1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 61st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Cavan (3rd win)
Captain	John Joe O’Reilly
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Dinny Lyne
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
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The Munster final between Cork & Kerry became a start of common Cork-Kerry Munster finals until 1990 expect 4.

Cavan were the winners.^[1][2][3] All Ireland final in New York ending Kerry's All Ireland title.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Roscommon	1-10 – 0-4	Mayo
		S. Daly (0-2) & J. Munnelly (0-2).

25 May 1947
Quarter-Final

James Stephens Park, Ballina

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Sligo	2-6 – 1-6	Galway

1 June 1947
Semi-Final

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

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Roscommon	1-9 – 0-3	Leitrim

29 June 1947
Semi-Final

Carrick-on-Shannon

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Roscommon	2-12 – 1-8	Sligo

20 July 1947
Final

James Stephens Park, Ballina

Attendance: 14,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Meath	5-7 – 2-3	Wicklow

11 May 1947
Round 1

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

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Dublin	1-11 – 0-5	Longford
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

18 May 1947
Round 1

Cusack Park, Mullingar

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Kildare	2-8 – 1-9	Wexford
W.Geraghty 0-4, K.O'Donovan, P.White 1-1, D.Fox, R.Martin 0-1.

18 May 1947
Round 1

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

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Offaly	2-6 – 1-3	Carlow

11 May 1947
Quarter-Final

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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Louth	3-11 – 1-9	Dublin

1 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

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Meath	1-8 – 0-5	Westmeath

15 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Cusack Park, Mullingar

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Laois	2-7 – 1-8	Kildare
		D.Fox 1-1, M.Geraghty 0-3, P.White 0-2, W.Geraghty, T.O'Hanlon 0-1.

22 June 1947
Quarter-Final

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

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Offaly	0-4 – 5-11	Laois

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: P Mythen (Laois)

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Meath	0-9 – 1-4	Louth

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

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Meath	3-7 – 1-7	Laois
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

20 July 1947
Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 41,631

Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary	4-13 – 0-4	Waterford

1 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Páirc Daibhín, Carrick on Suir

Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)

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Clare	4-9 – 2-4	Limerick

8 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Cusack Park, Ennis

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Kerry	9-10 – 0-4	Clare
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).

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

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Cork	2-3 – 1-2	Tipperary
D. Cullinane (0-2), J. Lynch (0-1) & J. Cronin (1-0).

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy

Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)

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Kerry	3-8 – 2-6	Cork
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).

27 July 1947
Final

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone	0-7 – 1-4	Fermanagh

8 June 1947
Preliminary Round

St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown

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Tyrone	3-5 – 2-6	Fermanagh

8 June 1947
Preliminary Round Replay

Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland

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Down	2-11 – 2-5	Derry

15 June 1947
Quarter-Final

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

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Cavan	0-9 – 1-6	Monaghan
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)

15 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Breffni Park, Cavan

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Cavan	1-11 – 1-9	Monaghan

22 June 1947
Quarter-Final Replay

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

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Armagh	1-6 – 1-6	Tyrone

22 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

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Armagh	1-4 – 2-5	Tyrone

29 June 1947
Quarter-Final Replay

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Attendance: 10,000

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Antrim	3-13 – 1-7	Down

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Attendance: 17,000

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Cavan	4-5 – 0-2	Tyrone
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)

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

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Cavan	3-4 – 1-6	Antrim
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),

20 July 1947
Final

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 34,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cavan	2-4 – 0-6	Roscommon
P Donohoe (1-4), T Tighe (1-0)		O Rourke (0-4), Mc Quillan (0-1), Nerney (0-1)

3 August 1947
Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 60,075

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Kerry	1-11 – 0-5	Meath
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).

10 August 1947
Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 65,939

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Cavan	2-11 – 2-7	Kerry
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).

14 September 1947
Final

Polo Grounds, New York City

Attendance: 34,491

Referee: 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.