1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Meath (1st win)
Captain	Brain Symth
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cavan
Captain	John Joe O’Reilly
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
← 1948 1950 →

Despite Leitrim reaching the Connacht final withdraw from the championship for the next 3 years.

Meath won their first title.^[1][2][3] Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo	2-10 – 1-9	Roscommon
P Carney (0-7, frees), H Dixon (1-0), J Curran (1-1), P Solan (0-1) & M Flanagan (0-1).

5 June 1949
Quarter-Final

Corran Park, Ballymote

Attendance: 20,000

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Leitrim	3-3 – 1-7	Galway

12 June 1949
Semi-Final

Carrick-on-Shannon

Attendance: 9,000

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Mayo	7-10 – 0-2	Sligo
P Carney (0-6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0-1), Joe Gilvarry (1-0); L Hastings (1-1) & P Solan (5-2).

19 June 1949
Semi-Final

James Stephens Park, Ballina

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Mayo	4-6 – 0-3	Leitrim
P Carney (0-3, frees), T Langan (0-1), L Hastings (1-0); Joe Gilvarry (1-1) & P Solan (2-1).

31 July 1949
Final

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Dublin	2-9 – 2-5	Longford

1 May 1949
Preliminary Round

Cusack Park, Mullingar

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Westmeath	3-7 – 1-5	Carlow

8 May 1949
Preliminary Round

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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Meath	0-11 – 1-5	Kildare
		B.Edwards 1-0, S.Brennan, K.O'Donovan, P.White, M.O'Brien, P.Lyons 0-1.

15 May 1949
Preliminary Round

Croke Park, Dublin

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Louth	0-7 – 0-5	Wicklow

22 May 1949
Quarter-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

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Westmeath	2-5 – 0-7	Laois

29 May 1949
Quarter-Final

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

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Offaly	4-7 – 3-7	Dublin

5 June 1949
Quarter-Final

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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Meath	0-14 – 4-0	Wexford

12 June 1949
Quarter-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

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Offaly	1-9 – 2-6	Westmeath

10 July 1949
Semi-Final

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)

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Meath	1-5 – 1-5	Louth

3 July 1949
Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 32,000

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Meath	2-9 – 3-6 (AET)	Louth

10 July 1949
Semi-Final Replay

Croke Park, Dublin

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Offaly	1-2 – 0-8	Westmeath

17 July 1949
Semi-Final Replay

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)

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Meath	2-5 – 1-7	Louth

24 July 1949
Semi-Final Replay No. 2

Croke Park, Dublin

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Meath	4-5 – 0-6	Westmeath
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

31 July 1949
Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 37,102

Referee: J. Dowling (Kildare)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary	3-8 – 3-4	Waterford

22 May 1949
Quarter-Final

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)

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Clare	3-7 – 1-8	Kerry
		G. O'Sullivan (1-2), T. Ashe (0-1) & Willie O'Donnell (0-5).

19 June 1949
Semi-Final

Cusack Park, Ennis

Referee: Patrick McKenna (Tipperary)

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Cork	4-2 – 2-4	Tipperary
E. Young (1-0), D. O’Donavan (3-0), J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Lynam (0-1).

10 July 1949
Semi-Final

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)

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Cork	3-6 – 0-7	Clare
P. O’Donnell (1-2), D. O’Donavan (1-1), J. Cronin (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & J. Lynam (1-0).

31 July 1949
Final

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Down	0-8 – 2-6	Monaghan

1 May 1949
Preliminary Round

St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle

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Antrim	5-9 – 1-6	Derry

4 June 1949
Quarter-Final

Rossa Park, Magherafelt

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Armagh	3-6 – 1-8	Monaghan

4 June 1949
Quarter-Final

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

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Cavan	7-10 – 1-7	Tyrone

12 June 1949
Quarter-Final

Breffni Park, Cavan

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Antrim	1-6 – 3-7	Cavan
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)

26 June 1949
Semi-Final

Corrigan Park, Belfast

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Armagh	0-14 – 1-4	Donegal

3 July 1949
Semi-Final

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

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Cavan	1-7 – 1-6	Armagh
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)

31 July 1949
Final

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 24,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Meath	3-10 – 1-10	Mayo
		P Carney (0-6, five frees), L Hastings (0-1), T Langan (1-0), P Solan (0-1) & Subs: M Flanagan (0-2).

14 August 1949
Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 48,200

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Cavan	1-9 – 2-3	Cork
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).

21 August 1949
Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 49,789

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Meath	1-10 – 1-6	Cavan
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)

25 September 1949
Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 79,460

Referee: 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.

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