1947–48 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup

1947–48 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland; Republic of Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Shamrock Rovers
Final positions
Champions	Belfast Celtic (1st title); Distillery (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	79 (2.93 per match)
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup was the 7th edition of the Dublin and Belfast Inter-City Cup, an association football cup competition featuring teams from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Teams from outside Dublin and Belfast competed, but played their home matches in either Dublin (if based in the Republic of Ireland) or Belfast (if based in Northern Ireland).^[1]

Belfast Celtic and Distillery ended up sharing the title. Celtic won the first leg 2–1,^[2] and a date could not be found for the second leg, so both teams decided to share the trophy.^[3]^[4]

Results

First round

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ballymena United	4–2	Shelbourne¹	4–1	0–1
Belfast Celtic	7–2	Drumcondra	5–0	2–2
Cliftonville	2–4	Bohemians	1–1	1–3
Derry City	2–3	Limerick	1–0	1–3
Dundalk	1–4	Glentoran	0–0	1–4
Shamrock Rovers	3–3²	Distillery	2–2	1–1

¹Despite losing their ties, Shelbourne progressed to the quarter-finals as "best losers".
²Darkness prevented Shamrock Rovers and Distillery from playing extra time in their second leg, so it was decided that both teams would advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belfast Celtic	8–0	Limerick	5–0	3–0
Bohemians	2–3	Distillery	1–1	1–2
Glentoran	1–1	Shelbourne	1–0	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	8–3	Ballymena United	4–1	4–2