The 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 59th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , the Gaelic Athletic Association 's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. It was played at venues all over Ireland from 29 April to 23 September 1945.
31 teams entered, with Kilkenny once again declining to field a team. Roscommon were the defending champions , however, they surrendered their title in their opening game, a Connacht semi-final defeat by Mayo .
The All-Ireland final was played on 23 September 1945 at Croke Park in Dublin , between Cork and Cavan , in what was their first ever meeting in a final . Cork won the match by 2-05 to 0-07 to claim their third championship title overall and a first title since 1911 .[1] [2] [3]
Results [ ]
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Quarter-final
Mayo v Leitrim
10 June 1945 Quarter-final Mayo 3-12 – 0-06 Leitrim Castlerea
J Mulvey 2-4, T Hoban 1-3, J Kilroy 0-4, E Mongey 0-1.
Kelleher 0-3, Kilkenny 0-2, Doorican 0-1.
Semi-finals
Galway v Sligo
24 June 1945 Semi-final Galway 2-07 – 1-05 Sligo , Roscommon
P Thornton 1-1, Canavan 1-0, McManus 0-3, Connolly 0-1, T Sullivan 0-1, S Thornton 0-1.
Mullarkey 1-3, Lavin 0-2.
Mayo v Roscommon
8 July 1945 Semi-final Mayo 2-08 – 1-06 Roscommon Sligo
J Kilroy 0-4, H Kenny 1-0, J Mulvey 1-0, T Hoban 0-2, J Munnelly 0-1, P Kilroy 0-1.
Boland 1-0, McQuillan 0-1, Fallon 0-1, J Murray 0-1, Keenan 0-1, Kinlough 0-1, P Murray 0-1.
Final
Galway v Mayo
22 July 1945 Final Galway 2-06 – 1-07 Mayo , Roscommon
P Thornton 1-1, S Thornton 1-1, P McManus 0-4,
P Kilroy 0-4, Mongey 1-0, Hoban 0-1, JJ McGowan 0-1, J Kilroy 0-1.
Attendance: 8,800
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Preliminary round
Longford v Westmeath
29 April 1945 Preliminary round Longford 1-05 – 1-05 Westmeath Cusack Park , Mullingar
Longford v Westmeath
6 May 1945 Preliminary round replay Longford 1-10– 2-06 Westmeath Pearse Park , Longford
Kildare v Carlow
6 May 1945 Preliminary round Kildare 2-13– 2-10 Carlow Dr. Cullen Park , Carlow
P.O'Brien, J.Winders 1-0, M.Byrne (2f) 0-2, J.Farrell, A.Burke 0-1
Quarter-finals
Wexford v Kildare
27 May 1945 Quarter-final Wexford 5-05 – 0-06 Kildare Dr. Cullen Park , Carlow
J O'Connor 2-0, D O'Neill 1-1, Somers 1-1, J Nolan 1-0, Goodison 0-2, P Kehoe 0-1.
Byrne 0-2, Collins 0-2, White 0-2.
Longford v Offaly
10 June 1945 Quarter-final Longford 1-06 – 3-04 Offaly Cusack Park , Mullingar
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath v Dublin
10 June 1945 Quarter-final Meath 3-06 – 4-03 Dublin Drogheda Park , Drogheda
Meath v Dublin
17 June 1945 Quarter-final replay Meath 2-16 – 1-10 Dublin Croke Park , Dublin
Attendance: 20,196
Semi-finals
Meath v Offaly
24 June 1945 Semi-final Meath 0-05 – 1-08 Offaly O'Moore Park , Portlaoise
Attendance: 6000 Referee: PJ Sheehy (Offaly)
Wexford v Laois
1 July 1945 Semi-final Wexford 4-05 – 1-11 Laois Nowlan Park , Kilkenny
N Rackard 2-2, D O'Neill 1-1, J Nolan 1-0, P Kehoe 0-2.
Hunt 0-5, Nurney 1-0, M Delaney 0-2, Murphy 0-1, C Delaney 0-1, Haughney 0-1, Fannin 0-1.
