1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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

1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCavan (4th win)
CaptainJohn Joe O’Reilly
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1947
1949 →

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
Mayo4-9 – 1-2Leitrim
Galway3-4 – 1-4Roscommon
Mayo4-2 – 1-5Sligo
Mayo2-4 – 1-7Galway
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Referee: Simon Duignan (Cavan)
Mayo2-10 – 2-7
A.E.T.		Galway
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Referee: P.J. Sheehy (Longford)

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Carlow3-11 – 1-5Wicklow
Louth2-14 – 1-2Longford
Offaly5-5 – 1-8Kildare
Referee: W Delaney
Meath0-14 – 1-6Westmeath
Carlow4-4 – 1-7Laois
Offaly3-8 – 4-6Wexford
Referee: W Delaney
Louth1-8 – 0-6Dublin
Wexford3-9 – 4-5Carlow
Meath2-6 – 2-5Louth
Louth2-10 – 2-5Wexford

Munster Senior Football Championship
Clare4-10 – 0-2Limerick
Tipperary3-13 – 1-7Waterford
Referee: S. O'Boyle (Tipperary)
Kerry6-6 – 1-8Clare
Cork0-12 – 1-8Tipperary
Referee: P. Ryan (W)
Kerry2-9 – 2-6Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Down5-7 – 2-3Armagh
Antrim1-3 – 0-1
Unfinished		Donegal
Derry2-6 – 2-9Monaghan
Tyrone5-8 – 0-4Fermanagh
Cavan2-9 – 2-4Down
Antrim4-5 – 1-4Donegal
Antrim0-12 – 1-3Tyrone
Cavan1-9 – 0-7Monaghan
Cavan2-12 – 2-4Antrim

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Cavan1-14 – 4-2Louth
Attendance: 51,117
Mayo0-13 – 0-3Kerry
Attendance: 51,305
Main article: 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Cavan4-5 – 4-4Mayo
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
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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