1947 All-Ireland Senior 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.^[1]^[2]^[3] 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, Ballina

Attendance: 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, Portlaoise

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: 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, Dublin

Attendance: 41,631

Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

1 June 1947
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	4–13 – 0–4	Waterford

Páirc Daibhín, Carrick on Suir

Referee: 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, Fermoy

Referee: 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, Dungannon

Attendance: 10,000

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Antrim	3–13 – 1–7	Down

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Attendance: 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, Clones

Attendance: 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, Dublin

Attendance: 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, Dublin

Attendance: 65,939

14 September 1947
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 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.

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.
"Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.