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

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Munster Junior Football Championship

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Final Kerry 3–03 - 1–07 Cork  

Ulster Junior Football Championship

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Final Down 2–05 - 0–07 Donegal

Connacht Junior Football Championship

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Final Leitrim 2–09 - 0–04 Galway

Leinster Junior Football Championship

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23 June 1946[2][3] Final Louth 3-05 – 0-01 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
GK 1 Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCB 2 Mick Rafferty (St Fechin's)
FB 3 Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher)
LCB 4 Jim McGee (Clan na Gael)
RHB 5 Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB 6 Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's)
LHB 7 Roger Lynch (Geraldines)
MF 8 Dermot Kelly (Owen Roe's)
MF 9 Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells)
RHF 10 Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHF 11 Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c)
LHF 12 Mickey Lennon (Geraldines)
RCF 13 Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers)
LCF 15 Martin Carpenter (Owen Roe's)
Substitutes:
GK 1 T. O'Neill
RCB 2 M. Eustace
FB 3 F. McCarthy
LCB 4 D. Morris
RHB 5 W. Donohoe
CHB 6 J. Hughes
LHB 7 J. Walsh
MF 8 W. Freaney
MF 9 J. Kehoe
RHF 10 P. Kennedy
CHF 11 M. O'Hanlon
LHF 12 R. Doyle
RCF 13 P. O'Neill
FF 14 M. Redmond
LCF 15 M. Doyle
Substitutes:
16 J. Sinnott for Donohoe
17 J. Kinsella for M. Doyle

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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'Home' Semi-Finals

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25 August 1946[4] Down 1-05 – 0-07 Louth St Tiernach's Park, Clones
Referee: T. O'Reilly (Cavan)
GK 1 Emmet McGivern (Warrenpoint)
RCB 2 Paddy O'Hagan (Hilltown)
FB 3 Andy Murnin (Clonduff)
LCB 4 Harry Downey (Clann na Banna)
RHB 5 Gerry Brown (Newry Shamrocks)
CHB 6 Eamon Grant (Clonduff)
LHB 7 Noel McCarthy (Downpatrick)
MF 8 Gerry Carr (Warrenpoint) (c)
MF 9 Joe Haughian (Ballymartin)
RHF 10 Gerry Doherty (Ballykinlar)
CHF 11 Thomas Brown (Clonduff)
LHF 12 Des Downey (Clann na Banna)
RCF 13 Dan Kennedy (Glenn)
FF 14 Henry Brown (Clonduff)
LCF 15 Jimmy Heaney (Derrylecka)
Substitutes:
GK 1 Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCB 2 Peadar O'Callaghan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FB 3 Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher)
LCB 4 Jim McGee (Clan na Gael)
RHB 5 Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB 6 Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's)
LHB 7 Roger Lynch (Geraldines)
MF 8 Tom Walsh (Owen Roe's)
MF 9 Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells)
RHF 10 Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHF 11 Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c)
LHF 12 Mickey Lennon (Geraldines)
RCF 13 Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers)
LCF 15 Kevin Quinn (Hunterstown Rovers)
Substitutes:
16 John Breen (Glyde Rangers) for MacArtain
25 August 1946 Semi-Final Leitrim 2–11 - 2–07 Kerry Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim

'Home' Final

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

All-Ireland Final

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27 October 1946[1] Down 2-10 – 1-09 Warwickshire Croke Park
Referee: F. Brophy (Dublin)
GK 1 Emmet McGivern (Warrenpoint)
RCB 2 Paddy O'Hagan (Hilltown)
FB 3 Andy Murnin (Clonduff)
LCB 4 Harry Downey (Clann na Banna)
RHB 5 Gerry Brown (Newry Shamrocks)
CHB 6 Eamon Grant (Clonduff)
LHB 7 Noel McCarthy (Downpatrick)
MF 8 Gerry Carr (Warrenpoint)
MF 9 Joe Haughian (Ballymartin)
RHF 10 Gerry Doherty (Ballykinlar)
CHF 11 Thomas Brown (Clonduff)
LHF 12 Des Downey (Clann na Banna)
RCF 13 Dan Kennedy (Glenn)
FF 14 Henry Brown (Clonduff)
LCF 15 Jimmy Heaney (Derrylecka)
Substitutes:
16 Kevin O'Hare (Glenn) for McGivern
17 Malachy Short (Newry Shamrocks) for Thomas Brown
GK 1 R. Tumulty (Westmeath)
RCB 2 R. Green (Clare)
FB 3 P.J. Foran (Clare)
LCB 4 T. Geraghty (Westmeath)
RHB 5 W. Halton (Cavan)
CHB 6 M. Hartney (Clare)
LHB 7 J. Lonergan (Waterford)
MF 8 P. Hartnett (Cork)
MF 9 A. Green (Wicklow)
RHF 10 P. Mooney (Dublin)
CHF 11 P. Judge (Mayo)
LHF 12 J. McDermott (Roscommon)
RCF 13 J. Casey (Kildare)
FF 14 M. O'Dowd (Clare)
LCF 15 J. O'Neill (Donegal)
Substitutes:

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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