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1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship


Football championship

FieldValue
year1948
teamCavan
titles4th
captainJohn Joe O'Reilly
team2Mayo
captain2John Forde
leinsterLouth
munsterKerry
ulsterCavan
connachtMayo
previous[1947](1947-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next[1949](1949-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.

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.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Semi-Final

Finals

Final

Final Replay A.E.T.

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Semi-Final

Final

**16**Paddy McArdle (St Mary's) for Mooney
**17**Paddy Waters (St Aidan's, Ballymitty) for Cullen

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[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final Unfinished

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final Replay

Semi-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-Final

Semi-Final

**16**Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) for White

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Semi-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Main article: 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • 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

  • 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

References

  1. "Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA".
  2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010".
  3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions".
  4. (23 August 1948). "Football Champions in Final Again". [[Irish Independent]].
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