1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 59th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Cork (3rd win) |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Wexford |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
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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.
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