1944–45 League of Ireland

Football league season

The 1944–45 League of Ireland was the 24th season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland. Shelbourne were the defending champions.

Changes from 1943–44

St James's Gate failed to be re-elected and were replaced by Brideville, who returned after a one-year absence.

Dublin

Cork

Dundalk

Limerick

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Locations of the 1944–45 League of Ireland teams

Cork United won their fourth title in five years.

Source: RSSSF, Foot.dk

Home \ Away	BOH	BRI	CUF	DRU	DUN	LIM	SHM	SHE
Bohemians	—	1–1	2–4	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1
Brideville	2–1	—	0–9	4–7	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–3
Cork United	4–1	5–1	—	6–1	3–2	3–2	6–0	5–4
Drumcondra	4–4	3–1	3–1	—	4–2	1–1	0–0	0–1
Dundalk	3–0	2–2	1–5	2–2	—	3–0	1–1	1–0
Limerick	1–0	6–3	5–4	5–3	9–1	—	3–0	3–0
Shamrock Rovers	4–2	2–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	—	1–3
Shelbourne	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	—

Source: Extratime.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Seán McCarthy	Cork United	26

League of Ireland Premier Division

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Seasons

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A Division

Premier Division

Awards

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Bulgaria '44 '45 Croatia Cyprus Denmark Faroe Islands Finland '44 '45 Germany Greece Hungary '44 '45 Iceland '44 '45 Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Portugal Republic of Ireland Slovakia Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '44 '45, Football Championship '44 '45)
Domestic cups	Cyprus France Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '45 Portugal Republic of Ireland Soviet Union '44 '45 Spain Sweden '44 '45 Switzerland
Super cups	Turkey '44 '45