 Lotty missed Cork's opening game of the 1947 Munster Championship but claimed a sixth winners' medal after being restored to centre-back for the 2-06 to 2-03 defeat of Limerick in the final.He was again at centre-back for his seventh All-Ireland final appearance on 7 September 1947, but ended the game on the losing side after the 0-14 to 2-07 defeat by Kilkenny in what is regarded as one of the greatest games of all time.Lotty won a third National League medal after a 3-03 to 1-02 defeat of Tipperary in the 1948 league final, however, injury later ruled him out of the 1948 Munster final which Cork lost by 4-07 to 3-09 to Waterford.