1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 66th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCavan (5th win)
CaptainMick Higgins
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
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1953 →

Limerick play in their last Munster championship game until 1965.

In the Connacht final Roscommon ended Mayo's 2 year spell as All Ireland champions.

Cavan won their fifth, and so far last, All-Ireland title.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Mayo0–9 – 0–6Sligo
E Mongey (0-1), M Mulderrig (0-1), P Carney (0-4), S Mulderrig (0-2); M Flanagan & T Langan (0-1).
Attendance: 10,000
Roscommon1–6 – 1–5Galway
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Roscommon3–4 – 0–6Mayo
E Mongey (0-1), P Carney (0-2, one free), S Mulderrig (0-1), T Langan (0-1) & M Loftus (0-1).

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Longford3–8 – 0–5Kildare
S.Brennan 0-2, P.White, K.Boyle, J.Clarke 0-1
Offaly0–8 – 1–1Westmeath
Referee: P Russell
Carlow2–8 – 1–7Wicklow
Meath2–7 – 2–5Dublin
Louth0–9 – 1–2Wexford
Offaly0–7 – 0–9Longford
Referee: P Woods
Louth3–11 – 0–4Carlow
Attendance: 25,000
Meath1–9 – 0–9Longford
Meath1–6 – 0–8Louth
Brian Smyth 1-0, Paddy Meegan 0-3 (0-2f), Jim Reilly, Paddy Connell, Peter McDermott 0-1 each Paddy Behan and Nicky Roe (0-2f) 0-3 each, Stephen White and Mick Reynolds 0-1 each
Attendance: 44,365
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)

Munster Senior Football Championship
Waterford1–3 – 0–5Clare
Tipperary0–9 – 1–4Limerick
Referee: A. Scannell ( C )
Cork1–7 – 0–5Tipperary
D. Kellaher (0-1), E. Young (0-1), T. Moriaty (0-2), M. Cahill (0-1), C. McGrath (0-1) & J. Cronin (1-1).
Referee: P. J. Ryan (L)
Kerry0–14 – 1–7Waterford
P. Sheehy (0-4), T. Lyne (0-3), J. Brosnan (0-2) & S. Kelly (0-5).
Cork0–11 – 0–2Kerry
D. O’Donovan (0-2), E. Young (0-1), J. Cronin (0-3), J. J. Henchion (0-1) & C. McGrath (0-4). J. Brosnan (0-1) & sub B. Galvin (0-1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Cavan2–10 – 1–3Down
Armagh1–8 – 1–6Tyrone
Monaghan2–12 – 0–12Derry
Antrim1–7 – 2–3Donegal
Attendance: 5,000
Monaghan1–8 – 1–5Armagh
Attendance: 8,000
Cavan3–6 – 2–6Antrim
Cavan1–8 – 0–8Monaghan
Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Meath1–6 – 0–7Roscommon
Attendance: 41,231
Cavan0–10 – 0–3Cork
N. Duggan (0-1), D. Kellaher (0-1) & T. Moriaty (2-1).
Main article: 1952 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Cavan2–4 – 1–7Meath
Attendance: 64,200
Cavan0–9 – 0–5Meath
Attendance: 62,515

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Fr. O'Hara Park, Charlestown opens in honour of Father Eddie O'Hara.
  • Limerick are dropped from the Munster football championship until 1965.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Meath and Roscommon was the first meeting between the teams.
  • The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1946.

References
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