1955 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1955 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Dublin (4th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Tipperary
Provincial Champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Mayo

The 1955 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 24th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

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Dublin entered the championship as defending champions.

On 25 September 1955, Dublin won the championship following a 4-4 to 2-7 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

Galway 3-3 Roscommon 1-3.

Semi-Finals

Mayo 3-4 Sligo 1-4.

Galway 7-11 1-3.

Final

Mayo 2-5 Galway 1-5 Tuam.

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Munster Minor Football Championship

Ulster Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Tipperary 1-11 Mayo 1-2 Limerick

Final

25 September 1955Final Dublin 4-04 - 2-07 Tipperary Croke Park, Dublin

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References

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.