1948 �49 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE (IRELAND)

1948–49 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1948 – 10 April 1949
League champions
Winners	Mayo (8th win)
Captain	Tommy Byrne
League runners-up
Runners-up	Louth
	← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 National Football League was the 18th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Mayo won the NFL with a narrow defeat of Louth in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

Instead of geographic groupings, teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reaches the semi-finals.

League Phase

Division I ( Dr Lagan Cup)

3 October 1948 Round

Down

0-10 — 0-7

Monaghan

Ballybay^[5]

10 October 1948 Round

Antrim

2-9 — 4-2

Armagh

Armagh^[6]

17 October 1948 Round

Down

3-10 — 3-6

Antrim

Newcastle^[7]

24 October 1948 Round

Monaghan

3-4 — 0-7

Armagh

Ballybay^[8]

31 October 1948 Final

Down

2-7 — 2-5

Tyrone

Lurgan^[9]

Division II

Group A Results

17 October 1948 Round 1	Galway	1-3 — 1-11	Mayo	Tuam^[10]
				Attendance: 10,000

31 October 1948 Round 2

Kerry

3-7 — 1-11

Galway

Austin Stack Park, Tralee^[11]

21 November 1948 Round 3

Mayo

4-6 — 1-3

Kerry

McHale Park, Castlebar^[12]

Group B Results

17 October 1948 Round 1

Roscommon

4-6 — 1-11

Sligo

Strokestown^[13]

31 October 1948 Round 2

Sligo

2-5 — 2-6

Leitrim

Collooney^[14]

14 November 1948 Round 3

Leitrim

2-5 — 3-8

Roscommon

Ballinamore^[15]

Division II Final

6 March 1949 Final

Mayo

2-11 — 1-5

Roscommon

Ballina^[16]

Tables

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Status
Mayo	2	2	0	4	Qualified for Knockout stage
Kerry	2	1	1	2
Galway	2	0	2	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Roscommon	2	2	0	4
Leitrim	2	1	1	2
Sligo	2	0	2	0

Division III

Group A

Westmeath, Cavan, Meath

Group B

Louth, Dublin, Longford

Group B Results

31 October 1948 Round 1

Longford

1-2 — 4-8

Louth

Longford^[17]

Division III Final

6 March 1949

Louth	2-5 – 2-4	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin^[18]

Division IV

Group A

Limerick, Tipperary, Clare

Section B

Wexford, Wicklow, Carlow

Section C

Offaly, Kildare, Laois, Cork

Group C Results

17 October 1948 Round 1

Laois

3-3 — 2-4

Cork

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Play-Off

6 February 1949

Wexford

3-4 — 0-9

Kildare

Wexford Park, Wexford^[19]

Knockout phase

Semi-final

27 March 1949

Mayo	4-11 – 2-6	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

27 March 1949

Louth	4-5 – 3-4	Down

Croke Park, Dublin^[20]

Final

10 April 1949

Mayo	1-08 – 1-06	Louth
P Carney 0-4 (4f); T Acton 1-0; S Mulderrig, H Dixon, P Solan, M Flanagan 0-1 each		Jim Quigley 0-4 (3f); Frank Fagan 1-1, Stephen White 0-1^[21]

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 28,342^[22]

Referee: Simon Deignan ( Cavan)^[23]


GK	1	Tommy Byrne (c)
RCB	2	Paddy Gilvarry
FB	3	Paddy Prendergast
LCB	4	John Forde
RHB	5	Billy Kenny
CHB	6	Éamonn Mongey
LHB	7	Seán Mulderrig
MF	8	Pádraig Carney
MF	9	Henry Dixon
RHF	10	Mick Flanagan
CHF	11	Tom Langan
LHF	12	Joe Gilvarry
RCF	13	Tom Acton
FF	14	Peter Solan
LCF	15	Liam Hastings


GK	1	Seán Thornton (Civil Service, Dublin)
RCB	2	Jack Bell ( St Mary's)
FB	3	Johnny Malone ( St Mary's)
LCB	4	Tom Mulligan ( Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB	5	Seán Boyle ( St Mary's) (c)
CHB	6	Paddy Markey ( St Mary's)
LHB	7	Paddy McArdle ( St Mary's)
MF	8	Jack Regan ( Dundalk Gaels)
MF	9	Hubert Reynolds ( Dundalk Gaels)
RHF	10	Frank Fagan ( Dundalk Young Irelands)
CHF	11	Jim Quigley ( Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHF	12	Stephen White ( Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF	13	Hugh O'Rourke ( Cooley Kickhams)
FF	14	Tom Walsh (Owen Roe's)
LCF	15	Mickey Reynolds ( Stabannon Parnells)

