1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates29 April – 23 September 1945
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCork (3rd win)
CaptainTadhgo Crowley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
CaptainTom O'Reilly
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played31
1944
1946

The 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 59th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. It was played at venues all over Ireland from 29 April to 23 September 1945.

31 teams entered, with Kilkenny once again declining to field a team. Roscommon were the defending champions, however, they surrendered their title in their opening game, a Connacht semi-final defeat by Mayo.

The All-Ireland final was played on 23 September 1945 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cork and Cavan, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Cork won the match by 2-05 to 0-07 to claim their third championship title overall and a first title since 1911.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

10 June 1945 Quarter-final Mayo 3-12 – 0-06 Leitrim Castlerea
J Mulvey 2-4, T Hoban 1-3, J Kilroy 0-4, E Mongey 0-1. Kelleher 0-3, Kilkenny 0-2, Doorican 0-1.

Semi-finals

24 June 1945 Semi-final Galway 2-07 – 1-05 Sligo St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
P Thornton 1-1, Canavan 1-0, McManus 0-3, Connolly 0-1, T Sullivan 0-1, S Thornton 0-1. Mullarkey 1-3, Lavin 0-2.
8 July 1945 Semi-final Mayo 2-08 – 1-06 Roscommon Sligo
J Kilroy 0-4, H Kenny 1-0, J Mulvey 1-0, T Hoban 0-2, J Munnelly 0-1, P Kilroy 0-1. Boland 1-0, McQuillan 0-1, Fallon 0-1, J Murray 0-1, Keenan 0-1, Kinlough 0-1, P Murray 0-1.

Final

22 July 1945 Final Galway 2-06 – 1-07 Mayo St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
P Thornton 1-1, S Thornton 1-1, P McManus 0-4, P Kilroy 0-4, Mongey 1-0, Hoban 0-1, JJ McGowan 0-1, J Kilroy 0-1. Attendance: 8,800

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

29 April 1945 Preliminary round Longford 1-05 – 1-05 Westmeath Cusack Park, Mullingar
6 May 1945 Preliminary round replay Longford 1-10– 2-06 Westmeath Pearse Park, Longford
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 2-09– 2-07 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Quarter-finals

27 May 1945 Quarter-final Wexford 5-05 – 0-06 Kildare Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
J O'Connor 2-0, D O'Neill 1-1, Somers 1-1, J Nolan 1-0, Goodison 0-2, P Kehoe 0-1. Byrne 0-2, Collins 0-2, White 0-2.
10 June 1945 Quarter-final Longford 1-06 – 3-04 Offaly Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: J Dowling (Kildare)
10 June 1945 Quarter-final Meath 3-6 - 4-3 Dublin Drogheda Park, Drogheda
Frankie Byrne 1-4f, Bill Halpenny 1-1, S Ludlow 1-0, Peter McDermott 0-1 Mick Culhane 2-0, Shay Gibbons 1-2, T Markey 1-0, Paddy Bermingham 0-1 Attendance: 10,000
17 June 1945 Quarter-final replay Meath 2-16 – 1-10 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
W Snow 2-2, Frankie Byrne 0-7 (0-6f), Paddy Meegan 0-3, Bill Halpenny 0-2, Jackie Maye and S Ludlow 0-1 each J Gibbons 1-2, Murt Kelly 0-4 (0-3f), Mick Culhane 0-2, T Markey and Matt Fletcher 0-1 each Attendance: 20,196

Semi-finals

24 June 1945 Semi-final Meath 0-05 – 1-08 Offaly O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 6000
Referee: PJ Sheehy (Offaly)
1 July 1945 Semi-final Wexford 4-05 – 1-11 Laois Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
N Rackard 2-2, D O'Neill 1-1, J Nolan 1-0, P Kehoe 0-2. Hunt 0-5, Nurney 1-0, M Delaney 0-2, Murphy 0-1, C Delaney 0-1, Haughney 0-1, Fannin 0-1. Referee: 11,939

Final

22 July 1945 Final Wexford 1-9 – 1-4 Offaly O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Paddy Keohoe 0-5f, John O'Connor 1-0, Des O'Neill 0-2, Joe Nolan and Nicky Rackard 0-1 each Jackie Byrne 1-1, Joe O'Connor, W Leonard, H Burke (0-1f) 0-1 each Attendance: 9,873
Referee: Mick Leech (Louth)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

13 May 1945 Quarter-final Tipperary 0-07 – 0-03 Waterford Páirc Daibhín, Carrick-on-Suir
Referee: A Scannell (Cork)
20 May 1945 Quarter-final Limerick 6-02 – 3-03 Clare Cusack Park, Ennis

Semi-finals

10 June 1945 Semi-final Kerry 5-08 – 2-07 Limerick Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
P Kennedy 2-4, E Dunne 1-1, W O'Donnell 1-1, D Kavanagh 1-1, B Garvey 0-1.
24 June 1945 Semi-final Cork 1-07 – 1-06 Tipperary Fraher Field, Dungarvan
J Cronin 1-1, N Casey 0-4, Duggan 0-1, D Cullinane 0-1. Cleary 0-4, Wright 1-0, Croghan 0-2. Referee: Sgt. V. Aston

Final

8 July 1945 Final Cork 1-11 – 1-06 Kerry Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
D Beckett 0-4, E Young 1-0, J Lynch 0-2, P O'Driscoll 0-2, N Casey 0-1, F O'Donovan 0-1, J Cronin 0-1, M Lyne 0-4, T Landers 1-0, D Kavanagh 0-1, B Garvey 0-1. Attendance: 7,000

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 – 2-04 Donegal St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

29 July 1945 Final Cavan 4-10 – 1-04 Fermanagh St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
P Donoghue 1-4, PJ Duke 1-1, PA O'Reilly 1-0, J Stafford 1-0, T Tighe 0-1, M Higgins 0-3, TP O'Reilly 0-1. A Breslin 1-0, G O'Reilly 0-1, P Clarke 0-1, C Creamer 0-1, G O'Reilly 0-1. Attendance: 10,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

12 August 1945 Semi-final Cork 2-12 – 2-08 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
D Beckett 1-4, F O'Donovan 1-0, J Cronin 0-4, E Young 0-4, M Tubridy 0-1. McManus 0-5, Canavan 1-0, Connolly 1-0, T Sullivan 0-2, Ryan 0-1. Attendance: 33,336
Referee: P Lynch (Cavan)
19 August 1945 Semi-final Cavan 1-04 – 0-05 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
J Stafford 1-0, S Deignan 0-2, M Higgins 0-1, P Donohoe 0-1. P Kehoe 0-3, D O'Neill 0-2. Attendance: 44,526
Referee: B Nestor (Galway)

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.

References

  1. "Clon connections to Cork success in 1945". West Cork People. September 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. "A football life less ordinary". The Anglo-Celt. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. Keys, Colm (31 July 2013). "Bailieborough and the Cavan goalkeeping connection". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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