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
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
	← 1946 1948 →

The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 61st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Cavan were the winners.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

25 May 1947
Quarter-Final

Roscommon	1-10 – 0-4	Mayo

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

Cusack Park, Mullingar

18 May 1947
Round 1

Kildare	2-8 – 1-9	Wexford

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

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

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Meath	0-9 – 1-4	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

20 July 1947
Final

Meath	3-7 – 1-7	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

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

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

6 July 1947
Semi-Final

Cork	2-3 – 1-2	Tipperary

Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy

Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)

27 July 1947
Final

Kerry	3-8 – 2-6	Cork

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

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

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

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

20 July 1947
Final

Cavan	3-4 – 1-6	Antrim

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Attendance: 34,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

3 August 1947
Semi-Final

Cavan	2-4 – 0-6	Roscommon

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 60,075

10 August 1947
Semi-Final

Kerry	1-11 – 0-5	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 65,939

14 September 1947
Final

Cavan	2-11 – 2-7	Kerry

Polo Grounds, New York City

Attendance: 34,491

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

↑ "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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