1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMeath (1st win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1948
1950 →

Meath won their first title.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Mayo2-10 – 1-9Roscommon
Attendance: 20,000
Leitrim3-3 – 1-7Galway
Attendance: 9,000
Mayo7-10 – 0-2Sligo
Mayo4-6 – 0-3Leitrim
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Dublin2-9 – 2-5Longford
Westmeath3-7 – 1-5Carlow
Meath0-11 – 1-5Kildare
Louth0-7 – 0-5Wicklow
Westmeath2-5 – 0-7Laois
Offaly4-7 – 3-7Dublin
Meath0-14 – 4-0Wexford
Offaly1-9 – 2-6Westmeath
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath1-5 – 1-5Louth
Attendance: 32,000
Meath2-9 – 3-6
(AET)		Louth
Offaly1-2 – 0-8Westmeath
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
Meath2-5 – 1-7Louth
Meath4-5 – 0-6Westmeath
Attendance: 37,102

Munster Senior Football Championship
Tipperary3-8 – 3-4Waterford
Referee: M. Colbert (Limerick)
Clare3-7 – 1-8Kerry
Cork4-2 – 2-4Tipperary
Referee: D. O'Sullivan (W)
Cork3-6 – 0-7Clare

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Down0-8 – 2-6Monaghan
Antrim5-9 – 1-6Derry
Armagh3-6 – 1-8Monaghan
Cavan7-10 – 1-7Tyrone
Antrim1-6 – 3-7Cavan
Armagh0-14 – 1-4Donegal
Cavan1-7 – 1-6Armagh
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 24,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Meath3-10 – 1-10Mayo
Attendance: 48,200
Cavan1-9 – 2-3Cork
Attendance: 49,789
Main article: 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Meath1-10 – 1-6Cavan
Attendance: 79,460

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Clare beat Kerry for the first time ever.
  • For the second time in history Meath had played Louth 3 times it previously happened in 1919.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Meath and Mayo was their first championship meeting.
  • Meath are All Ireland Champions for the first time.

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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