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1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersDown (1st win)
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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Final

Kerry 3–03 - 1–07 Cork

Final

Down 2–05 - 0–07 Donegal

Final

Leitrim 2–09 - 0–04 Galway

Final[2] (Croke Park, Dublin)

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)

'Home' Semi-Finals

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(Clones)[3]

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
25 August 1946 Leitrim 2–11 - 2–07 Kerry Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim

'Home' Final

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13 October 1946 Down[4] 2–07 - 2–03 Leitrim[5] Breffni Park, Cavan


All-Ireland Final

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(Croke Park, Dublin)[6]

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

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  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.