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Who did Mayo beat in 1950?

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Noah Mitchell

Published Jan 22, 2026

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 64th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the Leinster final Louth ended Meath's spell as All Ireland champions. Mayo won their second All-Ireland.

Who did Mayo beat in the 1950 All-Ireland?

All-Ireland Championship

FINAL: Mayo 2-5 Louth 1-6 (Croke Park, 24/9/1950).

Who did Mayo beat in 1952?

Connacht Championship

FINAL: Mayo 0-6 Roscommon 3-5 (MacHale Park, 13/7/1952).

Who won the All-Ireland in 1949?

The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Meath won their first title. Ending Cavan's bid for 3 in a row.

Who won the All-Ireland in 1996?

On 29 September 1996, Meath won the championship following a 2-9 to 1-11 defeat of Mayo in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title and their first in eight championship seasons. Mayo's Maurice Sheridan was the championship's top scorer with 1-33.

36 related questions found

When did Mayo last win Sam?

Mayo have not won an All-Ireland football final since 1951.

How many of 1951 Mayo are still alive?

The curse, it is said, will not be lifted until all members of the 1951 team have passed away; only two members, Paddy Prendergast and Padraig Carney, still survive.

Who was captain of Mayo in 1951?

Twice All-Ireland winning captain. In the pantheon of Mayo football, Sean Flanagan is the man who all else revere. Captaining the Green and Red to the 1950 and 1951 All-Ireland victories were Flanagan's greatest achievements, but he did more than most to bring them to those glory days.

Did Mick Loftus play on the 1951 Mayo team?

By this stage he had also joined the Mayo senior team, making his debut during the 1949-50 league. Over the course of the next four years, Loftus played on a number of occasions and won an All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute in 1951.

Was Mick Loftus on the Mayo 1951 team?

Dr Mick Loftus, part of the last Mayo panel to lift Sam Maguire in 1951, says there is a lot of "hullabaloo" surrounding the supposed 'curse' that has hung over the county since then.

Did Mayo win All Ireland 1950?

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 64th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the Leinster final Louth ended Meath's spell as All Ireland champions. Mayo won their second All-Ireland.

When was Mayo last in the All Ireland?

Farewell to a GAA legend: Final member of Mayo's last All-Ireland winning team dies at the age of 95. Mayo's 1951 All-Ireland winning team, with Paddy Prendergast third from right in the front row.

When did Cavan last win an All Ireland final?

Cavan won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 1977 beating Roscommon on a scoreline of 4-03 to 2-03. They lost consecutive finals in 1980 and 1981 losing to Tipperary and Kerry. It wasn't until 2011 that Cavan next reached a Ladies' All-Ireland final.

When did Cavan win the All Ireland football final?

On the 14th of September 1947, Cavan beat Kerry to claim the 61st All Ireland Senior Football Championship title. However this was an All Ireland Final day like no other. The match was not played in Croke Park, in fact, it wasn't even played on Irish soil.

How many finals Mayo lost?

Most notably, Mayo have appeared in eleven finals since winning their last title in 1951, losing them all (1989, 1996 after a replay, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2016 after a replay, 2017, 2020 and 2021); this is the longest unbroken sequence of losing finals in the history of the competition.

When did Mayo win last?

The team has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championships; 1936, 1950, 1951 and has acquired a long-term record for reaching eleven All-Ireland SFC finals only to fall at the ultimate hurdle in 1989, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021.

Who won the All-Ireland in 1997?

Meath entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were defeated by Offaly in the Leinster final. On 28 September 1997 Kerry, the most successful county in Gaelic football history, claimed their 31st All-Ireland title - and their first since 1986 - with a 0-13 to 1-7 victory over Mayo.

Who won the All-Ireland in 1999?

On 26 September 1999, Meath beat Cork by 1-11 to 1-8 in the All-Ireland final, thus winning their second All-Ireland title in four years and their seventh in all.

When did Meath beat Mayo?

The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 109th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. It went to a replay and was eventually won by Meath, with Mayo losing.