The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 62nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Fermanagh play their last Ulster championship game until 1960.
Limerick take a 2-year break from the Munster championship.
Cavan won their second title in a row.
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Finals
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Final
GK1 Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)RCB2 Jack Bell (Stabannon Parnells)FB3 Eddie Boyle (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)LCB4 Johnny Malone (St Mary's)RHB5 Seán Boyle (St Mary's)CHB6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)LHB7Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)MF8 Ray Mooney (St Mary's)MF9 Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams)RHF10 Mick Hardy (Cooley Kickhams)CHF11 Stephen White (Cooley Kickhams)LHF12 Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)RCF13 Larry Carr (Oliver Plunketts)FF14 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c)LCF15 Hugh O'Rourke (Cooley Kickhams)Substitutes: 16 Paddy McArdle (St Mary's) for Mooney GK1 Joe O'Neill (Clonee)RCB2 Jackie Culleton (St John's Volunteers)FB3 Jim Cullen (St Anne's)LCB4 Jim Coady (Guinness, Dublin)RHB5 Jim Rogers (Blackwater)CHB6 Willie Goodison (St John's Volunteers)LHB7 John Morris (St John's Volunteers)MF8 Seán Eustace (St Aidan's, Ballymitty)MF9 Dermot Clancy (Ballinglen)RHF10 Des O'Neill (Rathnure)CHF11 Nicky Rackard (Rathnure)LHF12 Paddy Kehoe (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) (c)RCF13 John O'Connor (St John's Volunteers)FF14 Billy Kelly (St Aidan's, Ballymitty)LCF15 Sam Thorpe (Slaney Harriers)Substitutes: 16 Mick O'Hanlon (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) for Eustace 17 Paddy Waters (St Aidan's, Ballymitty) for Cullen
Munster Senior Football Championship
Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Final
GK1 Des Benson (Croghan)RCB2 Willie Doonan (Cavan Harps)FB3 Brian O'Reilly (Mullahoran)LCB4 Paddy Smith (St Mary's, Louth)RHB5 P. J. Duke (Stradone)CHB6 John Joe O'Reilly (Curragh, Kildare) (c)LHB7 Simon Deignan (12th Battalion, Limerick)MF8 Phil Brady (Mullahoran)MF9 Victor Sherlock (Kingscourt Stars)RHF10 Tony Tighe (Mountnugent)CHF11 Mick Higgins (Oliver Plunketts, Louth)LHF12 John Joe Cassidy (Banba, Dublin)RCF13 Joe Stafford (Clanna Gael, Dublin)FF14 Peter Donohoe (Banba, Dublin)LCF15 Edwin Carolan (UCD, Dublin)Substitutes: GK1 Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)RCB2 Jack Bell (Stabannon Parnells)FB3 Eddie Boyle (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)LCB4 Johnny Malone (St Mary's)RHB5 Seán Boyle (St Mary's)CHB6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)LHB7Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)MF8 Ray Mooney (St Mary's)MF9 Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams)RHF10 Mick Hardy (Cooley Kickhams)CHF11 Stephen White (Cooley Kickhams)LHF12 Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)RCF13 Larry Carr (Oliver Plunketts)FF14 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c)LCF15 Mickey Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)Substitutes: 16 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) for White
Semi-Final
Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
Fermanagh withdraw from Ulster championship until 1960. Limerick withdraw from Munster championship for the next 2 years. The All Ireland semi-final between Cavan and Louth was their first championship meeting. Cavan becomes the first county from Ulster to be All Ireland Champions for 2 in a row.
Roll of Honour Kerry – 16 (1946) Dublin – 15 (1942) Wexford – 5 (1918) Cavan – 4 (1948) Kildare – 4 (1928) Tipperary – 4 (1920) Cork – 3 (1945) Galway – 3 (1938) Roscommon – 2 (1944) Limerick – 2 (1896) Louth – 2 (1912) Mayo – 1 (1936)
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