1946–47 National Football League (Ireland)

1946–47 National Football League
League details
DatesNovember 1946 – April 1947
League champions
WinnersDerry (1st win)
CaptainPat Keenan
Manager"Master" John Fay
League runners-up
Runners-upClare

The 1946–47 National Football League was the 16th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Due to the extremely harsh winter, so many games had to be called off that the NFL was played off as a four-team tournament with Derry, Longford, Wicklow and Clare competing. Derry won their first league title. Although they had traditionally worn red, they wore white jerseys with a red band in the final, and have kept those colours since.[1][2][3][4]

Results

Semi-final

Derry, champions
Clare2-6 – 1-6Wicklow
Derry2-11 – 2-3Longford

Final

Derry2-9 – 2-5Clare
Referee: F Brophy (Dublin)[6]

References

  1. ^ County colours Archived 2014-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Mayo results archive
  3. ^ "GAA Final Teams". Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. ^ Derry players list
  5. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  6. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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