1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (18th win)
CaptainJohn Dowling
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
CaptainDenis Mahony
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1954
1956 →

The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Meath were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.

Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Note Quarter Finals were back in the Munster championship but Clare only skipped 1 year. Limerick, not part of the championship between 1953 and 1964, were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but did not play them.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway0-3 – 1-6Roscommon
McHale Park, Castlebar
Mayo3-11 – 0-9Leitrim
P Solan (0-2), D O’Neill (0-3), S O’Donnell (0-1); M Flanagan (0-1), T Langan (1-0), J Curran (2-4, two points from frees).
Attendance: 3,431
Sligo0-4 – 1-8Roscommon
McHale Park, Castlebar
Mayo3-11 – 1-3Roscommon
J Nallen (0-1), T Langan (2-1), S O’Donnell (1-1), D O’Neill (0-2), J Curran (0-6, four frees).
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: P. Carrol (Offaly)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Westmeath0-7 – 0-6Wicklow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Louth1-3 – 0-5Longford
Kildare1-6 – 1-5Wexford
P.Moore 1-0, S.Harrison, D.Dalton 0-2, J.Gough, L.McCormack 0-1.
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Dublin3-9 – 0-6Carlow
Meath3-4 – 2-7Kildare
J.Daly, P.Mooney 1-0, S.Harrison (2f), T.McCarthy 0-2, D.Dalton, S.Moore, M.Doyle 0-1.
Offaly5-12 – 0-7Louth
Attendance: 16075
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
Meath1-9 – 0-11Kildare
S.Harrison 0-6, P.Mooney 0-3, D.Dalton 0-2.
Meath0-10 – 1-6Westmeath
Dublin2-3 – 1-9Offaly
Attendance: 20680
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
Dublin5-12 - 0-7Meath
Kevin Heffernan 2-0, Ollie Freaney 0-5 (0-3f), Sean O'Boyle 1-3, Cathal O'Leary 1-2, Des Ferguson 1-1, Padraig Haughey 0-1 Tom Duff 0-3 (0-2f), Brian Smyth 0-2, Frankie Byrne (0-1f) and Tom O'Brien 0-1 each
Attendance: 48,860
Referee: Bill Goodison (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare back in the Munster championship after 1 year break football again but even Limerick didn't take part between 1953 & 1964 there were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but didn't take part.

Waterfordw/o - scr.Limerick
Clare1-10 – 0-7Tipperary
Referee: J. Collins (L)
Cork2-8 – 0-7Tipperary
D. Kellaher (0-4), E. Ryan (0-1), J. Creedon (2-2) & D. O’Donovan (0-1).
Referee: J. Goode (W)
Kerry3-7 – 0-4Waterford
B. Buckley (1-0), T. Lyne (0-3), G. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Murphy (0-1) & T. Costelloe (2-2).
Kerry0-14 – 2-6Cork
J. Dowling (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-5), T.Lyne (0-4), G. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Murphy (0-2) & D. McAuliffe (0-1). N. Duggan (0-1), D. Kellaher (0-2), J. Creedon (0-1), D. O’Donovan (0-1) & J. O’Donovan (2-2).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry0-13 – 1-5Tyrone
Attendance: 4,500
Donegal3-8 – 2-8Monaghan
Attendance: 4,500
Armagh1-8 – 0-5Down
Cavan1-10 – 2-1Antrim
Attendance: 6,120
Armagh0-2 – 3-4Derry
Cavan2-5 – 1-6Donegal
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Cavan0-11 – 0-8Derry

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry2-10 – 1-13Cavan
J. Dowling (0-1), T. Moriarty (0-1) T. Lyne (1-6), J. Culloty (0-1), M. Murphy (1-0) & D. McAuliffe (0-1).
Attendance: 41,278
Dublin0-7 – 1-4Mayo
M Flanagan (0-1), T Langan (1-1), J Curran (0-2, frees)
Attendance: 60,595
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
Kerry4-7 – 0-5Cavan
P. Sheehy (0-2), J. J. Sheehan (1-0), T. Lyne (0-5), J. Culloty (1-0) & Mick Murphy (2-0).
Attendance: 71,504
Dublin1-8 – 1-7Mayo
J Curran (1-7, four frees).
Attendance: 71,504
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1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry0-12 – 1-6Dublin
J. Dowling (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Lyne (0-6), M. Murphy (0-1) & J. Brosnan (0-2). O. Freaney 1-3, J. Boyle 0-2 & H. Hefferan 0-1.
Attendance: 87,102
Referee: Willie Goodison ( Wexford)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Even though Limerick did not take part in the Munster football championship between 1953 and 1964, they were scheduled to host Waterford but failed. Clare returned to the championship after a skip year.
  • Markievicz Park, Sligo was named after a woman of the 1916 uprising called Constance Markievicz.
  • Both of the All Ireland semi-finals end in a draw and go to a replay.
  • Dublin win their first Leinster title since 1942 and reach their first All Ireland final since that same year but are narrowly beaten by Kerry.

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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