1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

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

The Munster final between Cork & Kerry became a start of common Cork-Kerry Munster finals until 1990 expect 4.

Cavan were the winners. All Ireland final in New York ending Kerry's All Ireland title.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

25 May 1947
Quarter-Final

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

James Stephens Park, Ballina

1 June 1947
Semi-Final

Sligo	2-6 – 1-6	Galway

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

29 June 1947
Semi-Final

Roscommon	1-9 – 0-3	Leitrim

Carrick-on-Shannon

20 July 1947
Final

Roscommon	2-12 – 1-8	Sligo

James Stephens Park, BallinaAttendance: 14,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

11 May 1947
Round 1

Meath	5-7 – 2-3	Wicklow

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

18 May 1947
Round 1

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

Cusack Park, Mullingar

18 May 1947
Round 1

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

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

11 May 1947
Quarter-Final

Offaly	2-6 – 1-3	Carlow

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

1 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Louth	3-11 – 1-9	Dublin

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

15 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Meath	1-8 – 0-5	Westmeath

Cusack Park, Mullingar

22 June 1947
Quarter-Final

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.

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Offaly	0-4 – 5-11	Laois

O'Moore Park, PortlaoiseAttendance: 15,000Referee: P Mythen (Laois)

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Meath	0-9 – 1-4	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

20 July 1947
Final

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

Croke Park, DublinAttendance: 41,631Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

1 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	4-13 – 0-4	Waterford

Páirc Daibhín, Carrick on SuirReferee: D. Ryan (Kerry)

8 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Clare	4-9 – 2-4	Limerick

Cusack Park, Ennis

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

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).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

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

Páirc MacGearailt, FermoyReferee: D. O'Sullivan (W)

27 July 1947
Final

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).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

8 June 1947
Preliminary Round

Tyrone	0-7 – 1-4	Fermanagh

St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown

8 June 1947
Preliminary Round Replay

Tyrone	3-5 – 2-6	Fermanagh

Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland

15 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Down	2-11 – 2-5	Derry

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

15 June 1947
Quarter-Final

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)

Breffni Park, Cavan

22 June 1947
Quarter-Final Replay

Cavan	1-11 – 1-9	Monaghan

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

22 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Armagh	1-6 – 1-6	Tyrone

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

29 June 1947
Quarter-Final Replay

Armagh	1-4 – 2-5	Tyrone

O'Neill Park, DungannonAttendance: 10,000

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Antrim	3-13 – 1-7	Down

The Playing Fields, LurganAttendance: 17,000

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

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)

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

20 July 1947
Final

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),

St. Tiernach's Park, ClonesAttendance: 34,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

3 August 1947
Semi-Final

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)

Croke Park, DublinAttendance: 60,075

10 August 1947
Semi-Final

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).

Croke Park, DublinAttendance: 65,939

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Final

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).

Polo Grounds, New York CityAttendance: 34,491Referee: 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.

References

"Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
"All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons

Finals

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Seasons	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Associated competitions

Provincial Championships
Tailteann Cup
Tommy Murphy Cup (formerly)
Minor Championship (final formerly held on same day)

Statistics and awards

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