The 1945–46 National Football League was the 15th staging of the National Football League, an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
The NFL returned after the four-year gap due to The Emergency / Second World War. Meath won, beating Wexford in the final.Mayo results archivePaddy Meegan obituary
Format There were four divisions – Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western. Division winners played off for the NFL title.
League-phase results and tables
Group one (Dr Lagan Cup) Down, Tyrone, Armagh, Derry, Antrim
Group two
Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 4 4 0 0 8 Qualified for knockout phase 4 2 0 2 4 4 2 02 4 4 2 02 4 4 0 04 0 "National Football League", Meath Chronicle, 09/03/1946, p. 3
Group three won, from , and
Group four won, from Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon
Group five
Results
Table TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 3 3 0 0 6 Qualified for knockout phase 3 1 0 2 2 2 1 01 2 2 0 02 0
Group Six Dublin won, from Kildare, Laois, Wicklow, Offaly
Knockout phase
Inter-group play-offs
Semi-final
Final
References