# 1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The 1946 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 25th staging of the championship since its establishment by the GAA in 1912.
The competition format saw the four provincial champions compete in two 'Home' semi-finals, the winners of which then contested the All-Ireland 'Home' final.
In the last stage of the competition, the victorious 'Home' finalists then met the champions of Britain to determine who would be crowned overall All-Ireland Junior Football Champions for 1946.
The title match at Croke Park concluded with Down defeating Warwickshire, the champions of Britain, on a scoreline of 2–10 to 1–09.

## Results
### Leinster Junior Football Championship

| GK | 1 | Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| RCB | 2 | Mick Rafferty (St Fechin's) |
| FB | 3 | Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher) |
| LCB | 4 | Jim McGee (Clan na Gael) |
| RHB | 5 | Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| CHB | 6 | Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| LHB | 7 | Roger Lynch (Geraldines) |
| MF | 8 | Dermot Kelly (Owen Roe's) |
| MF | 9 | Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells) |
| RHF | 10 | Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| CHF | 11 | Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c) |
| LHF | 12 | Mickey Lennon (Geraldines) |
| RCF | 13 | Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| FF | 14 | David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers) |
| LCF | 15 | Martin Carpenter (Owen Roe's) |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | T. O'Neill |
| RCB | 2 | M. Eustace |
| FB | 3 | F. McCarthy |
| LCB | 4 | D. Morris |
| RHB | 5 | W. Donohoe |
| CHB | 6 | J. Hughes |
| LHB | 7 | J. Walsh |
| MF | 8 | W. Freaney |
| MF | 9 | J. Kehoe |
| RHF | 10 | P. Kennedy |
| CHF | 11 | M. O'Hanlon |
| LHF | 12 | R. Doyle |
| RCF | 13 | P. O'Neill |
| FF | 14 | M. Redmond |
| LCF | 15 | M. Doyle |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | J. Sinnott for Donohoe |
| | 17 | J. Kinsella for M. Doyle |

### All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
#### 'Home' Semi-Finals

| GK | 1 | Emmet McGivern (Warrenpoint) |
| RCB | 2 | Paddy O'Hagan (Hilltown) |
| FB | 3 | Andy Murnin (Clonduff) |
| LCB | 4 | Harry Downey (Clann na Banna) |
| RHB | 5 | Gerry Brown (Newry Shamrocks) |
| CHB | 6 | Eamon Grant (Clonduff) |
| LHB | 7 | Noel McCarthy (Downpatrick) |
| MF | 8 | Gerry Carr (Warrenpoint) (c) |
| MF | 9 | Joe Haughian (Ballymartin) |
| RHF | 10 | Gerry Doherty (Ballykinlar) |
| CHF | 11 | Thomas Brown (Clonduff) |
| LHF | 12 | Des Downey (Clann na Banna) |
| RCF | 13 | Dan Kennedy (Glenn) |
| FF | 14 | Henry Brown (Clonduff) |
| LCF | 15 | Jimmy Heaney (Derrylecka) |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Tom McQuaid (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| RCB | 2 | Peadar O'Callaghan (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| FB | 3 | Joe Callan (St Colmcille's, Togher) |
| LCB | 4 | Jim McGee (Clan na Gael) |
| RHB | 5 | Tommy Hughes (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| CHB | 6 | Tommy Fitzgerald (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| LHB | 7 | Roger Lynch (Geraldines) |
| MF | 8 | Tom Walsh (Owen Roe's) |
| MF | 9 | Frank Smith (Drogheda Parnells) |
| RHF | 10 | Paddy McCourt (Seán O'Mahony's) |
| CHF | 11 | Peter Donnelly (Owen Roe's) (c) |
| LHF | 12 | Mickey Lennon (Geraldines) |
| RCF | 13 | Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| FF | 14 | David McCreanor (Hunterstown Rovers) |
| LCF | 15 | Kevin Quinn (Hunterstown Rovers) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | John Breen (Glyde Rangers) for MacArtain |

#### All-Ireland Final

| GK | 1 | Emmet McGivern (Warrenpoint) |
| RCB | 2 | Paddy O'Hagan (Hilltown) |
| FB | 3 | Andy Murnin (Clonduff) |
| LCB | 4 | Harry Downey (Clann na Banna) |
| RHB | 5 | Gerry Brown (Newry Shamrocks) |
| CHB | 6 | Eamon Grant (Clonduff) |
| LHB | 7 | Noel McCarthy (Downpatrick) |
| MF | 8 | Gerry Carr (Warrenpoint) |
| MF | 9 | Joe Haughian (Ballymartin) |
| RHF | 10 | Gerry Doherty (Ballykinlar) |
| CHF | 11 | Thomas Brown (Clonduff) |
| LHF | 12 | Des Downey (Clann na Banna) |
| RCF | 13 | Dan Kennedy (Glenn) |
| FF | 14 | Henry Brown (Clonduff) |
| LCF | 15 | Jimmy Heaney (Derrylecka) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Kevin O'Hare (Glenn) for McGivern |
| | 17 | Malachy Short (Newry Shamrocks) for Thomas Brown |
| GK | 1 | R. Tumulty (Westmeath) |
| RCB | 2 | R. Green (Clare) |
| FB | 3 | P.J. Foran (Clare) |
| LCB | 4 | T. Geraghty (Westmeath) |
| RHB | 5 | W. Halton (Cavan) |
| CHB | 6 | M. Hartney (Clare) |
| LHB | 7 | J. Lonergan (Waterford) |
| MF | 8 | P. Hartnett (Cork) |
| MF | 9 | A. Green (Wicklow) |
| RHF | 10 | P. Mooney (Dublin) |
| CHF | 11 | P. Judge (Mayo) |
| LHF | 12 | J. McDermott (Roscommon) |
| RCF | 13 | J. Casey (Kildare) |
| FF | 14 | M. O'Dowd (Clare) |
| LCF | 15 | J. O'Neill (Donegal) |
| Substitutes: ||