1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained
| Year: | 1952 |
| Team: | Cavan |
| Titles: | 5th |
| Team2: | Meath |
| Leinster: | Meath |
| Munster: | Cork |
| Ulster: | Cavan |
| Connacht: | Roscommon |
| Next: | 1953 |
The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 66th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Limerick play in their last Munster championship game until 1965.
In the Connacht final Roscommon ended Mayo's 2 year spell as All Ireland champions.
Cavan won their fifth, and so far last, All-Ireland title.[1] [2] [3]
Results
Note it was the smallest Connacht championship until 2020. Leitrim were not part of the championship.
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Finals
See main article: 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. ----
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Fr. O'Hara Park, Charlestown opens in honour of Father Eddie O'Hara.
- Limerick are dropped from the Munster football championship until 1965.
- Smallest Connacht championship until 2020.
- The All Ireland semi-final between Meath and Roscommon was the first meeting between the teams.
- The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1946.
Notes and References
- Web site: Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA . 22 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030727/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html . 21 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Archived copy . 22 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 16 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
- 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 . 28 September 2011 .
