The 1945 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 59th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county

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tournament. It was played at venues all over Ireland from 29 April to 23 September 1945. 31 teams entered, with

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once again declining to field a team. Roscommon were the defending champions, however, they surrendered their title in their opening game, a Connacht semi-final defeat by Mayo. The All-Ireland final was played on 23 September 1945 at

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in Dublin, between

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and

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, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Cork won the match by 2-05 to 0-07 to claim their third championship title overall and a first title since

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Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final Semi-finals Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

* Limerick beat

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for the only time between 1909 and 1980. * Wexford win the Leinster final for the first time since 1925. * The attendance of 44,526 at

- Wexford game was a new record for an All-Ireland semi-final. *

end their longest drought as All Ireland Champions with future Taoiseach,

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among the team a 34 year wait at and end first since 1911.

References

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