1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Cork (3rd win)
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
	← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 59th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Cork were the winners, getting their first title for thirty-four years.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

10 June 1945 Quarter-final	Mayo	3-12 – 0-6	Leitrim	Castlerea

Semi-finals

24 June 1945 Semi-final	Galway	2-7 – 1-5	Sligo	St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

8 July 1945 Semi-final	Mayo	2-8 – 1-6	Roscommon	Sligo

Final

22 July 1945 Final	Galway	2-6 – 1-7	Mayo	St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
				Attendance: 8,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

6 May 1945 Preliminary round	Longford	1-10– 2-6	Westmeath	Cusack Park, Mullingar

6 May 1945 Preliminary round	Kildare	2-13– 2-10	Carlow	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	P.O'Brien, J.Winders 1-0, M.Byrne (2f) 0-2, J.Farrell, A.Burke 0-1

6 May 1945 Preliminary round	Meath	2-9– 2-7	Louth	Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Quarter-finals

27 May 1945 Quarter-final	Wexford	5-5 – 0-6	Kildare	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
			P.White, M.Byrne (1f), J.Collins 0-2

10 June 1945 Quarter-final	Longford	1-6 – 3-4	Offaly	Cusack Park, Mullingar
				Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)

10 June 1945 Quarter-final	Meath	3-6 – 4-3	Dublin	Drogheda Park, Drogheda

17 June 1945 Quarter-final replay	Meath	2-16 – 1-10	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 20,196

Semi-finals

24 June 1945 Semi-final	Meath	0-5 – 1-8	Offaly	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
				Attendance: 6000 Referee: PJ Sheehy (Offaly)

1 July 1945 Semi-final	Wexford	4-5 – 1-11	Laois	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Final

22 July 1945 Final	Wexford	1-9 – 1-4	Offaly	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
				Attendance: 9873 Referee: M Leech

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

13 May 1945 Quarter-final	Tipperary	0-7 – 0-3	Waterford	Páirc Daibhín, Carrick on Suir
				Referee: A. Scannell ( C )

20 May 1945 Quarter-final	Limerick	6-2 – 3-3	Clare	Cusack Park, Ennis

Semi-finals

10 June 1945 Semi-final	Kerry	5-8 – 2-7	Limerick	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	D. Kavanagh 1-1, P. Kennedy 2-4, W. O'Donnell 1-1, B. Garvey 0-1, E. Dunne 1-1.

24 June 1945 Semi-final	Cork	1-7 – 1-6	Tipperary	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
				Referee: Sgt. V. Aston

Final

8 July 1945 Final	Cork	1-11 – 1-6	Kerry	Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
			D. Kavanagh 0-1, B. Garvey 0-1, T. Landers 1-0, M. Lyne 0-4.

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

17 June 1945 Preliminary round	Cavan	2-11 – 2-3	Antrim	Breffni Park, Cavan

Quarter-finals

10 June 1945 Quarter-final	Donegal	3-7 – 2-3	Derry	O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny

24 June 1945 Quarter-final	Armagh	3-13 – 0-2	Tyrone	Athletic Grounds, Armagh

24 June 1945 Quarter-final	Fermanagh	4-13 – 0-5	Monaghan	Brewster Park, Enniskillen

1 July 1945 Quarter-final	Cavan	0-14 – 1-3	Down	Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Semi-finals

8 July 1945 Semi-final	Fermanagh	2-4 – 1-6	Armagh	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
				Attendance: 6,000

15 July 1945 Semi-final	Cavan	6-12 – 2-4	Donegal	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

29 July 1945 Final	Cavan	4-10 – 1-4	Fermanagh	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
				Attendance: 10,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

12 August 1945 Semi-final	Cork	2-12 – 2-08	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 33,336

19 August 1945 Semi-final	Cavan	1-14 – 0-05	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 44,526

Final

23 September 1945 Final	Cork	2-05 – 0-07	Cavan	Croke Park, Dublin
	D Beckett 1-2, M Tubridy 1-1, H O'Neill 0-1, J Lynch 0-1.		J Stafford 0-4, TP O'Reilly 0-2, T Tighe 0-1.	Attendance: 67,329 Referee: J Dunne (Galway)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Limerick beat Clare for the only time between 1909 and 1980.
Wexford win the Leinster final for the first time since 1925.
The attendance of 44,526 at Cavan-Wexford game was a new record for an All-Ireland semi-final.
Cork end their longest drought as All Ireland Champions with future Taoiseach, Jack Lynch among the team a 34 year wait at and end first since 1911.

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-22.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-22.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

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