1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 1946 Kerry 16th Paddy Kennedy Roscommon Jimmy Murray Laois Kerry Antrim Roscommon 1945 1947 The 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 60th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The Munster Quarter-Final Kerry ended Cork's All Ireland title. Kerry won their sixteenth title, moving ahead of Dublin football in the all-time standings, a position which they have never lost since.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 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010 http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx 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 Results Connacht Senior Football Championship 26 May 1946Quarter-Final Sligo football 6–10 – 0–6 Leitrim football Carrick-on-Shannon 16 June 1946Semi-Final Roscommon football 0–7 – 0–4 Galway football St. Coman's Park, Roscommon 23 June 1946Semi-Final Mayo football 2–9 – 2–6 Sligo football P Carney (0–4), Joe Gilvarry (1–0), S Mellette (0–1), J Kilroy (1–0) & J Mulvey (0–2). James Stephens Park, Ballina 21 July 1946Final Roscommon football 1–4 – 0–6 Mayo football P Carney (0–2, frees), E Mongey (0–1), P Quinn (0–1) & J Munnelly (0–2). Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe P. McKenna (Limerick) Note: Roscommon's goal proved to be a controversial one. The goal was scored by Roscommon's Jimmy Murray and there was some confusion as to whether or not it would be allowed as the umpires failed to signal the score. It was only after Jimmy Murray had raised the green flag himself that the umpires finally signalled the goal. The referee, speaking after the match to the Irish Press match reporter ‘Green Flag’ (an appropriate sobriquet) stated that he had allowed the score because in his opinion the Mayo goalkeeper, Tom Byrne, was behind the line when he saved Murray's initial goal effort. In the week following the final, Mayo entered a formal objection with the Connacht Council, reportedly about the legality of two of the Roscommon team. Roscommon entered a counter-objection. At a meeting of the Connacht Council on 5/8/1946 at Castlerea, both the objection and counter-objection were withdrawn, the referee's report was adopted and a replay ordered. (Source: Irish Press reports July, August 1946). 11 August 1946Final Replay Roscommon football 1–9 – 1–2 Mayo football P Carney (0–1, free), Joe Gilvarry (1–0) & T Acton (0–1). St. Coman's Park, Roscommon H. Vallelly or Alf Murray (Armagh) Leinster Senior Football Championship 12 May 1946Preliminary Round Meath football 2–11 – 0–8 Longford football Cusack Park, Mullingar 19 May 1946Preliminary Round Louth football 2–7 – 0–7 Wicklow football Croke Park, Dublin 19 May 1946Preliminary Round Laois football 1–3 – 0–5 Dublin football Seamus Hughes 1–1, Chris Delaney (0-1f) and Paddy Peacock 0–1 each M Killeen 0–2, Matt Fletcher (0-1f), M O'Reilly, N Ryan 0–1 each Geraldine Park, Athy 19 May 1946Preliminary Round Offaly football 2–6 – 0–4 Westmeath football Cusack Park, Mullingar P Russell 5 May 1946Quarter-Final Kildare football 2–3 – 2–3 Carlow football P.White, R.Martin 1–0, M.Byrne 0–2, P.O'Brien 0–1. Geraldine Park, Athy 12 May 1946Quarter-Final Replay Kildare football 3–5 – 0–7 Carlow football R.Martin 2–1, M.Byrne 1–3, P.White 0–1 Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow 2 June 1946Quarter-Final Laois football 1–7 – 1–5 Offaly football O'Connor Park, Tullamore 9,000 Kennedy 9 June 1946Quarter-Final Louth football 1–6 – 0–6 Meath football Drogheda Park, Drogheda 16 June 1946Semi-Final Kildare football 3–3 – 0–10 Wexford football M.Byrne 0–3, W.Geraghty, T.Fox, R.Martin 1–0. Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow 30 June 1946Semi-Final Laois football 1–9 – 0–10 Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 14 July 1946Final Laois football 0–11 – 1–6 Kildare football Tommy Murphy 0-8f, Seamus Hughes, Bill Delaney, Morgan Delaney 0–1 each T. Ryan 1–1, Michael Byrne 0–2 (0-1f), Pat White, John Donnelly, Paddy O'Brien 0–1 each Croke Park, Dublin 27,353 Patsy Ratty (Meath) Munster Senior Football Championship 26 May 1946Quarter-Final Clare football 3–6 – 4–3 Limerick football Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown Malbay 2 June 1946Quarter-Final Replay Clare football 2–12 – 1–0 Limerick football Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 2 June 1946Quarter-Final Kerry football 1–8 – 1–4 Cork football Jackie Falvey (0–1), Charlie O'Connor (0–3), Batt Garvey (0–1), Jackie Lyne (0–1) & Paddy Burke (0–2). D. Murray (0–1), J. Lynch (0–1) & J. Cronin (1–0). Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 9 June 1946Semi-Final Waterford football 2–4 – 1–5 Tipperary football Fraher Field, Dungarvan D. O'Leary ( C ) 7 July 1946Semi-Final Kerry football 1–6 – 0–7 Clare football Jackie Falvey (0–1), Willie O'Donnell (0–1), Jackie Lyne (0–1) & Paddy Burke (1–3). Cusack Park, Ennis 21 July 1946Final Kerry football 2–16 – 2–1 Waterford football T. O'Connor (0–1), J. Falvey (1–1), Dan Kavanagh (0–1), Tom Gega O'Connor (0–7), J. Lyne (1–2), P. Burke (0–2) & P. Kennedy (0–1). Austin Stack Park, Tralee Ulster Senior Football Championship 9 June 1946Preliminary Round Derry football 4–6 – 0–4 Fermanagh football Rossa Park, Magherafelt 23 June 1946Quarter-Final Cavan football 8–13 – 2–3 Tyrone football T O Reilly (2–6), J Cassidy (1–1), M Higgins (2–5), J Stafford (3–0), P Donohoe (0–1) I Jones (1–1), M Harte (2–1) Omagh 23 June 1946Quarter-Final Donegal football 4–5 – 1–9 Monaghan football St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 23 June 1946Quarter-Final Armagh football 0–13 – 0–4 Down football St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle 30 June 1946Quarter-Final Antrim football 1–11 – 0–10 Derry football Corrigan Park, Belfast 7 July 1946Semi-Final Cavan football 5–8 – 0–3 Donegal football T O Reilly (3–1), J Stafford (0–3), P Donohoe (0–3), M Higgins (0–1), Boylan (1–0), Deneher (1–0) F White (0–2), M Slevin (0–1) Omagh 14 July 1946Semi-Final Antrim football 1–12 – 0–6 Armagh football Omagh 21 July 1946Final Antrim football 2–8 – 1–7 Cavan football J Mc Callin (2–0), K Armstrong (0–2), F Mc Corry (0–4), Pa O Hara (0–1), H O Neill (0–1) T O Reilly (1–2), M Higgins (0–2), P Donohoe (0–2), P Cassidy (0–1) St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 15,000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 18 August 1946Semi-Final Kerry football 2–7 – 0–10 Antrim football Willie O'Donnell (1–5), Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Batt Garvey (1–0) & Dan Kavanagh (0–1). Croke Park, Dublin 30,051 25 August 1946Semi-Final Roscommon football 3–5 – 2–6 Laois football Croke Park, Dublin 51,275 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 6 October 1946Final Kerry football 2–4 – 1–7 Roscommon football Batt Garvey (0–1), Paddy Burke (1–1) & Tom Gega O'Connor (1–2). D. Keenan (0–4), J.J. Fallon 1–1 & F. Kinlough (0–2). Croke Park, Dublin 75,771 Bill Delaney (Laois) 27 October 1946Final Replay Kerry football 2–8 – 0–10 Roscommon football Paddy Kennedy (0–1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1–4), Batt Garvey (0–2), Paddy Burke (1–0) & Sub Gus Cremin (0–1) for Jackie Falvey. D. Keenan (0–7), J.J. Fallon (0–2) & J. McQullian (0–1). Croke Park, Dublin 65,661 Paddy Mythen (Wexford) Championship statistics Miscellaneous Antrim won the Ulster title for the first time since 1913. A Roscommon goal proved to be a controversial one which caused the Connacht final to go a replay. The All-Ireland final was originally scheduled for 22 September 1946, but was delayed for two weeks as part of the "Save the Harvest" campaign. The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1943 as Kerry win their 16th title there are now the county that has now won the most All Ireland finals. Kerry goalkeeper Dan O'Keeffe becomes the first Gaelic Football player to win a 7th All-Ireland winners medal on the field of play, a record which stood until 1986. References