1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 1949 Meath 1st Brain Symth P. Tully Cavan John Joe O’Reilly Meath Cork Cavan Mayo 1948 1950 The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Despite Leitrim reaching the Connacht final withdraw from the championship for the next 3 years. Meath won their first title.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 Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship 5 June 1949Quarter-Final Mayo football 2–10 – 1–9 Roscommon football P Carney (0–7, frees), H Dixon (1–0), J Curran (1–1), P Solan (0–1) & M Flanagan (0–1). Corran Park, Ballymote 20,000 12 June 1949Semi-Final Leitrim football 3–3 – 1–7 Galway football Carrick-on-Shannon 9,000 19 June 1949Semi-Final Mayo football 7–10 – 0–2 Sligo football P Carney (0–6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0–1), Joe Gilvarry (1–0); L Hastings (1–1) & P Solan (5–2). James Stephens Park, Ballina 31 July 1949Final Mayo football 4–6 – 0–3 Leitrim football P Carney (0–3, frees), T Langan (0–1), L Hastings (1–0); Joe Gilvarry (1–1) & P Solan (2–1). St. Coman's Park, Roscommon Leinster Senior Football Championship 1 May 1949Preliminary Round Dublin football 2–9 – 2–5 Longford football Cusack Park, Mullingar 8 May 1949Preliminary Round Westmeath football 3–7 – 1–5 Carlow football O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 15 May 1949Preliminary Round Meath football 0–11 – 1–5 Kildare football B.Edwards 1–0, S.Brennan, K.O'Donovan, P.White, M.O'Brien, P.Lyons 0–1. Croke Park, Dublin 22 May 1949Quarter-Final Louth football 0–7 – 0–5 Wicklow football Croke Park, Dublin 29 May 1949Quarter-Final Westmeath football 2–5 – 0–7 Laois football O'Connor Park, Tullamore 5 June 1949Quarter-Final Offaly football 4–7 – 3–7 Dublin football O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 12 June 1949Quarter-Final Meath football 0–14 – 4–0 Wexford football Croke Park, Dublin 10 July 1949Semi-Final Offaly football 1–9 – 2–6 Westmeath football O'Connor Park, Tullamore J Dowling (Kildare) 3 July 1949Semi-Final Meath football 1–5 – 1–5 Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 32,000 10 July 1949Semi-Final Replay Meath football 2–9 – 3–6(AET) Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 17 July 1949Semi-Final Replay Offaly football 1–2 – 0–8 Westmeath football Cusack Park, Mullingar J Dowling (Kildare) 24 July 1949Semi-Final Replay No. 2 Meath football 2–5 – 1–7 Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 31 July 1949Final Meath football 4–5 – 0–6 Westmeath football Paddy Meegan and Peter McDermott 2–0 each, Frankie Byrne 0-2f, Brian Smyth, Pat Carolan, Matty McDonnell (0-1f) 0–1 each Peter Molloy 0-5f and Johnny Ward 0-1f Croke Park, Dublin 37,102 J. Dowling (Kildare) Munster Senior Football Championship 22 May 1949Quarter-Final Tipperary football 3–8 – 3–4 Waterford football Fraher Field, Dungarvan M. Colbert (Limerick) 19 June 1949Semi-Final Clare football 3–7 – 1–8 Kerry football G. O'Sullivan (1–2), T. Ashe (0–1) & Willie O'Donnell (0–5). Cusack Park, Ennis Frank Cunniffe (Galway) 10 July 1949Semi-Final Cork football 4–2 – 2–4 Tipperary football E. Young (1–0), D. O’Donavan (3–0), J. Cronin (0–1) & J. Lynam (0–1). Fraher Field, Dungarvan D. O'Sullivan (W) 31 July 1949Final Cork football 3–6 – 0–7 Clare football P. O’Donnell (1–2), D. O’Donavan (1–1), J. Cronin (0–1), N. Duggan (0–1) & J. Lynam (1–0). Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Ulster Senior Football Championship 1 May 1949Preliminary Round Down football 0–8 – 2–6 Monaghan football St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle 4 June 1949Quarter-Final Antrim football 5–9 – 1–6 Derry football Rossa Park, Magherafelt 4 June 1949Quarter-Final Armagh football 3–6 – 1–8 Monaghan football The Playing Fields, Lurgan 12 June 1949Quarter-Final Cavan football 7–10 – 1–7 Tyrone football Breffni Park, Cavan 26 June 1949Semi-Final Antrim football 1–6 – 3–7 Cavan football J Mc Callin (0–4), Pa O Hara (1–0), S Gibson (0–2) P Donohoe (1–5), J Cassidy (1–0), M Higgins (0–1), T Tighe (0–1), V Sherlock (1–0) Corrigan Park, Belfast 3 July 1949Semi-Final Armagh football 0–14 – 1–4 Donegal football O'Neill Park, Dungannon 31 July 1949Final Cavan football 1–7 – 1–6 Armagh football P Donohoe (1–2), Ed Carolan (0–3), V Sherlock (0–1), T Tighe (0–1) S M Breen (1–1), G O Neill (0–2), W Mc Corry (0–1), A O Hagan (0–1), G Fegan (0–1) St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 24,000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 14 August 1949Semi-Final Meath football 3–10 – 1–10 Mayo football P Carney (0–6, five frees), L Hastings (0–1), T Langan (1–0), P Solan (0–1) & Subs: M Flanagan (0–2). Croke Park, Dublin 48,200 21 August 1949Semi-Final Cavan football 1–9 – 2–3 Cork football P Donohoe (0–6), J Cassidy (1–0), J Stafford (0–1), T Tighe (0–1), P Brady (0–1) J. Hartnett (1–0), D. O’Donavan (1–0) & J. Cronin (0–2). Croke Park, Dublin 49,789 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 25 September 1949Final Meath football 1–10 – 1–6 Cavan football M Mc Donnell (0–1), F Byrne (0–4), P Meegan (0–1), Morris (0–1), B Smyth (0–1), P Mc Dermott (0–1), W Halfpenny (1–0), P Connell (0–1) P Donohoe (0–6), M Higgins (1–0) Croke Park, Dublin 79,460 D. Ryan (Kerry) Championship statistics Miscellaneous Despite reaching Connacht final Leitrim withdraw from championship for 3 years. Clare beat Kerry for the first time ever. For the second time in history Meath had played Louth 3 times it previously happened in 1919. The All Ireland semi-final between Meath and Mayo was their first championship meeting. Meath are All Ireland Champions for the first time. References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship