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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 teamMeath (1st win)
CaptainBrain Symth
ManagerP. Tully
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
CaptainJohn Joe O’Reilly
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
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

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Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Mayo2–10 – 1–9Roscommon
P Carney (0–7, frees), H Dixon (1–0), J Curran (1–1), P Solan (0–1) & M Flanagan (0–1).
Attendance: 20,000
Leitrim3–3 – 1–7Galway
Attendance: 9,000
Mayo7–10 – 0–2Sligo
P Carney (0–6, two ‘50’s), W Kenny (0–1), Joe Gilvarry (1–0); L Hastings (1–1) & P Solan (5–2).
Mayo4–6 – 0–3Leitrim
P Carney (0–3, frees), T Langan (0–1), L Hastings (1–0); Joe Gilvarry (1–1) & P Solan (2–1).

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Dublin2–9 – 2–5Longford
Westmeath3–7 – 1–5Carlow
Meath0–11 – 1–5Kildare
B.Edwards 1–0, S.Brennan, K.O'Donovan, P.White, M.O'Brien, P.Lyons 0–1.
Louth0–7 – 0–5Wicklow
Westmeath2–5 – 0–7Laois
Offaly4–7 – 3–7Dublin
Meath0–14 – 4–0Wexford
Offaly1–9 – 2–6Westmeath
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath1–5 – 1–5Louth
Attendance: 32,000
Meath2–9 – 3–6
(AET)		Louth
Offaly1–2 – 0–8Westmeath
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath2–5 – 1–7Louth
Meath4–5 – 0–6Westmeath
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
Attendance: 37,102
Referee: J. Dowling (Kildare)

Munster Senior Football Championship

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Tipperary3–8 – 3–4Waterford
Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)
Clare3–7 – 1–8Kerry
G. O'Sullivan (1–2), T. Ashe (0–1) & Willie O'Donnell (0–5).
Referee: Frank Cunniffe (Galway)
Cork4–2 – 2–4Tipperary
E. Young (1–0), D. O’Donavan (3–0), J. Cronin (0–1) & J. Lynam (0–1).
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)
Cork3–6 – 0–7Clare
P. O’Donnell (1–2), D. O’Donavan (1–1), J. Cronin (0–1), N. Duggan (0–1) & J. Lynam (1–0).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Down0–8 – 2–6Monaghan
Antrim5–9 – 1–6Derry
Armagh3–6 – 1–8Monaghan
Cavan7–10 – 1–7Tyrone
Antrim1–6 – 3–7Cavan
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)
Armagh0–14 – 1–4Donegal
Cavan1–7 – 1–6Armagh
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)
Attendance: 24,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Meath3–10 – 1–10Mayo
P Carney (0–6, five frees), L Hastings (0–1), T Langan (1–0), P Solan (0–1) & Subs: M Flanagan (0–2).
Attendance: 48,200
Cavan1–9 – 2–3Cork
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).
Attendance: 49,789
Meath1–10 – 1–6Cavan
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)
Attendance: 79,460
Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • 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

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  1. ↑ "Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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