1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Galway (4th win)
Captain Jack Mangan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Captain Donal O'Sullivan
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kildare
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
Top Scorer Frank Stockwell
Player of the Year Seán Purcell
1955
1957

The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1956. Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in a Munster final replay. Galway were the winners, defeating Cork in the final.

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Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway 5-13 – 2-5 Mayo
M Stewart (1-2) & J Curran (1-3, 0-2 frees).
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 12,000

Sligo 3-5 – 0-11 Leitrim

Galway 1-9 – 0-2 Roscommon

Galway 3-12 – 1-5 Sligo
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford 3-7 – 1-6 Laois

Wicklow 4-12 – 1-4 Carlow

Kildare 1-9 – 0-9 Louth
E.Treacy 1-3, L.McCormack, R.Swan 0-2, D.Dalton, S.Harrison 0-1.K. Beahan (0-4, 1f), A. Monk (0-2), S. White (0-1), J. Reynolds (0-1), Jim McArdle (0-1, 1'45)

Wexford 2-11 – 1-5 Westmeath

Dublin 0-11 – 0-5 Wicklow

Offaly 1-14 – 1-5 Meath
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Referee: E Moulds (Wicklow)

Kildare 1-12 – 2-6 Longford
P.Loughlin 1-2, R.Swan, S.Harrison, S.Aldridge 0-3, L.McCormack 0-1.

Wexford 2-7 – 0-7 Dublin

Kildare 1-8 – 0-7 Offaly
S.Harison 0-3, D.Dalton 1-0, P.Mooney 0-2, P.Loughlin, R. Swann, E.Treacy 0-1
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 22700
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)

Kildare 2-11 – 1-8 Wexford
Seamus Harrison 0-7f, Paddy Loughlin 1-2, Ned Treacy 1-1, Ned Loughlin 0-1Mick Byrne 1-1, Paddy Kehoe (0-2f) and Frank Morris 0-2 each, Padge Kehoe, Pako Sheehan, Jack Goff 0-1 each
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 47,856
Referee: Mick McArdle (Louth)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary 2-4 – 0-7 Clare
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: G. Cremins (K)

Cork 0-12 – 0-1 Waterford
S. Moore (0-1), E. Goulding (0-1), N. Collins (0-4), J. Creedon (0-3) & P. Murphy-sub (0-1).

Kerry 3-7 – 3-2 Tipperary
J. Dowling (0-1), M. O'Connell (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Long (0-1), J. Brosnan (0-1), J. Cronin (2-1) & T. Lyne (1-1)
Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: P. O'Grady ( C )

Cork 2-2 – 2-2 Kerry
N. Fitzgerald (0-2), T. Furlong (0-4) & N. Duggan (0-2).J. Dowling (0-1), T. Lyne (0-1), J. Brosnan (1-0) & D. O'Shea (1-0).

Cork 1-8 – 1-7 Kerry
D. Kelleher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-5), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2).J. Dowling (0-1), T. Lyne (0-2),J. Brosnan (0-1), J. Cronin (1-0) & P.Sheehy (0-3)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone 3-7 – 2-4 Derry

Donegal 1-8 – 2-8 Monaghan
Bundoran
Attendance: 4,500

Cavan 3-15 – 2-4 Antrim

Armagh 2-5 – 0-6 Down

Tyrone 2-9 – 0-7 Monaghan
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Attendance: 9,000

Cavan 1-9 – 1-5 Armagh

Tyrone 3-5 – 0-4 Cavan

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cork 0-9 - 0-5 Kildare
D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-3), P. Murphy (0-1), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2).S.Harrison (4f) 0-4, E.Treacy 0-1

Galway 0-8 - 0-6 Tyrone

Galway 2-13 - 3-7 Cork
D. Gallagher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-5), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 70,772
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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