1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersDown (1st win)
CaptainGerry Carr
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upWarwickshire
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterDown
ConnachtLeitrim
← 1945
1947 →

The 1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 25th staging of the championship since its establishment by the GAA in 1912.

The competition format saw the four provincial champions compete in two 'Home' semi-finals, the winners of which then contested the All-Ireland 'Home' final.

In the last stage of the competition, the victorious 'Home' finalists then met the champions of Britain to determine who would be crowned overall All-Ireland Junior Football Champions for 1946.

The title match at Croke Park concluded with Down defeating Warwickshire, the champions of Britain, on a scoreline of 2–10 to 1–09.[1]

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

Final Kerry 3–03 - 1–07 Cork  

Ulster Junior Football Championship

Final Down 2–05 - 0–07 Donegal

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Final Leitrim 2–09 - 0–04 Galway

Leinster Junior Football Championship

23 June 1946[2][3] Final Louth 3-05 – 0-01 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
GK1Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCB2Mick Rafferty (St Fechin's)
FB3Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher)
LCB4Jim McGee (Clan na Gael)
RHB5Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB6Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's)
LHB7Roger Lynch (Geraldines)
MF8Dermot Kelly (Owen Roe's)
MF9Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells)
RHF10Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHF11Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c)
LHF12Mickey Lennon (Geraldines)
RCF13Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers)
LCF15Martin Carpenter (Owen Roe's)
Substitutes:
GK1T. O'Neill
RCB2M. Eustace
FB3F. McCarthy
LCB4D. Morris
RHB5W. Donohoe
CHB6J. Hughes
LHB7J. Walsh
MF8W. Freaney
MF9J. Kehoe
RHF10P. Kennedy
CHF11M. O'Hanlon
LHF12R. Doyle
RCF13P. O'Neill
FF14M. Redmond
LCF15M. Doyle
Substitutes:
16J. Sinnott for Donohoe
17J. Kinsella for M. Doyle

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

'Home' Semi-Finals

25 August 1946[4] Down 1-05 – 0-07 Louth St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: T. O'Reilly (Cavan)
GK1Emmet McGivern (Warrenpoint)
RCB2Paddy O'Hagan (Hilltown)
FB3Andy Murnin (Clonduff)
LCB4Harry Downey (Clann na Banna)
RHB5Gerry Brown (Newry Shamrocks)
CHB6Eamon Grant (Clonduff)
LHB7Noel McCarthy (Downpatrick)
MF8Gerry Carr (Warrenpoint) (c)
MF9Joe Haughian (Ballymartin)
RHF10Gerry Doherty (Ballykinlar)
CHF11Thomas Brown (Clonduff)
LHF12Des Downey (Clann na Banna)
RCF13Dan Kennedy (Glenn)
FF14Henry Brown (Clonduff)
LCF15Jimmy Heaney (Derrylecka)
Substitutes:
GK1Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCB2Peadar O'Callaghan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FB3Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher)
LCB4Jim McGee (Clan na Gael)
RHB5Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB6Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's)
LHB7Roger Lynch (Geraldines)
MF8Tom Walsh (Owen Roe's)
MF9Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells)
RHF10Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHF11Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c)
LHF12Mickey Lennon (Geraldines)
RCF13Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers)
LCF15Kevin Quinn (Hunterstown Rovers)
Substitutes:
16John Breen (Glyde Rangers) for MacArtain
25 August 1946 Semi-Final Leitrim 2–11 - 2–07 Kerry Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim

'Home' Final

13 October 1946[5][6] Down 2–07 - 2–03 Leitrim Breffni Park, Cavan

All-Ireland Final

27 October 1946[1] Down 2-10 – 1-09 Warwickshire Croke Park
Referee: F. Brophy (Dublin)
GK1Emmet McGivern (Warrenpoint)
RCB2Paddy O'Hagan (Hilltown)
FB3Andy Murnin (Clonduff)
LCB4Harry Downey (Clann na Banna)
RHB5Gerry Brown (Newry Shamrocks)
CHB6Eamon Grant (Clonduff)
LHB7Noel McCarthy (Downpatrick)
MF8Gerry Carr (Warrenpoint)
MF9Joe Haughian (Ballymartin)
RHF10Gerry Doherty (Ballykinlar)
CHF11Thomas Brown (Clonduff)
LHF12Des Downey (Clann na Banna)
RCF13Dan Kennedy (Glenn)
FF14Henry Brown (Clonduff)
LCF15Jimmy Heaney (Derrylecka)
Substitutes:
16Kevin O'Hare (Glenn) for McGivern
17Malachy Short (Newry Shamrocks) for Thomas Brown
GK1R. Tumulty (Westmeath)
RCB2R. Green (Clare)
FB3P.J. Foran (Clare)
LCB4T. Geraghty (Westmeath)
RHB5W. Halton (Cavan)
CHB6M. Hartney (Clare)
LHB7J. Lonergan (Waterford)
MF8P. Hartnett (Cork)
MF9A. Green (Wicklow)
RHF10P. Mooney (Dublin)
CHF11P. Judge (Mayo)
LHF12J. McDermott (Roscommon)
RCF13J. Casey (Kildare)
FF14M. O'Dowd (Clare)
LCF15J. O'Neill (Donegal)
Substitutes:

References

  1. 1 2 "Sturdy Down Team Wins All-Ireland Honours". Frontier Sentinel. 2 November 1946.
  2. ↑ "Wexford Defeated At Croke Park". New Ross Standard. 23 June 1946.
  3. ↑ "Louth's Thirteen Points' Margin". Irish Independent. 24 June 1946.
  4. ↑ "Down Footballers for All-Ireland Final". Frontier Sentinel. 31 August 1946.
  5. ↑ "All-Ireland Junior Title for Down". The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner. 19 October 1946.
  6. ↑ "All Ireland Leitrim Junior Team". Leitrim County Library Local History Archive.
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