1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 1947 Cavan 3rd John Joe O’Reilly Kerry Dinny Lyne Meath Kerry Cavan Roscommon 1946 1948 The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 61st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The Munster final between Cork & Kerry became a start of common Cork-Kerry Munster finals until 1990 expect 4. Cavan were the winners.http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html 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 http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887–2010 2011-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx 2011-07-16 dead Leinster Senior Football Champions http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf 2011-09-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf 2011-09-28 All Ireland final in New York ending Kerry's All Ireland title. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship 25 May 1947Quarter-Final Roscommon football 1–10 – 0–4 Mayo football S. Daly (0–2) & J. Munnelly (0–2). James Stephens Park, Ballina 1 June 1947Semi-Final Sligo football 2–6 – 1–6 Galway football St. Coman's Park, Roscommon 29 June 1947Semi-Final Roscommon football 1–9 – 0–3 Leitrim football Carrick-on-Shannon 20 July 1947Final Roscommon football 2–12 – 1–8 Sligo football James Stephens Park, Ballina 14,000 Leinster Senior Football Championship 11 May 1947Round 1 Meath football 5–7 – 2–3 Wicklow football St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge 18 May 1947Round 1 Dublin football 1–11 – 0–5 Longford football M Dolan 1–1, T Leahy, Pierce Thornton, M O'Reilly (0-1f) 0–3 each, C Manning 0–1 F Doris 0–2, J Duignan, J O'Brien, J Plunkett 0–1 each Cusack Park, Mullingar 18 May 1947Round 1 Kildare football 2–8 – 1–9 Wexford football W.Geraghty 0–4, K.O'Donovan, P.White 1–1, D.Fox, R.Martin 0–1. Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow 11 May 1947Quarter-Final Offaly football 2–6 – 1–3 Carlow football O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 1 June 1947Quarter-Final Louth football 3–11 – 1–9 Dublin football Páirc Tailteann, Navan 15 June 1947Quarter-Final Meath football 1–8 – 0–5 Westmeath football Cusack Park, Mullingar 22 June 1947Quarter-Final Laois football 2–7 – 1–8 Kildare football D.Fox 1–1, M.Geraghty 0–3, P.White 0–2, W.Geraghty, T.O'Hanlon 0–1. O'Connor Park, Tullamore 6 July 1947Semi-Final Offaly football 0–4 – 5–11 Laois football O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 15,000 P Mythen (Laois) 6 July 1947Semi-Final Meath football 0–9 – 1–4 Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 20 July 1947Final Meath football 3–7 – 1–7 Laois football Peter McDermott 2–2, Brian Smyth 1–0, Victor Sherlock and Frankie Byrne (0-2f) 0–2 each, Mick O'Brien 0–1 each Bill Delaney 1–2, Des Connolly (0-2f) and Paddy Peacock 0–2 each, Aiden O'Donnell 0-1f Croke Park, Dublin 41,631 Paddy Mythen (Wexford) Munster Senior Football Championship 1 June 1947Quarter-Final Tipperary football 4–13 – 0–4 Waterford football Páirc Daibhín, Carrick on Suir D. Ryan (Kerry) 8 June 1947Quarter-Final Clare football 4–9 – 2–4 Limerick football Cusack Park, Ennis 6 July 1947Semi-Final Kerry football 9–10 – 0–4 Clare football P. Kennedy (1–0), G. O'Sullivan (1–2), W. O'Donnell (1–0), B. Garvey (2–0), F. O'Keeffe (3–0), T. G. O'Connor (0–7) & D. Kavanagh (1–1). Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 6 July 1947Semi-Final Cork football 2–3 – 1–2 Tipperary football D. Cullinane (0–2), J. Lynch (0–1) & J. Cronin (1–0). Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy D. O'Sullivan (W) 27 July 1947Final Kerry football 3–8 – 2–6 Cork football T. O'Connor (0–1), G. O'Sullivan (1–0), W. O'Donnell (0–1), B. Garvey (0–1), F. O'Keeffe (1–0), T. G. O'Connor (0–3) & D. Kavanagh (1–2). T. Crowley (0–1), C. McGrath (0–1), N. Duggan (0–1), J. Lynch (1–0) & J. Aherne (1–3). Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork Ulster Senior Football Championship 8 June 1947Preliminary Round Tyrone football 0–7 – 1–4 Fermanagh football St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown 8 June 1947Preliminary Round Replay Tyrone football 3–5 – 2–6 Fermanagh football Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland 15 June 1947Quarter-Final Down football 2–11 – 2–5 Derry football The Playing Fields, Lurgan 15 June 1947Quarter-Final Cavan football 0–9 – 1–6 Monaghan football M Higgins (0–3), Ed Carolan (0–2), T Tighe (0–2), Cassidy (0–2) Finnegan (1–1), Murphy (0–2), O Rourke (0–1), Firzpatrick (0–1), Mc Donald (0–1) Breffni Park, Cavan 22 June 1947Quarter-Final Replay Cavan football 1–11 – 1–9 Monaghan football St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 22 June 1947Quarter-Final Armagh football 1–6 – 1–6 Tyrone football Athletic Grounds, Armagh 29 June 1947Quarter-Final Replay Armagh football 1–4 – 2–5 Tyrone football O'Neill Park, Dungannon 10,000 6 July 1947Semi-Final Antrim football 3–13 – 1–7 Down football The Playing Fields, Lurgan 17,000 6 July 1947Semi-Final Cavan football 4–5 – 0–2 Tyrone football J Stafford (1-02), P Donohoe (1-01), Ed Carolan (1–0), S Deignan (1–0), Cassidy (0–2) I Jones (0–1), Devlin (0-01) O'Neill Park, Dungannon 20 July 1947Final Cavan football 3–4 – 1–6 Antrim football P Donohoe (1–2), Stafford (1–2), OG (1–0) F Dunlop (1–0), J Mc Callin (0–1), K Armstrong (0–1), Mc Corry (0–2), Pa O Hara (0–1), S Gibson (0–1), St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 34,000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 3 August 1947Semi-Final Cavan football 2–4 – 0–6 Roscommon football P Donohoe (1–4), T Tighe (1–0) O Rourke (0–4), Mc Quillan (0–1), Nerney (0–1) Croke Park, Dublin 60,075 10 August 1947Semi-Final Kerry football 1–11 – 0–5 Meath football Gerald O'Sullivan (0–2), Willie O'Donnell (1–1), Batt Garvey (0–3), Tom Gega O'Connor (0–2), Dan Kavanagh (0–1) & Sub: Eddie Dowling (0–1). Croke Park, Dublin 65,939 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 14 September 1947Final Cavan football 2–11 – 2–7 Kerry football P Donohoe (0–8), M Higgins (1–1), T P O Reilly (1–1), C Mc Dyer (0–1), Eddie Dowling (1–0), Batt Garvey (1–0), Tom Gega O'Connor (0–6) & Paddy Kennedy (0–1). Polo Grounds, New York City 34,491 M O'Neill (Wexford) Championship statistics Miscellaneous The Dungannon Fields are named O'Neill Park after Hugh O'Neill. The All Ireland final, Cavan vs Kerry was played in New York City, in the United States of America, the last time played outside Croke Park, Dublin and only played outside Ireland. Kerry goalkeeper Dan O'Keeffe is the first Gaelic Football player attempting to win a record-breaking 8th All-Ireland winners medal on the field of play, only to have lost to Cavan in the championship final. References