1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained
| Year: | 1944 |
| Team: | Roscommon |
| Titles: | 2nd |
| Team2: | Kerry |
| Leinster: | Carlow |
| Munster: | Kerry |
| Ulster: | Cavan |
| Connacht: | Roscommon |
| Next: | 1945 |
The 1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 58th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Roscommon won their second title in a row and, so far, their last.[1] [2] [3] Kilkenny's final year in the Leinster championship until 1961.
Results
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See main article: 1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- The Kilkenny vs Wexford game was Kilkenny's last championship game until 1961 final game to be played at New Ross until 1997.
- The Clones pitch becomes St Tiernach's Park.
- Tralee's pitch becomes known as Austin Stack Park which is named after Austin Stack.
- Carlow win their first ever Leinster title.
- The All Ireland semi final meeting of Kerry and Carlow was their first championship meeting.
- Roscommon are All Ireland Champions for 2 in a row.
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 .