Referee: 11,939
Final
Wexford v Offaly
22 July 1945 Final Wexford 1-9 – 1-4 Offaly O'Moore Park , Portlaoise
Paddy Keohoe 0-5f, John O'Connor 1-0, Des O'Neill 0-2, Joe Nolan and Nicky Rackard 0-1 each
Jackie Byrne 1-1, Joe O'Connor, W Leonard, H Burke (0-1f) 0-1 each
Attendance: 9,873 Referee: Mick Leech (Louth)
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Quarter-finals
Tipperary v Waterford
13 May 1945 Quarter-final Tipperary 0-07 – 0-03 Waterford Páirc Daibhín , Carrick-on-Suir
Referee: A Scannell (Cork)
Limerick v Clare
20 May 1945 Quarter-final Limerick 6-02 – 3-03 Clare Cusack Park , Ennis
Semi-finals
Kerry v Limerick
10 June 1945 Semi-final Kerry 5-08 – 2-07 Limerick Gaelic Grounds , Limerick
P Kennedy 2-4, E Dunne 1-1, W O'Donnell 1-1, D Kavanagh 1-1, B Garvey 0-1.
Cork v Tipperary
24 June 1945 Semi-final Cork 1-07 – 1-06 Tipperary Fraher Field , Dungarvan
J Cronin 1-1, N Casey 0-4, Duggan 0-1, D Cullinane 0-1.
Cleary 0-4, Wright 1-0, Croghan 0-2.
Referee: Sgt. V. Aston
Final
Cork v Kerry
8 July 1945 Final Cork 1-11 – 1-06 Kerry Fitzgerald Stadium , Killarney
D Beckett 0-4, E Young 1-0, J Lynch 0-2, P O'Driscoll 0-2, N Casey 0-1, F O'Donovan 0-1, J Cronin 0-1,
M Lyne 0-4, T Landers 1-0, D Kavanagh 0-1, B Garvey 0-1.
Attendance: 7,000
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Preliminary round
Cavan v Antrim
17 June 1945 Preliminary round Cavan 2-11 – 2-3 Antrim Breffni Park , Cavan
Quarter-finals
Donegal v Derry
10 June 1945 Quarter-final Donegal 3-7 – 2-3 Derry O'Donnell Park , Letterkenny
Fermanagh v Monaghan
24 June 1945 Quarter-final Fermanagh 4-13 – 0-5 Monaghan Brewster Park , Enniskillen
Semi-finals
Fermanagh v Armagh
8 July 1945 Semi-final Fermanagh 2-4 – 1-6 Armagh St. Tiernach's Park , Clones
Attendance: 6,000
Final
Cavan v Fermanagh
29 July 1945 Final Cavan 4-10 – 1-04 Fermanagh St. Tiernach's Park , Clones
P Donoghue 1-4, PJ Duke 1-1, PA O'Reilly 1-0, J Stafford 1-0, T Tighe 0-1, M Higgins 0-3, TP O'Reilly 0-1.
A Breslin 1-0, G O'Reilly 0-1, P Clarke 0-1, C Creamer 0-1, G O'Reilly 0-1.
Attendance: 10,000
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Semi-finals
Cork v Galway
12 August 1945 Semi-final Cork 2-12 – 2-08 Galway Croke Park , Dublin
D Beckett 1-4, F O'Donovan 1-0, J Cronin 0-4, E Young 0-4, M Tubridy 0-1.
McManus 0-5, Canavan 1-0, Connolly 1-0, T Sullivan 0-2, Ryan 0-1.
Attendance: 33,336 Referee: P Lynch (Cavan)
Cavan v Wexford
19 August 1945 Semi-final Cavan 1-04 – 0-05 Wexford Croke Park , Dublin
J Stafford 1-0, S Deignan 0-2, M Higgins 0-1, P Donohoe 0-1.
P Kehoe 0-3, D O'Neill 0-2.
Attendance: 44,526 Referee: B Nestor (Galway)
Final
Cork v Cavan
23 September 1945 Final Cork 2-05 – 0-07 Cavan Croke Park , Dublin
D Beckett 1-2, M Tubridy 1-1, H O'Neill 0-1, J Lynch 0-1.
J Stafford 0-4, TP O'Reilly 0-2, T Tighe 0-1.
Attendance: 67,329 Referee: J Dunne (Galway)
Main article: 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Championship statistics [ ]
Miscellaneous [ ]
Limerick beat Clare for the only time between 1909 and 1980.
Wexford win the Leinster final for the first time since 1925.
The attendance of 44,526 at Cavan -Wexford game was a new record for an All-Ireland semi-final.
Cork end their longest drought as All Ireland Champions with future Taoiseach , Jack Lynch among the team a 34 year wait at and end first since 1911.
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