1948–49 National Football League (Ireland)

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1948–49 National Football League October 1948 – 10 April 1949 Mayo Tommy Byrne 8th Louth Seán Boyle 1947–48 1949–50 The 1948–49 National Football League was the 18th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. Mayo won the NFL with a narrow defeat of Louth in the final.Mayo results archive, 1949http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(5)/1984-(9) GAA Archive 1949 2015-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150714173241/http://www.crokepark.ie/gaa-museum/gaa-archive/gaa-years/2000-2009-(5)/1984-(9) 2015-07-14 dead GAA Final Teams https://web.archive.org/web/20150714165753/http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/gaa-history/final-teams/0/6/0/0/15/ 2015-07-14 A nice surprise for Louth - Irish Independent Format Instead of geographic groupings, teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the semi-finals. League Phase Division I (Dr Lagan Cup) 3 October 1948 Round Down 0-10 — 0-7 Monaghan Ballybay"Down Master Monaghan", Irish Independent, 4 October 1948, p. 7, 10 October 1948 Round Antrim 2-9 — 4-2 Armagh Armagh"Antrim had close call", Irish Independent, 11 October 1948, p. 7, 17 October 1948 Round Down 3-10 — 3-6 Antrim Newcastle"Down's surprise for Antrim", Irish Independent, 18 October 1948, p. 6, 24 October 1948 Round Monaghan 3-4 — 0-7 Armagh Ballybay"Bad Finish beat Armagh", Irish Independent, 25 October 1948, p. 7, 31 October 1948 Final Down 2-7 — 2-5 Tyrone Lurgan"Down win Dr. Lagan Cup", Cork Examiner, 1 November 1948, p. 6, Division II Group A Results 17 October 1948 Round 1 Galway 1-3 — 1-11 Mayo Tuam"Carney stars in Mayo victory", Irish Independent, 18/10/1948, p. 6, 10,000 31 October 1948 Round 2 Kerry 3-7 — 1-11 Galway Austin Stack Park, Tralee"Kerry leave it late against Galway", Cork Examiner, 01/11/1948, p. 6, 21 November 1948 Round 3 Mayo 4-6 — 1-3 Kerry McHale Park, Castlebar"Mayo again crush Kerry", The Ballina Herald, 27/11/1948, p. 6, Group B Results 17 October 1948 Round 1 Roscommon 4-6 — 1-11 Sligo Strokestown"Roscommon in scoring mood", Irish Independent, 18/10/1948, p. 6, 31 October 1948 Round 2 Sligo 2-5 — 2-6 Leitrim Collooney"Leitrim shock for Sligo", Irish Independent, 01/11/1948, p. 7, 14 November 1948 Round 3 Leitrim 2-5 — 3-8 Roscommon Ballinamore"Group honours for Roscommon", Irish Independent, 15/11/1948, p. 7, Division II Final 6 March 1949 Final Mayo 2-11 — 1-5 Roscommon Ballina"Roscommon a well beaten side", Irish Independent, 07/03/1949, p. 7 Tables Group A TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Mayo football2 2 0 0 4 Qualified for Knockout stage20px|border Kerry football2 1 0 1 2 20px|border Galway football2 0 02 0 Group B TeamPldWDLPtsStatus20px|border Roscommon football2 2 0 0 4 20px|border Leitrim football2 1 0 1 2 20px|border Sligo football2 0 02 0 Division III Group A Westmeath, Cavan, Meath Group B Louth, Dublin, Longford Group B Results 31 October 1948 Round 1 Longford 1-2 — 4-8 Louth Longford"Easy for Louth at Longford", Irish Independent, 01/11/1948, p. 7, Division III Final 6 March 1949 Louth 2-5 – 2-4 Cavan Croke Park, Dublin"Louth's one point win in Croke Park thriller", Irish Independent, 07/03/1949, p. 7 Division IV Group A Limerick, Tipperary, Clare Section B Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow Section C Offaly, Kildare, Laois, Cork Group C Results 17 October 1948 Round 1 Laois 3-3 — 2-4 Cork O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Play-Off 6 February 1949 Wexford 3-4 — 0-9 Kildare Wexford Park, Wexford"Wexford beat Kildare in close game", Irish Independent, 7 February 1949, p.7 Knockout phase Semi-final 27 March 1949 Mayo 4-11 – 2-6 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin 27 March 1949 Louth 4-5 – 3-4 Down Croke Park, Dublin"Louth combination too much for Down individualism", Irish Independent, 28/03/1949, p. 7 Final 10 April 1949 Mayo 20px|border 1-08 – 1-06 20px|border Louth P Carney 0-4 (4f); T Acton 1-0; S Mulderrig, H Dixon, P Solan, M Flanagan 0-1 each Jim Quigley 0-4 (3f); Frank Fagan 1-1, Stephen White 0-1"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 Croke Park, Dublin 28,342"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 Simon Deignan (Cavan)"For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, 9781903464151 GK1 Tommy Byrne (Castlebar Mitchels)RCB2 Paddy Gilvarry (Killala)FB3 Paddy Prendergast (Dungloe, Donegal)LCB4 John Forde (Ardnaree Sarsfields)RHB5 Billy Kenny (UCG, Galway)CHB6 Éamonn Mongey (Civil Service, Dublin)LHB7 Seán Mulderrig (Ballina Stephenites)MF8 Pádraig Carney (UCD, Dublin)MF9 Henry Dixon (Claremorris)RHF10 Liam Hastings (UCD, Dublin)CHF11 Tom Langan (Garda, Dublin)LHF12 Joe Gilvarry (Killala)RCF13 Tom Acton (Ballina Stephenites)FF14 Peter Solan (UCG, Galway)LCF15 Mick Flanagan (UCD, Dublin) GK1 Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)RCB2 Jack Bell (St Mary's)FB3 Johnny Malone (St Mary's)LCB4 Tom Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands)RHB5 Seán Boyle (St Mary's)CHB6Paddy Markey (St Mary's)LHB7Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)MF8 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels)MF9 Hubert Reynolds (Dundalk Gaels)RHF10 Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)CHF11 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands)LHF12Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)RCF13 Hugh O'Rourke (Cooley Kickhams)FF14 Tom Walsh (Owen Roe's)LCF15Mickey Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells) References National Football League National Football League Category:National Football League (Ireland) seasons