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

Louth v Cavan

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

Mayo v Wexford

27 March 1949

Mayo	4-11 – 2-6	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

Louth v Down

27 March 1949

Louth	4-5 – 3-4	Down

Croke Park, Dublin^[20]

Final

Mayo v Louth

10 April 1949

Mayo	1-8 – 1-6	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, Frank Fagan 1-1, Stephen White 0-1^[21]

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 28,342^[22]
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)^[23]

References

↑ Mayo results archive, 1949
↑ GAA Archive 1949
↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ 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

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