1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Kerry (18th win) |
Captain | John Dowling |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Dublin |
Captain | Denis Mahony |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Dublin |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Mayo |
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
[edit]Mayo | 3-11 – 0-9 | Leitrim |
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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
Mayo | 3-11 – 1-3 | Roscommon |
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J Nallen (0-1), T Langan (2-1), S O’Donnell (1-1), D O’Neill (0-2), J Curran (0-6, four frees). |
Meath | 3-4 – 2-7 | Kildare |
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J.Daly, P.Mooney 1-0, S.Harrison (2f), T.McCarthy 0-2, D.Dalton, S.Moore, M.Doyle 0-1. |
Dublin | 5-12 - 0-7 | Meath |
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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 |
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.
Cork | 2-8 – 0-7 | Tipperary |
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D. Kellaher (0-4), E. Ryan (0-1), J. Creedon (2-2) & D. O’Donovan (0-1). |
Referee: J. Goode (W)
Kerry | 3-7 – 0-4 | Waterford |
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B. Buckley (1-0), T. Lyne (0-3), G. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Murphy (0-1) & T. Costelloe (2-2). |
Kerry | 0-14 – 2-6 | Cork |
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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). |
Cavan | 1-10 – 2-1 | Antrim |
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P Donohoe (0-4), H Carolan (1-1), J Mc Donnell (0-1), B Gallagher (0-1), J Cusack (0-2), V Sherlock (0-1) | K Armstrong (2-0), P O Hara (1-1) |
Attendance: 6,120
Cavan | 2-5 – 1-6 | Donegal |
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P Donohoe (0-2), V Sherlock (0-1), J Cusack (1-1), B Deignan (1-0), C Smith (0-1) | A Briody (0-1), H Boyle (0-2), S Mc Cormack (0-3), P Coyle (1-0) |
Attendance: 10,124
Cavan | 0-11 – 0-8 | Derry |
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P Donohoe (0-8), B Gallagher (0-2), J Hardy (0-1) | M Gribben (0-1), R Gribben (0-3), F Niblock (0-1), J Mc Keever (0-3) |
Attendance: 24,800
Kerry | 2-10 – 1-13 | Cavan |
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J. Dowling (0-1), T. Moriarty (0-1) T. Lyne (1-6), J. Culloty (0-1), M. Murphy (1-0) & D. McAuliffe (0-1). | P Donohoe (0-9), H Carolan (0-2), Gallagher (0-1), P Smith (1-0), Keyes (0-1) |
Attendance: 41,278
Kerry | 4-7 – 0-5 | Cavan |
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P. Sheehy (0-2), J. J. Sheehan (1-0), T. Lyne (0-5), J. Culloty (1-0) & Mick Murphy (2-0). | P Donohoe (0-5) |
Attendance: 71,504
Kerry | 0-12 – 1-6 | Dublin |
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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. |
Championship statistics
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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