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| Event | 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 26 September 1948 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | M. J. Flatherty (Offaly) | ||||||
| Attendance | 74,645 | ||||||
| Weather | Windy | ||||||
The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 61st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Contested by a team from the Ulster (Cavan) and a team from Connacht (Mayo), such a meeting in the decider between teams from these provinces would not happen again until 2012.[1]
- ^ McHugh, Martin; Cahill, Des. Highlights of the Dublin versus Mayo semi-final. The Sunday Game. RTÉ Television. 2 September 2012. Mayo defeated Dublin to earn the right to take on Donegal, who had beaten Cork the previous week. Cork and Dublin had both entered their respective matches as favourites; both comprehensively lost.