1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:	1949
Team:	Meath
Titles:	1st
Team2:	Cavan
Leinster:	Meath
Munster:	Cork
Ulster:	Cavan
Connacht:	Mayo
Next:	1950

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Despite Leitrim reaching the Connacht final withdraw from the championship for the next 3 years.

Meath won their first title.^{[1] [2] [3]} Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Munster Senior Football Championship

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Ulster Senior Football Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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See main article: 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Desipte reaching Connacht final Leitrim withdraw from championship for 3 years.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
3. 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 .