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
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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