1951–52 National Football League (Ireland) Explained

League:	1951–52 National Football League
Dates:	6 October 1951 – 30 September 1952
Team1:	Cork
Captain1:	Éamonn Young
Titles:	1st
Team2:	New York
Captain2:	Tom "Gega" O'Connor
Previous:	1950–51
Next:	1952–53

The 1951–52 National Football League was the 21st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Cork beat Dublin in the home final and easily dismissed New York in the Polo Grounds final, played at night under floodlights. New York didn't return to the final until 1963.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Format

Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the home semi-finals. The winner of the home final plays in the NFL final.

Results

Division III

won, ahead of,, and .

Finals

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Notes and References

1. http://mayogaablog.com/?page_id=4076 Mayo results archive, 1952
2. http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/final-teams/0/6/0/0/13/ GAA Final Teams
3. https://www.nytimes.com/1952/10/18/archives/county-cork-team-favored-tonight-opposes-new-york-allstars-in.html "COUNTY CORK TEAM FAVORED TONIGHT; Opposes New York All-Stars in Gaelic Football Game at the Polo Grounds" - New York Times
4. Web site: GAA Archive . 2015-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150714221131/http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(4)/1984-(2) . 2015-07-14 . dead .