1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| Event | 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 26 September 1948 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | M. J. Flatherty (Offaly) | ||||||
| Attendance | 74,645 | ||||||
| Weather | Windy | ||||||
The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 61st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Contested by a team from the Ulster (Cavan) and a team from Connacht (Mayo), such a meeting in the decider between teams from these provinces would not happen again until 2012.[1]
This was the last time Cavan defeated Mayo in a championship game until 2025.[2]
Pre-match
[edit]Cavan were the defending All-Ireland SFC title holders.
Match
[edit]Summary
[edit]Cavan retained the title they had won in 1947 at Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York City.[3][4]
In a heavy wind, Cavan led 3–2 to 0–0 at half-time, but Mayo came back to lead the game. Cavan eventually made it two-in-a-row with a Peter Donohoe point. This final's eight goals is the most scored in a final, a record shared with the 1977 match.[5]
Details
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26 Sep 1948
Final |
| Cavan | 4–5 – 4–4 | Mayo |
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| Gls: Peter Donohoe (0–4), Victor Sherlock (0–1) Pts: Tony Tighe (2–0), Victor Sherlock, Mick Higgins (1–0) each |
Gls: P Carney, P Solan (1–0) each, T Acton (2–0) Pts: E Mongey (0–1), P Carney (0–2, penalty goal and a free), S Mulderrig (0–1) |
         Cavan
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   Mayo
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Cavan team
[edit]1 Des Benson 2 Willie Doonan 3 Brian O'Reilly 4 Paddy Smith 5 P. J. Duke 6 John Joe O'Reilly (c) 7 Simon Deignan 8 Phil Brady 9 Victor Sherlock 10 Tony Tighe 11 Mick Higgins 12 John Joe Cassidy 13 Joe Stafford 14 Peter Donohoe 15 Edwin Carolan
- Sub used
- Subs not used
16 Barney Cully 18 T. P. O'Reilly 19 John Wilson 20 Val Gannon 21 Seamus Morris
Mayo team
[edit]1 Tommy Byrne 2 Peter Quinn 3 Paddy Prendergast 4 Seán Flanagan (c) 5 John Forde (c)[contradictory] 6 P. McAndrew 7 Johnny Gilvarry 8 Éamonn Mongey 9 Pádraig Carney 10 Billy Kenny 11 Tommy Langan 12 Joe Gilvarry 13 Tom Acton 14 Peter Solan 15 Seán Mulderrig
- Subs not used
16 Mick Flanagann 17 Liam Hastings 18 Paddy Gilvarry 19 M. McNamara 20 Henry Dixon 21 J. Munnelly 22 P. Jordan 23 S. Daly
References
[edit]- ^ McHugh, Martin; Cahill, Des. Highlights of the Dublin versus Mayo semi-final. The Sunday Game. RTÉ Television. 2 September 2012. Mayo defeated Dublin to earn the right to take on Donegal, who had beaten Cork the previous week. Cork and Dublin had both entered their respective matches as favourites; both comprehensively lost.
- ^ Finnerty, Mike (18 May 2025). "Cavan produce superb display to defeat flat Mayo". RTÉ.
- ^ "Cavan GAA legend Mick Higgins dies at the age of 87". BBC Sport. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ Martin Breheny (29 January 2010). "Cavan football mourns loss of legend Higgins, hero of 1947 Polo Grounds". Irish Independent. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.