1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 57th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1943 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamRoscommon (1st win)
CaptainJimmy Murray
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
CaptainTom O'Reilly
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterLouth
UlsterCavan
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
1942
1944
The Roscommon team that won the competition

Limerick return to Munster championship after 2 year absence.

In the Leinster Quarter-Final Louth ended Dublin's year as All-Ireland Champions.

Roscommon were the winners.[1][2][3] Kilkenny took part in the Leinster championship for the 1st time since 1931.

Results

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Leitrim4-9 – 2-8Sligo

Galway3-6 – 1-5Mayo
H Kenny (0-2), J Munnelly (0-1), T Hoban (0-2) & T Acton (1-0).
Attendance: 3,000

Roscommon2-12 – 1-3Leitrim

Final

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Roscommon2-8 – 0-8Galway
Referee: Gerald Courell
Carlow1-11 – 1-10Wicklow

Louth2-10 – 1-8Meath

Westmeath1-5 – 2-2Longford

Wexford3-6 – 0-0Kilkenny

Longford2-6 – 1-8Westmeath

Kildare1-10 – 4-8Laois
J.Gibbons 1-3, T.Mulhall, J.Farrell 0-2, M.Geraghty, J.Mackey, P.Roche 0-1.

Carlow2-6 – 2-6Wexford

Louth1-6 - 1-5Dublin
Peter Corr 0-5 (0-4f), Ray Mooney 1-0, Gerry Devine 0-1f Tommy Banks 1-2 (0-2f), Jimmy Joy, Paddy Bermingham, Paddy O'Connor 0-1 each

Carlow1-7 – 1-1Wexford

Offaly2-11 – 2-9Longford

Louth1-9 – 2-3Offaly
Referee: P Dunne

Laois3-8 – 3-6Carlow

Final

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  Louth3-16–2-04  Laois
Peter Corr 1-8 (0-6f), Jimmy Coyle 2-0, Larry Carr 0-5, Jim Thornton, Kevin Connolly, Oliver Halpin 0-1 each Danny Douglas and Syd Harkins 1-0 each, Chris Delaney 0-3f, Bill Delaney 0-1
Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)
GK 1 Joe Halpenny (St Mary's)
RCB 2 Larry Waller (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Seán McDermott's, Dublin)
LCB 4 Seán Boyle (St Mary's)
RHB 5 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c)
CHB 6 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHB 7 Tom Clarke (Cooley Kickhams)
MF 8 Gerry Devine (St Magdalene's)
MF 9 Jim Thornton (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF 10 Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF 11 Larry Carr (Oliver Plunketts)
LHF 12 Peter Corr (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCF 13 Mick Hardy (Cooley Kickhams)
FF 14 Jimmy Coyle (Seán McDermott's, Dublin)
LCF 15 Ollie Halpin (St Magdalene's)
GK 1 Jim McCartney (Graiguecullen)
RCB 2 Tommy Walsh (Stradbally)
FB 3 Paddy Kelly (Stradbally)
LCB 4 Mick Shortall (Annanough)
RHB 5 Benny Hunt (Portarlington)
CHB 6 Mick Delaney (Stradbally)
LHB 7 Jim Slater (Graiguecullen)
MF 8 Tommy Murphy (Graiguecullen)
MF 9 Jack Cowley (Graiguecullen)
RHF 10 Danny Douglas (Army Metro)
CHF 11 Bill Delaney (Stradbally)
LHF 12 Bill Brennan (Flemings Fireclay)
RCF 13 Syd Harkins (Portlaoise)
FF 14 Chris Delaney (Stradbally)
LCF 15 Tom Haughney (Graiguecullen)
Substitutes:
16 John Lalor (Jamestown) for Shortall
17 Morgan Delaney (Stradbally) for Mick Delaney
Tipperary2-7 – 0-9Waterford
Referee: P. J. O'Sullivan ( T )

Clare2-10 – 2-4Limerick

Cork0-9 – 0-9Kerry
E. Young (0-3), J. Aherne (1-0) & J. Cronin (1-0). Pat Holly (0-1), Joe Kennington (0-1), Murt Kelly (0-5), Jimmy Gawksie O'Gorman (0-1) & Mikey Lyne (0-1).

Tipperary3-5 – 2-6Clare
Referee: B. Scannell (Galway)

Cork1-5 – 1-4Kerry
E. Casey (0-3) & J. Aherne (0-2). Paddy Kennedy (0-1), Johnny Walsh (0-1), Tom Gega O'Connor (1-0) & Murt Kelly (0-2).

Final

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Cork1-7 – 1-4Tipperary
E. Young (0-1), E. Casey (0-2), P. Cronin (0-1). J. Cronin (0-1) & J. Aherne (1-0).
Referee: T. Greaney (W)
Donegal0-7 – 1-8Tyrone

Monaghan3-8 – 3-4Armagh

Antrim0-13 – 1-8Down

Cavan4-10 – 1-3Tyrone

Monaghan1-10 – 1-5Antrim

Final

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Cavan2-3 – 0-5Monaghan
Attendance: 7,000
Roscommon3-10 – 3-6Louth
Attendance: 18,347

Cavan1-8 – 1-7Cork
F. O’Donavan (0-1), D. O’Connor (0-1), J. Lynch (0-2), J. Cronin (1-1) & J. Aherne (0-2).
Attendance: 30,322

Finals

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Roscommon1-6 – 1-6Cavan
P. Marray (0-3), J. Murray (1-0), D. Keenan (0-2) & L. Gilmartin (0-1). J. Stafford (1-3), S. Maguire, J.J. O'Reilly & P, Smith (0-1) each.
Attendance: 68,023
Referee: Patrick McKenna (Limerick)

Roscommon2-7 – 2-2Cavan
D. Kennan (0-5), F. Kinlough (1-1), J. McQullain (1-0) & P. Murray (0-1). J. Stafford & P. Boylan (1-0) & T. O'Reilly & J.J. O'Reilly (0-1) each.
Attendance: 47,193
Referee: P O Miotain (Wexford)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • The Wexford vs Kilkenny game was Kilkenny's first game since 1931 as they rejoin the Leinster football championship.
  • Louth win the Leinster championship for the first time since 1912.
  • Cork won their first Munster title since 1928.
  • Roscommon won the All-Ireland title for the first time ever becoming the third county from Connacht after Galway in 1925 and then Mayo in 1936 to do so; Roscommon also won a first Connacht title since 1914.
  • There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The complete All-Ireland Series from the semi-finals of Roscommon vs Louth, Cavan vs Cork and the final between Roscommon and Cavan were all the first championship meetings of the teams.
  • The All-Ireland final ended in a draw and went to a replay for the first time since 1938.

References

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Louth team of '43 and Dundalk FC side of '58 open a can of worms". Dundalk Democrat. 13 May 2020.