1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (18th win)
Captain John Dowling
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Dublin
Captain Denis Mahony
Manager Peter O'Reilly
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.

Contents

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 due to a dispute over the eligibility of players.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway 0–3 – 1–6 Roscommon
McHale Park, Castlebar
Mayo 3–11 – 0–9 Leitrim
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).
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 3,431
Sligo 0–4 – 1–8 Roscommon
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 6,400
Mayo 3–11 – 1–3 Roscommon
J Nallen (0–1), T Langan (2–1), S O’Donnell (1–1), D O’Neill (0–2), J Curran (0–6, four frees).
Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: P. Carrol (Offaly)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Westmeath 0–7 – 0–6 Wicklow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Louth 1–3 – 0–5 Longford
Croke Park, Dublin
Kildare 1–6 – 1–5 Wexford
P.Moore 1–0, S.Harrison, D.Dalton 0–2, J.Gough, L.McCormack 0–1.
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Dublin 3–9 – 0–6 Carlow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Meath 3–4 – 2–7 Kildare
J.Daly, P.Mooney 1–0, S.Harrison (2f), T.McCarthy 0–2, D.Dalton, S.Moore, M.Doyle 0–1.
Croke Park, Dublin
Offaly 5–12 – 0–7 Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 16075
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
Meath 1–9 – 0–11 Kildare
S.Harrison 0–6, P.Mooney 0–3, D.Dalton 0–2.
Croke Park, Dublin
Meath 0–10 – 1–6 Westmeath
Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin 2–3 – 1–9 Offaly
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 20680
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
Dublin 5–12 – 0–7 Meath
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 0–1Tom Duff 0–3 (0-2f), Brian Smyth 0–2, Frankie Byrne (0-1f) and Tom O'Brien 0–1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
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 The Limerick vs. Waterford was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players.

Waterford w/o – scr. Limerick
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Clare 1–10 – 0–7 Tipperary
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: J. Collins (L)
Cork 2–8 – 0–7 Tipperary
D. Kellaher (0–4), E. Ryan (0–1), J. Creedon (2–2) & D. O’Donovan (0–1).
Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
Referee: J. Goode (W)
Kerry 3–7 – 0–4 Waterford
B. Buckley (1–0), T. Lyne (0–3), G. O'Sullivan (0–1), M. Murphy (0–1) & T. Costelloe (2–2).
Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel
Kerry 0–14 – 2–6 Cork
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).
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry 0–13 – 1–5 Tyrone
Rossa Park, Magherafelt
Attendance: 4,500
Donegal 3–8 – 2–8 Monaghan
Bundoran
Attendance: 4,500
Armagh 1–8 – 0–5 Down
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Cavan 1–10 – 2–1 Antrim
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)
Breffni Park. Cavan
Attendance: 6,120
Armagh 0–2 – 3–4 Derry
Casement Park, Belfast
Cavan 2–5 – 1–6 Donegal
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)
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 10,124
Cavan 0–11 – 0–8 Derry
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)
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 24,800

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry 2–10 – 1–13 Cavan
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)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 41,278
Dublin 0–7 – 1–4 Mayo
M Flanagan (0–1), T Langan (1–1), J Curran (0–2, frees)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 60,595
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
Kerry 4–7 – 0–5 Cavan
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)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,504
Dublin 1–8 – 1–7 Mayo
J Curran (1–7, four frees).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,504
Kerry 0–12 – 1–6 Dublin
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.
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 87,102
Referee: Willie Goodison ( Wexford)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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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