1941–42 Irish Cup

The 1941–42 Irish Cup was the 62nd edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.

1941–42 Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	14
Defending champions	Belfast Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (21st win)
Runners-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	98 (4.26 per match)
← 1940–41 1942–43 →

Linfield won the tournament for the 21st time, defeating Glentoran 3–1 in the final at Celtic Park.^[1][2]

Results

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First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bangor	3–7	Ards	3–2	0–5
Bangor Reserves	7–4	Sirocco Works	6–0	1–4
Distillery	3–2	Belfast Celtic	1–0	2–2
Larne	1–5	Glentoran	1–3	0–2
Linfield	6–1	Derry City	4–0	2–1
Royal Ulster Rifles	4–11	Cliftonville	2–4	2–7
Inniskilling Fusiliers	bye
Royal Irish Fusiliers	bye

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bangor Reserves	2–8	Ards	1–4	1–4
Cliftonville	0–7	Distillery	0–3	0–4
Glentoran	4–2	Royal Irish Fusiliers	4–0	0–2
Linfield	9–2	Inniskilling Fusiliers	5–1	4–1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	2–0	Ards
Linfield	6–0	Distillery

Final

18 April 1942

Linfield	3–1	Glentoran
Thompson 10', 35' Peppitt 16'	Report	Keddie 11'

Celtic Park, Belfast

Referee: P. Morris