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
Manager John "Tull" Dunne
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Captain Donal O'Sullivan
Manager Éamonn Young
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kildare
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
Top Scorer Frank Stockwell
Player of the Year Seán Purcell
← 1955
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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.

Contents

Galway were the winners, defeating Cork in the final on October 7th, 1956. [1] [2]

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
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Galway 1–9 – 0–2 Roscommon
Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Galway 3–12 – 1–5 Sligo
Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford 3–7 – 1–6 Laois
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Wicklow 4–12 – 1–4 Carlow
Geraldine Park, Athy
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)
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Wexford 2–11 – 1–5 Westmeath
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Dublin 0–11 – 0–5 Wicklow
St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy
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.
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Wexford 2–7 – 0–7 Dublin
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
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).
Castle Grounds, Lismore
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 Athletic Grounds, Cork
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)
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone 3–7 – 2–4 Derry
O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Donegal 1–8 – 2–8 Monaghan
Bundoran
Attendance: 4,500
Cavan 3–15 – 2–4 Antrim
Casement Park, Belfast
Armagh 2–5 – 0–6 Down
Páirc Esler, Newry
Tyrone 2–9 – 0–7 Monaghan
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Attendance: 9,000
Cavan 1–9 – 1–5 Armagh
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Tyrone 3–5 – 0–4 Cavan
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

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
Croke Park, Dublin
Galway 0–8 – 0–6 Tyrone
Croke Park, Dublin
Galway 2–13 – 3–7 Cork
F. Stockwell (2–5), S. Purcell (0–3), G. Kirwan & J. Coyle (0–2) & F. Evers (0–1).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

References

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  2. ↑ Fallon, John (6 January 2022). "Galway GAA mourn the passing of 1956 All-Ireland winner". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 1956 Championship :: Munster Final Replay :: Kerry Vs Cork". www.terracetalk.com. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Studies, Kildare Local (7 April 2020). "Kildare Are Champions (Leinster Final, 1956) – Kildare eHistory Journal" . Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "History". Tyrone GAA. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Stapleton, Shane (17 May 2023). "Football clashes — factfiles, player stats, form". OurGame. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gaelic Art - Home of Authentic Irish Art - Irish Sport Art - Irish GAA Art - Irish Golf Art" . Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Moran, Seán. "Seán Moran: 1956, when polio ravaged Cork and hopes of a treble evaporated". The Irish Times. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
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