1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMeath (1st win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Meath won their first title.[1][2][3]

Results[]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[]

Mayo2-10 – 1-9Roscommon
P Carney (0-7, frees), H Dixon (1-0), J Curran (1-1), P Solan (0-1) & M Flanagan (0-1).
Corran Park, Ballymote
Attendance: 20,000
Leitrim3-3 – 1-7Galway
Carrick-on-Shannon
Attendance: 9,000
Mayo7-10 – 0-2Sligo
P Carney (0-6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0-1), Joe Gilvarry (1-0); L Hastings (1-1) & P Solan (5-2).
Mayo4-6 – 0-3Leitrim
P Carney (0-3, frees), T Langan (0-1), L Hastings (1-0); Joe Gilvarry (1-1) & P Solan (2-1).
, Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship[]

Dublin2-9 – 2-5Longford
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Westmeath3-7 – 1-5Carlow
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Meath0-11 – 1-5Kildare
B.Edwards 1-0, S.Brennan, K.O'Donovan, P.White, M.O'Brien, P.Lyons 0-1.
Croke Park, Dublin
Louth0-7 – 0-5Wicklow
Croke Park, Dublin
Westmeath2-5 – 0-7Laois
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Offaly4-7 – 3-7Dublin
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Meath0-14 – 4-0Wexford
Croke Park, Dublin
Offaly1-9 – 2-6Westmeath
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath1-5 – 1-5Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 32,000
Meath2-9 – 3-6
(AET)		Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Offaly1-2 – 0-8Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath2-5 – 1-7Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Meath4-5 – 0-6Westmeath
Paddy Meegan and Peter McDermott 2-0 each, Frankie Byrne 0-2f, Brian Smyth, Pat Carolan, Matty McDonnell (0-1f) 0-1 each Peter Molloy 0-5f and Johnny Ward 0-1f
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 37,102
Referee: J. Dowling (Kildare)

Munster Senior Football Championship[]

Tipperary3-8 – 3-4Waterford
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)
Clare3-7 – 1-8Kerry
G. O'Sullivan (1-2), T. Ashe (0-1) & Willie O'Donnell (0-5).
Cork4-2 – 2-4Tipperary
E. Young (1-0), D. O’Donavan (3-0), J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Lynam (0-1).
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)
Cork3-6 – 0-7Clare
P. O’Donnell (1-2), D. O’Donavan (1-1), J. Cronin (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & J. Lynam (1-0).
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

Down0-8 – 2-6Monaghan
Antrim5-9 – 1-6Derry
Rossa Park, Magherafelt
Armagh3-6 – 1-8Monaghan
Cavan7-10 – 1-7Tyrone
Antrim1-6 – 3-7Cavan
Corrigan Park, Belfast
Armagh0-14 – 1-4Donegal
O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Cavan1-7 – 1-6Armagh
Attendance: 24,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

Meath3-10 – 1-10Mayo
P Carney (0-6, five frees), L Hastings (0-1), T Langan (1-0), P Solan (0-1) & Subs: M Flanagan (0-2).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 48,200
Cavan1-9 – 2-3Cork
J. Hartnett (1-0), D. O’Donavan (1-0) & J. Cronin (0-2).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 49,789
Main article: 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Meath1-10 – 1-6Cavan
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 79,460

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Clare beat Kerry for the first time ever.
  • For the second time in history Meath had played Louth 3 times it previously happened in 1919.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Meath and Mayo was their first championship meeting.
  • Meath are All Ireland Champions for the first time.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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