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 teamCavan (3rd win)
CaptainJohn Joe O’Reilly
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
CaptainDinny Lyne
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
← 1946
1948 →

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
Roscommon1-10 – 0-4Mayo
S. Daly (0-2) & J. Munnelly (0-2).
Sligo2-6 – 1-6Galway
Roscommon1-9 – 0-3Leitrim
Roscommon2-12 – 1-8Sligo
Attendance: 14,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Meath5-7 – 2-3Wicklow
Dublin1-11 – 0-5Longford
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
Kildare2-8 – 1-9Wexford
W.Geraghty 0-4, K.O'Donovan, P.White 1-1, D.Fox, R.Martin 0-1.
Offaly2-6 – 1-3Carlow
Louth3-11 – 1-9Dublin
Meath1-8 – 0-5Westmeath
Laois2-7 – 1-8Kildare
D.Fox 1-1, M.Geraghty 0-3, P.White 0-2, W.Geraghty, T.O'Hanlon 0-1.
Offaly0-4 – 5-11Laois
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: P Mythen (Laois)
Meath0-9 – 1-4Louth
Meath3-7 – 1-7Laois
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
Attendance: 41,631
Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship
Tipperary4-13 – 0-4Waterford
Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)
Clare4-9 – 2-4Limerick
Kerry9-10 – 0-4Clare
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).
Cork2-3 – 1-2Tipperary
D. Cullinane (0-2), J. Lynch (0-1) & J. Cronin (1-0).
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)
Kerry3-8 – 2-6Cork
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).

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Tyrone0-7 – 1-4Fermanagh
Tyrone3-5 – 2-6Fermanagh
Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland
Down2-11 – 2-5Derry
Cavan0-9 – 1-6Monaghan
Cavan1-11 – 1-9Monaghan
Armagh1-6 – 1-6Tyrone
Armagh1-4 – 2-5Tyrone
Attendance: 10,000
Antrim3-13 – 1-7Down
Attendance: 17,000
Cavan4-5 – 0-2Tyrone
Cavan3-4 – 1-6Antrim
Attendance: 34,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Cavan2-4 – 0-6Roscommon
Attendance: 60,075
Kerry1-11 – 0-5Meath
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).
Attendance: 65,939
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Cavan2-11 – 2-7Kerry
Eddie Dowling (1-0), Batt Garvey (1-0), Tom Gega O'Connor (0-6) & Paddy Kennedy (0-1).
Attendance: 34,491
Referee: M O'Neill (Wexford)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References
  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. "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)
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