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1948–49 National Football League (Ireland)


The 1948–49 National Football League was the 18th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

1948–49 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1948 – 10 April 1949
League champions
WinnersMayo (8th win)
CaptainTommy Byrne
League runners-up
Runners-upLouth

Mayo won the NFL with a narrow defeat of Louth in the final.[1][2][3][4]

Format edit

Instead of geographic groupings, teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the semi-finals.

League Phase edit

Division I (Dr Lagan Cup) edit

3 October 1948 Round Down 0-10 — 0-7 Monaghan Ballybay[5]
10 October 1948 Round Antrim 2-9 — 4-2 Armagh Armagh[6]
17 October 1948 Round Down 3-10 — 3-6 Antrim Newcastle[7]
24 October 1948 Round Monaghan 3-4 — 0-7 Armagh Ballybay[8]
31 October 1948 Final Down 2-7 — 2-5 Tyrone Lurgan[9]

Division II edit

Group A Results edit

17 October 1948 Round 1 Galway 1-3 — 1-11 Mayo Tuam[10]
Attendance: 10,000
31 October 1948 Round 2 Kerry 3-7 — 1-11 Galway Austin Stack Park, Tralee[11]
21 November 1948 Round 3 Mayo 4-6 — 1-3 Kerry McHale Park, Castlebar[12]

Group B Results edit

17 October 1948 Round 1 Roscommon 4-6 — 1-11 Sligo Strokestown[13]
31 October 1948 Round 2 Sligo 2-5 — 2-6 Leitrim Collooney[14]
14 November 1948 Round 3 Leitrim 2-5 — 3-8 Roscommon Ballinamore[15]

Division II Final edit

6 March 1949 Final Mayo 2-11 — 1-5 Roscommon Ballina[16]

Tables edit

Division III edit

Group A edit

Westmeath, Cavan, Meath

Group B edit

Louth, Dublin, Longford

Group B Results edit

31 October 1948 Round 1 Longford 1-2 — 4-8 Louth Longford[17]

Division III Final edit

Louth2-5 – 2-4Cavan

Division IV edit

Group A edit

Limerick, Tipperary, Clare

Section B edit

Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow

Section C edit

Offaly, Kildare, Laois, Cork

Group C Results edit

17 October 1948 Round 1 Laois 3-3 — 2-4 Cork O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Play-Off edit

6 February 1949 Wexford 3-4 — 0-9 Kildare Wexford Park, Wexford[19]

Knockout phase edit

Semi-final edit

Mayo4-11 – 2-6Wexford
Louth4-5 – 3-4Down

Final edit

Mayo  1-08 – 1-06  Louth
P Carney 0-4 (4f); T Acton 1-0; S Mulderrig, H Dixon, P Solan, M Flanagan 0-1 each Jim Quigley 0-4 (3f); Frank Fagan 1-1, Stephen White 0-1[21]
Attendance: 28,342[22]
GK 1 Tommy Byrne (c)
RCB 2 Paddy Gilvarry
FB 3 Paddy Prendergast
LCB 4 John Forde
RHB 5 Billy Kenny
CHB 6 Éamonn Mongey
LHB 7 Seán Mulderrig
MF 8 Pádraig Carney
MF 9 Henry Dixon
RHF 10 Mick Flanagan
CHF 11 Tom Langan
LHF 12 Joe Gilvarry
RCF 13 Tom Acton
FF 14 Peter Solan
LCF 15 Liam Hastings
GK 1 Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)
RCB 2 Jack Bell (St Mary's)
FB 3 Johnny Malone (St Mary's)
LCB 4 Tom Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB 5 Seán Boyle (St Mary's) (c)
CHB 6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB 7 Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)
MF 8 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels)
MF 9 Hubert Reynolds (Dundalk Gaels)
RHF 10 Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
CHF 11 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHF 12 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF 13 Hugh O'Rourke (Cooley Kickhams)
FF 14 Tom Walsh (Owen Roe's)
LCF 15 Mickey Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)

References edit

  1. ^ Mayo results archive, 1949
  2. ^ "GAA Archive 1949". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ GAA Final Teams Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ A nice surprise for Louth - Irish Independent
  5. ^ "Down Master Monaghan", Irish Independent, 4 October 1948, p. 7,
  6. ^ "Antrim had close call", Irish Independent, 11 October 1948, p. 7,
  7. ^ "Down's surprise for Antrim", Irish Independent, 18 October 1948, p. 6,
  8. ^ "Bad Finish beat Armagh", Irish Independent, 25 October 1948, p. 7,
  9. ^ "Down win Dr. Lagan Cup", Cork Examiner, 1 November 1948, p. 6,
  10. ^ "Carney stars in Mayo victory", Irish Independent, 18/10/1948, p. 6,
  11. ^ "Kerry leave it late against Galway", Cork Examiner, 01/11/1948, p. 6,
  12. ^ "Mayo again crush Kerry", The Ballina Herald, 27/11/1948, p. 6,
  13. ^ "Roscommon in scoring mood", Irish Independent, 18/10/1948, p. 6,
  14. ^ "Leitrim shock for Sligo", Irish Independent, 01/11/1948, p. 7,
  15. ^ "Group honours for Roscommon", Irish Independent, 15/11/1948, p. 7,
  16. ^ "Roscommon a well beaten side", Irish Independent, 07/03/1949, p. 7
  17. ^ "Easy for Louth at Longford", Irish Independent, 01/11/1948, p. 7,
  18. ^ "Louth's one point win in Croke Park thriller", Irish Independent, 07/03/1949, p. 7
  19. ^ "Wexford beat Kildare in close game", Irish Independent, 7 February 1949, p.7
  20. ^ "Louth combination too much for Down individualism", Irish Independent, 28/03/1949, p. 7
  21. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  22. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  23. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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