1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

June 2018 June 2018 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg 150 Official programme 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Cavan 40px 2–11(17) Kerry 40px 2–7(13) 14 September 1947 Polo Grounds New York City M O'Neill (Wexford) 34,491 86 °F °Chttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/ National Climatic Data Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2013-08-23 High temperature recorded at "New York Central Park OBS Belvedere Tower, NY US" station. 1946 1948 The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the sixtieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Cavan were captained by John Joe O'Reilly. Pre-game thumb|left|Polo Grounds in New York City, used for American sports, hosted the match. For the first and only time, the final was played outside Ireland, at Polo Grounds in New York City, to cater for the large Irish-American community there. The New York final was also intended to observe the centenary of the Great Famine, which caused mass Irish emigration to the U.S. and other countries.Seán Moran http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/1130/1224308333460.html 'GAA Football Gold' is worth its weight in memories The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 30 November 2011 26 September 2012 It was decided that New York would host this match as a commemoration of the 1847 Great Famine, which forced a large number of Irish people to emigrate to North America. This novel location for the game was chosen for the benefit of New York's large Irish immigrant population. It was the only time for the final to have been played outside Ireland.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/funeral-of-man-who-held-nation-spellbound-takes-place-in-dublin-1.110671 Funeral of man "who held nation spellbound" takes place in Dublin Irish Times 28 November 1996 Around 30,000 people were in the ground for the final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/8485296.stm Cavan GAA legend Mick Higgins dies at the age of 87 BBC Sport BBC 28 January 2010 28 January 2010 Cavan travelled by air and Kerry by sea; the Cavan team credited their victory partially to their shorter time spent travelling. The Cavan team flew via the Azores, taking 30 hours. Kerry's trip by Ocean Liner took far longer. The last Gaelic game held at Polo Grounds was on 1 June 1958, when Cavan played New York. Mick Higgins, a key member of the Cavan team that day,Martin Breheny http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/cavan-football-mourns-loss-of-legend-higgins-hero-of-1947-polo-grounds-2038426.html Cavan football mourns loss of legend Higgins, hero of 1947 Polo Grounds Irish Independent Independent News & Media 29 January 2010 29 January 2010 recalled in later life: "There was no huge send-off for us in Cavan, but both teams got a good reception in New York when we arrived. I remember the team stayed in the Commodore Hotel, but I stayed with my relatives." He also remembered there was "oppressive heat" during the game itself. The Artane Boys' Band travelled to New York to play before the match, as they do traditionally at all All-Ireland finals.The Artane Band History, www.artanemusic.ie, February 2002. Match This year's final was played on 14 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 150July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Summary After a slow start, Cavan fought back to lead 2–5 to 2–4 at the break, and went on to win by four points. Peter Donohoe scored eight points from frees, and the New York press called him "the Babe Ruth of Gaelic football" (Babe Ruth was a local baseball player of the time). Michael O'Hehir broadcast radio commentary back across the Atlantic Ocean.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/1947_final_in_the_polo_grounds.html 1947 - Final in the Polo Grounds | the Official Website of the GAA 2010-06-26 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110707051137/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/1947_final_in_the_polo_grounds.html 2011-07-07 O'Hehir noticed that broadcasting delays would bring the radio link down five minutes before the final had ended. O'Hehir later recalled his plea:'"If there's anybody along the way there listening in, just give us five minutes more, and I kept begging for five minutes more". The link stayed open.Seán Moran https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/se%C3%A1n-moran-will-time-be-on-dublin-s-side-once-more-1.4014138 Will time be on Dublin's side once more? The Irish Times 11 September 2019 11 September 2019 In the Croke Park Museum the current exhibition Tuning In – from Wireless to Wifi celebrates the broadcasting of Gaelic games. One of the most famous of these took place when Michael O'Hehir, commentating live from the Polo Grounds in New York, realised that because of delays the radio link, which was booked until five o'clock, would go down five minutes before the Cavan-Kerry All-Ireland final ended. 'If there's anybody along the way there listening in, just give us five minutes more, and I kept begging for five minutes more,' O'Hehir recalled in a later interview. Whether he was heard or not, the link remained open. That was 72 years ago and the only other football final until this year played on September 14th. Details 14 September 1947Final Cavan football 2–11 – 2–7 Kerry football Peter Donohoe (0–8), Mick Higgins (1–1), T. P. O'Reilly (1–1), Columba McDyer (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) _collarblue _hoops_white ffffff ffffff ffffff ffffff 0000cc Cavan _goldhorizontal _hoops_gold 006600 006600 006600 ffffff 006600 Kerry Cavan team 1 Val Gannon 2 Willie Doonan 3 Brian O'Reilly 4 Paddy Smith 5 John Wilson 6 John Joe O'Reilly (c) 7 Simon Deignan 8 P. J. Duke 9 Phil Brady 10 Tony Tighe 11 Mick Higgins 12 Columba McDyer 13 Joe Stafford 14 Peter Donohoe 15 T. P. O'Reilly Cavan subs not used 16 Edwin Carolan 17 Terry Sheridan 18 Owen Roe McGovern 19 John Joe Cassidy 20 Tom O'Reilly 21 Eunan Tiernan 22 Brendan Kelly Kerry team 1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. Lyne (c) 3 J. Keohane 4 P. B. Brosnan 5 J. Lyne 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 E. Dowling 9 Teddy O'Connor 17 T. O'Sullivan 15 D. Kavanagh 12 B. Garvey 13 F. O'Keeffe 14 Tom O'Connor 22 P. Kennedy Kerry subs used 11 W. O'Donnell for T. Brosnan 18 M. Finucane for E. Walsh 16 T. Brosnan for W. O'Donnell 21 G. Teahan for P. Kennedy Kerry subs not used 10 G. O'Sullivan 19 T. Long 20 S. Keane Post-match thumb|A Cavan team of 1947 The Cavan team returned to Ireland aboard the RMS Queen Mary. Higgins recalled, "It was only after we arrived in Southampton that we realised the joy of it all. Large numbers of Cavan people turned up to see us in London and Birmingham. We were treated like kings in Cavan." The 1947 All-Ireland SFC final brought about an understanding that a large audience existed for Gaelic games highlights. Owen Roe McGovern, the last surviving member of the winning team, died on 2 May 2011.Cavan All-Ireland winning hero Owen Roe McGovern dies https://www.bbc.com/sport/northern-ireland/13272252 BBC Sport 3 May 2011 This was the last All-Ireland SFC final to be played on 14 September until the 2019 replay. References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:Cavan county football team matches Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:Sports competitions in New York City Category:Washington Heights, Manhattan