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 Britainto 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

^ "Sturdy Down Team Wins All-Ireland Honours". Frontier Sentinel. 2 November 1946.
^ "Wexford Defeated At Croke Park". New Ross Standard. 23 June 1946.
^ "Down Footballers for All-Ireland Final". Frontier Sentinel. 31 August 1946.
^ "All-Ireland Junior Title for Down". The Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner. 19 October 1946.
^ "All Ireland Leitrim Junior Team". Leitrim County Library Local History Archive.
^ "Down Profile". Hogan Stand.

[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.

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