1956 Meath Intermediate Football Championship

Meath I.F.C.

Season	1956
Champions	Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 1st Intermediate Football Championship title
Relegated	Ballinabrackey Clonard Curraha Kilcloon Dunshaughlin (folded)
← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 30th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams. The championship format consists of a group stage before progressing to a knock-out stage.

Fordstown were regraded from the 1955 S.F.C.

At the end of the season Ballinabrackey, Clonard, Curraha and Kilcloon all applied to be regraded to the 1957 J.A.F.C. Dunshaughlin (Intermediate finalists this season) decided not to field a team in either the 1957 S.F.C. or I.F.C. They did enter a team in the Meath J.F.C. Eastern Division in 1957.

On 14 October 1956, Navan O'Mahonys 'B' claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title (for the club as a whole) when they defeated Dunshaughlin 3-6 to 0-5 in the final replay at Trim. They couldn't be promoted to senior level however due to the rule that a club cannot enter two teams in the one grade.

Team changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 1955 championship season.

From I.F.C. Promoted to 1956 S.F.C. Duleek Relegated to 1956 J.A.F.C. Donore Enfield Oldcastle St. Patrick's

To I.F.C. Regraded from 1955 S.F.C. Fordstown Promoted from 1956 J.F.C. Curraha - (Junior Runners-Up & East Divisional Champions) Kilberry - (Junior Semi-Finalists & North Divisional Champions) Clonard - (Junior Semi-Finalists & South Divisional Champions) Kilcloon - (Junior Semi-Finalists & South Divisional Finalists)

Group stage

There are 2 groups called Group A and B. The top finisher in each group will qualify for the Final. Many results were unavailable in the Meath Chronicle.

Group A

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 5 3 1 1 0 0 +0 7 Drumbaragh 5 3 1 1 0 0 +0 7 Slane 5 3 2 0 0 0 +0 6 Fordstown 5 2 3 0 0 0 +0 4 Kilberry 5 1 4 0 0 0 +0 2 Shale Rovers 5 0 5 0 0 0 +0 0

Round 1: Drumbaragh 3-6, 0-6 Kilberry, Kells, 4/3/1956, Slane w, l Shale Rovers, Newtown, 4/3/1956, Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 2-7, 3-3 Fordstown, Kells, 11/3/1956, Round 2: Kilberry 2-4, 0-0 Fordstown, Kells, 18/3/1956, Slane 4-2, 1-1 Navan O'Mahonys 'B', Yellow Furze, 25/3/1956, Drumbaragh w, l Shale Rovers, Cross Guns, 25/3/1956, Round 3: Kilberry 1-4, 0-4 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 1/4/1956, Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 2-4, 1-4 Shale Rovers, Kells, 29/4/1956, Drumbaragh 0-9, 0-5 Fordstown, Kells, 6/5/1956, Round 4: Fordstown w, l Shale Rovers, Kells, 3/6/1956, Slane 2-8, 1-5 Drumbaragh, Pairc Tailteann, 17/6/1956, Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 4-3, 1-3 Kilberry, Kells, 15/7/1956, Round 5: Fordstown w, l Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 1/7/1956, Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 0-3, 0-3 Drumbaragh, Kells, 29/7/1956, Kilberry w/o, scr Shale Rovers, Final Play-Off: Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 1-7, 1-4 Drumbaragh, Kells, 19/8/1956,

Group B

Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts Dunshaughlin 5 5 0 0 0 0 +0 10 Ballinabrackey 3 2 1 0 0 0 +0 4 Summerhill 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 0 Curraha 3 1 2 0 0 0 +0 2 Clonard 3 0 3 0 0 0 +0 0 Kilcloon 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 0

Round 1: Ballinabrackey +1, -1 Curraha, Trim, 4/3/1956, Dunshaughlin w, l Summerhill, Warrenstown, 4/3/1956, Clonard -vs- Kilcloon, Enfield, 5/5/1956, Round 2: Ballinabrackey 5-3, 1-2 Clonard, Killyon, 11/3/1956, Dunshaughlin w, l Curraha, Ratoath, 11/3/1956, Summerhill -vs- Kilcloon, Round 3: Dunshaughlin w, l Kilcloon, Summerhill, 25/3/1956, Curraha w, l Clonard, Summerhill, 25/3/1956, Ballinabrackey -vs- Summerhill, Killyon, 25/3/1956, Round 4: Dunshaughlin w, l Ballinabrackey, Enfield, 6/5/1956, Summerhill -vs- Clonard, Trim, 10/6/1956, Curraha -vs- Kilcloon, Round 5: Dunshaughlin w, l Clonard, Trim, 17/6/1956, Summerhill -vs- Curraha, Ballinabrackey -vs- Kilcloon,

Final

• Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 1-6, 1-6 Dunshaughlin, Trim, 9/9/1956,
• Navan O'Mahonys 'B' 3-6, 0-5 Dunshaughlin, Trim, 14/10/1956, (Replay).

References

1. "Meath Chronicle Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
2. "Meath Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor". Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.