1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained
| Year: | 1948 |
| Team: | Cavan |
| Titles: | 4th |
| Team2: | Mayo |
| Leinster: | Louth |
| Munster: | Kerry |
| Ulster: | Cavan |
| Connacht: | Mayo |
| Next: | 1949 |
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.[1] [2] [3]
Results
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Finals
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Final
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Final
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Final
Final
See main article: 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA . 2011-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030727/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html . 2012-03-21 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-09-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 2011-09-28 .
