavan - 4 (1948)
- Kildare - 4 (1928)
- Tipperary - 4 (1920)
- Cork - 3 (1945)
- Galway - 3 (1938)
- Roscommon - 2 (1944)
- Limerick - 2 (1896)
- Louth - 2 (1912)
- Mayo - 1 (1936)
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Football Champions in Final Again". Irish Independent. 23 August 1948.