1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship Explained

Type:	Junior
Year:	1946
Connacht:	Leitrim
Munster:	Kerry
Leinster:	Louth
Ulster:	Down
Team:	Down
Titles:	1st
Team2:	Warwickshire
Previous:	1945
Next:	1947

The 1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 25th staging of the championship since its establishment by the GAA in 1912.

The competition format saw the four provincial champions compete in two 'Home' semi-finals, the winners of which then contested the All-Ireland 'Home' final.

In the last stage of the competition, the victorious 'Home' finalists then met the champions of Britainto determine who would be crowned overall All-Ireland Junior Football Champions for 1946.

The title match at Croke Park concluded with Down defeating Warwickshire, the champions of Britain, on a scoreline of 2–10 to 1–09.^[1]

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

Final

Ulster Junior Football Championship

Final

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Final

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Final^[2] (Croke Park, Dublin)

GK 1 Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's) RCB 2 Mick Rafferty (St Fechin's) FB 3 Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher) LCB 4 Jim McGee (Clan Na Gael) RHB 5 Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's) CHB 6 Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's) LHB 7 Roger Lynch (Geraldines) MF 8 Dermot Kelly (Owen Roe's) MF 9 Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells) RHF 10 Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's) CHF 11 Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c) LHF 12 Mickey Lennon (Geraldines) RCF 13 Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands) FF 14 David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers) LCF 15 Martin Carpenter (Owen Roe's)

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

'Home' Semi-Finals

(Clones)^[3]

All-Ireland Final

(Croke Park, Dublin)^[4]

Notes and References

1. News: Sturdy Down Team Wins All-Ireland Honours. 2 November 1946. Frontier Sentinel.
2. News: Wexford Defeated At Croke Park. 23 June 1946. New Ross Standard.
3. News: Down Footballers for All-Ireland Final. 31 August 1946. Frontier Sentinel.
4. Web site: Down Profile . .