References

^ Mayo results archive, 1949
^ "GAA Archive 1949". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ GAA Final Teams Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ A nice surprise for Louth - Irish Independent
^ "Down Master Monaghan", Irish Independent, 4 October 1948, p. 7,
^ "Antrim had close call", Irish Independent, 11 October 1948, p. 7,
^ "Down's surprise for Antrim", Irish Independent, 18 October 1948, p. 6,
^ "Bad Finish beat Armagh", Irish Independent, 25 October 1948, p. 7,
^ "Down win Dr. Lagan Cup", Cork Examiner, 1 November 1948, p. 6,
^ "Carney stars in Mayo victory", Irish Independent, 18/10/1948, p. 6,
^ "Kerry leave it late against Galway", Cork Examiner, 01/11/1948, p. 6,
^ "Mayo again crush Kerry", The Ballina Herald, 27/11/1948, p. 6,
^ "Roscommon in scoring mood", Irish Independent, 18/10/1948, p. 6,
^ "Leitrim shock for Sligo", Irish Independent, 01/11/1948, p. 7,
^ "Group honours for Roscommon", Irish Independent, 15/11/1948, p. 7,
^ "Roscommon a well beaten side", Irish Independent, 07/03/1949, p. 7
^ "Easy for Louth at Longford", Irish Independent, 01/11/1948, p. 7,
^ "Louth's one point win in Croke Park thriller", Irish Independent, 07/03/1949, p. 7
^ "Wexford beat Kildare in close game", Irish Independent, 7 February 1949, p.7
^ "Louth combination too much for Down individualism", Irish Independent, 28/03/1949, p. 7
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

[1] Mayo results archive, 1949

[2] "GAA Archive 1949". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[3] GAA Final Teams Archived 2015-07-14 at the Wayback Machine

[4] A nice surprise for Louth - Irish Independent

[5] "Down Master Monaghan", Irish Independent, 4 October 1948, p. 7,

[6] "Antrim had close call", Irish Independent, 11 October 1948, p. 7,

[7] "Down's surprise for Antrim", Irish Independent, 18 October 1948, p. 6,

[8] "Bad Finish beat Armagh", Irish Independent, 25 October 1948, p. 7,

[9] "Down win Dr. Lagan Cup", Cork Examiner, 1 November 1948, p. 6,

[10] "Carney stars in Mayo victory", Irish Independent, 18/10/1948, p. 6,

[11] "Kerry leave it late against Galway", Cork Examiner, 01/11/1948, p. 6,

[12] "Mayo again crush Kerry", The Ballina Herald, 27/11/1948, p. 6,

[13] "Roscommon in scoring mood", Irish Independent, 18/10/1948, p. 6,

[14] "Leitrim shock for Sligo", Irish Independent, 01/11/1948, p. 7,

[15] "Group honours for Roscommon", Irish Independent, 15/11/1948, p. 7,

[16] "Roscommon a well beaten side", Irish Independent, 07/03/1949, p. 7

[17] "Easy for Louth at Longford", Irish Independent, 01/11/1948, p. 7,

[18] "Louth's one point win in Croke Park thriller", Irish Independent, 07/03/1949, p. 7

[19] "Wexford beat Kildare in close game", Irish Independent, 7 February 1949, p.7

[20] "Louth combination too much for Down individualism", Irish Independent, 28/03/1949, p. 7

[21] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

[22] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

[23] "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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Format

League Phase

Division I ( Dr Lagan Cup)

Division II

Group A Results

Group B Results

Division II Final

Tables

Group A

Group B

Division III

Group A

Group B

Group B Results

Division III Final

Division IV

Group A

Section B

Section C

Group C Results

Play-Off

Knockout phase

Semi-final

Final

References

Format

League Phase

Division I ( Dr Lagan Cup)

Division II

Group A Results

Group B Results

Division II Final

Tables

Group A

Group B

Division III

Group A

Group B

Group B Results

Division III Final

Division IV

Group A

Section B

Section C

Group C Results

Play-Off

Knockout phase

Semi-final

Final

References

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