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

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

Division I (Dr Lagan Cup)
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]

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

Tables

Group A

Westmeath, Cavan, Meath

Group B

Louth, Dublin, Longford

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

Division III Final
Louth2-5 – 2-4Cavan

Group A

Limerick, Tipperary, Clare

Section B

Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow

Section C

Offaly, Kildare, Laois, Cork

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

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

Knockout Phase

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

Final
Mayo1-8 – 1-6Louth
P Carney 0-4 (4f); T Acton 1-0; S Mulderrig, H Dixon, P Solan, M Flanagan 0-1 each Jim Quigley 0-4, Frank Fagan 1-1, Stephen White 0-1[21]
Attendance: 28,342[22]
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)[23]

References
  1. Mayo results archive, 1949
  2. "GAA Archive 1949". Archived from the original on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
  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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