1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Roscommon (1st win)
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
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The 1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 57th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Roscommon were the winners.^[1]^[2]^[3] Kilkenny took part in the Leinster championship for the 1st time since 1931.

Results[]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[]

27 June 1943
Quarter-Final

Leitrim	4-9 – 2-8	Sligo

Boyle

20 June 1943
Semi-Final

Galway	3-6 – 1-5	Mayo
		H Kenny (0-2), J Munnelly (0-1), T Hoban (0-2) & T Acton (1-0).

Kiltimagh

Attendance: 3,000

4 July 1943
Semi-Final

Roscommon	2-12 – 1-3	Leitrim

Carrick-on-Shannon

18 July 1943
Final

Roscommon	2-8 – 0-8	Galway

, Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship[]

25 April 1943
Preliminary Round

Carlow	1-11 – 1-10	Wicklow

Enniscorthy

2 May 1943
Preliminary Round

Louth	2-10 – 1-8	Meath

Drogheda Park, Drogheda

9 May 1943
Preliminary Round

Westmeath	1-5 – 2-2	Longford

Cusack Park, Mullingar

9 May 1943
Preliminary Round

Wexford	3-6 – 0-0	Kilkenny

, New Ross

23 May 1943
Preliminary Round Replay

Longford	2-6 – 1-8	Westmeath

Pearse Park, Longford

16 May 1943
Quarter-Final

Kildare	1-10 – 4-8	Laois
J.Gibbons 1-3, T.Mulhall, J.Farrell 0-2, M.Geraghty, J.Mackey, P.Roche 0-1.

Geraldine Park, Athy

23 May 1943
Quarter-Final

Carlow	2-6 – 2-6	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

30 May 1943
Quarter-Final

Louth	4-5 – 1-6	Dublin

Drogheda Park, Drogheda

6 June 1943
Quarter-Final Replay

Carlow	1-7 – 1-1	Wexford

Wexford Park, Wexford

6 June 1943
Quarter-Final

Offaly	2-11 – 2-9	Longford

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

20 June 1943
Semi-Final

Louth	1-9 – 2-3	Offaly

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: P Dunne

27 June 1943
Semi-Final

Laois	3-8 – 3-6	Carlow

Geraldine Park, Athy

25 July 1943
Final

Louth	3-16 – 2-4	Laois
Peter Corr 1-8 (0-6f), Jimmy Coyle 2-0, Larry Carr 0-5, Jim Thornton, Kevin Connolly, Oliver Halpin 0-1 each		Danny Douglas and Syd Harkins 1-0 each, Chris Delaney 0-3f, Bill Delaney 0-1

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship[]

16 May 1943
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	2-7 – 0-9	Waterford

Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

Referee: P. J. O'Sullivan ( T )

23 May 1943
Quarter-Final

Clare	2-10 – 2-4	Limerick

Foynes

6 June 1943
Semi-Final

Cork	0-9 – 0-9	Kerry
E. Young (0-3), J. Aherne (1-0) & J. Cronin (1-0).		Pat Holly (0-1), Joe Kennington (0-1), Murt Kelly (0-5), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (0-1) & Mikey Lyne (0-1).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

20 June 1943
Semi-Final

Tipperary	3-5 – 2-6	Clare

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: B. Scannell (Galway)

11 July 1943
Semi-Final Replay

Cork	1-5 – 1-4	Kerry
E. Casey (0-3) & J. Aherne (0-2).		Paddy Kennedy (0-1), Johnny Walsh (0-1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1-0) & Murt Kelly (0-2).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

25 July 1943
Final

Cork	1-7 – 1-4	Tipperary
E. Young (0-1), E. Casey (0-2), P. Cronin (0-1). J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Aherne (1-0).

Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy

Referee: T. Greaney (W)

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

20 June 1943
Quarter-Final

Donegal	0-7 – 1-8	Tyrone

Omagh

27 June 1943
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	3-8 – 3-4	Armagh

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

27 June 1943
Quarter-Final

Antrim	0-13 – 1-8	Down

Corrigan Park, Belfast

4 July 1943
Semi-Final

Cavan	4-10 – 1-3	Tyrone

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

11 July 1943
Semi-Final

Monaghan	1-10 – 1-5	Antrim

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

1 August 1943
Final

Cavan	2-3 – 0-5	Monaghan

Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 7,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

8 August 1943
Semi-Final

Roscommon	3-10 – 3-6	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 18,347

15 August 1943
Semi-Final

Cavan	1-8 – 1-7	Cork
		F. O’Donavan (0-1), D. O’Connor (0-1), J. Lynch (0-2), J. Cronin (1-1) & J. Aherne (0-2).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 30,322

26 September 1943
Final

Roscommon	1-6 – 1-6	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 68,023

10 October 1943
Final Replay

Roscommon	2-7 – 2-2	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 47,193

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

The Wexford vs Kilkenny game was Kilkenny's first game since 1931 as they rejoin the Leinster football championship and also was the last championship game to be played at New Ross until 1997.
Louth win the Leinster championship for the first time since 1912.
Cork won their first Munster title since 1928.
Roscommon won the All Ireland title for the first time ever becoming the third county from Connacht after Galway in 1925 and then Mayo in 1936 to do so they also won their first Connacht title since 1914.
There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The complete All Ireland Series from the Semi-finals of , Cavan vs Cork and the final between Roscommon and Cavan were all the first championship meetings of the teams.
The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1938.

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