1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Down (1st win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Warwickshire
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Leitrim
← 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 v Cork

Kerry

3–03 - 1–07

Cork

Ulster Junior Football Championship

Final

Down v Donegal

Down

2–05 - 0–07

Donegal

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Final

Leitrim v Galway

Leitrim

2–09 - 0–04

Galway

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Final[2] (Croke Park, Dublin)

Louth v Wexford

23 June 1946

Louth	3-05 – 0-01	Wexford
(HT: 1-03 - 0-01)

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)

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

'Home' Semi-Finals

(Clones)[3]

Down v Louth

25 August 1946

Down	1–05 – 0-07	Louth
(HT: 0–04 - 0–03)

Referee: T. O'Reilly (Cavan)

GK 1 Emmet McGivern RCB 2 Paddy O'Hagan FB 3 Andy Murnin LCB 4 Harry Downey RHB 5 Gerry Browne CHB 6 Eamon Grant LHB 7 Noel McCarthy MF 8 Gerry Carr (c) MF 9 Joe Haughian RHF 10 Gerry Doherty CHF 11 Thomas Brown LHF 12 Des Downey RCF 13 Dan Kennedy FF 14 Henry Brown LCF 15 Jimmy Heaney 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

Leitrim v Kerry

25 August 1946

Leitrim

2–11 - 2–07

Kerry

Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim

'Home' Final

Down[4] v Leitrim[5]

13 October 1946

Down[4]

2–07 - 2–03

Leitrim[5]

Breffni Park, Cavan

All-Ireland Final

(Croke Park, Dublin)[6]

Down v Warwickshire

27 October 1946

Down	2–10 – 1–09	Warwickshire
(HT: 0–05 - 1–03)

Referee: F. Brophy (Dublin)

GK 1 Emmet McGivern RCB 2 Paddy O'Hagan FB 3 Andy Murnin LCB 4 Harry Downey RHB 5 Gerry Browne CHB 6 Eamon Grant LHB 7 Noel McCarthy MF 8 Gerry Carr (c) MF 9 Joe Haughian RHF 10 Gerry Doherty CHF 11 Thomas Brown LHF 12 Des Downey RCF 13 Dan Kennedy FF 14 Henry Brown LCF 15 Jimmy Heaney Substitutes: 16 Kevin O'Hare for McGivern 17 Malachy Short for Thomas Brown

GK 1 R. Tumulty RCB 2 R. Green FB 3 P.J. Foran LCB 4 T. Geraghty RHB 5 W. Halton CHB 6 M. Hartney LHB 7 J. Lonergan MF 8 P. Hartnett MF 9 A. Green RHF 10 P. Mooney CHF 11 P. Judge LHF 12 J. McDermott RCF 13 J. Casey FF 14 M. O'Dowd LCF 15 J. O'Neill Substitutes:

References

1. "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. "Down Footballers for All-Ireland Final". Frontier Sentinel. 31 August 1946.
4. "All-Ireland Junior Title for Down". The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner. 19 October 1946.
5. "All Ireland Leitrim Junior Team". Leitrim County Library Local History Archive.
6. "Down Profile". Hogan Stand.