1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Louth (3rd win)
Captain Dermot O'Brien
Manager Jim Quigley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Captain Nealie Duggan
Manager Éamonn Young
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Louth
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
← 1956
1958 →

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Contents

Cork ended Galway's spell an All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final.

Louth won their third, and so-far last, title. [1] [2] [3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Roscommon 0–7 – 0–6 Mayo
M McLoughlin (0–2), PJ Downey (0–2), J O’Connell (0–1). Sub: M Stewart (0–1)
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 7,560
Sligo 2–1 – 1–8 Leitrim
Carrick-on-Shannon
Galway 0–13 – 0–7 Roscommon
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Connacht Final

Galway 4–8 – 0–4 Leitrim
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford 3–4 – 2–7 Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Longford 1–10 – 0–6 Westmeath
Pearse Park, Longford
Louth 3–6 – 0–4 Carlow
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Wicklow 3–6 – 1–6 Laois
Geraldine Park, Athy
Kildare 2–10 – 1–3 Offaly
P.Loughlin 1–2, S.Harrison 0–4, S.Aldridge 0–3, P.Wright 1–0, E.Hogan 0–1
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 12000
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
Wicklow 3–7 – 1–11 Meath
Geraldine Park, Athy
Louth 1–12 – 0–9 Wexford
Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin 2–10 – 1–4 Longford
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Louth 5–8 – 1–9 Kildare
S.Harrison 1–7, E.Hogan, M.Bohane 0–1
Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin 3–9 – 0–9 Wicklow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Leinster Final

Colours of Louth.svg Louth 2–9 – 1–7 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
Jim McDonnell 2–2, Kevin Beahan 0-4f, Dermot O'Brien, Sean Cunningham, Frank Lynch 0–1 eachDes Ferguson 1–1, Ollie Freaney 0-4f, Paddy Downey and Cathal O'Leary 0–1 each
Attendance: 30,234
Referee: Eamon Moulds (Wicklow)
GK1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB2 Ollie Reilly (Hunterstown Rovers)
FB3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB4Jim Meehan (Naomh Mhuire)
RHB5Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHB6Jim McArdle (Roche Emmets)
LHB7 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8 Kevin Beahan (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
MF9 Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's)
RHF10Séamus O'Donnell (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11 Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
LHF12 Alfie Monk (Naomh Mhuire)
RCF13Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LCF15Jim Roe (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
16Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Reilly
17 Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk
GK1 Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Éadair)
RCB2 Denis Mahony (St Vincents)
FB3 Jimmy Lavin (St Vincents)
LCB4Tony Gillen (Clanna Gael)
RHB5Maurice Whelan (St Vincents)
CHB6 Marcus Wilson (St Vincents)
LHB7 Lar Foley (St Vincents)
MF8 Jim Crowley (St Vincents)
MF9Paddy Downey (St Brigid's)
RHF10 Des Ferguson (St Vincents)
CHF11 Ollie Freaney (St Vincents)
LHF12Cathal O'Leary (St Vincents)
RCF13Roger Conroy (Parnells)
FF14 Kevin Heffernan (St Vincents)
LCF15 Johnny Boyle (Air Corps)
Substitutes:
16Nicky Maher (St Vincents) for Foley
17Paddy Barrett (Ballyboughal) for Conroy
18Paddy Heron (St Vincents) for Freaney

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary 2–9 – 4–5 Clare
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: J. Kerins (K)
Waterford 2–5 – 0–10 Kerry
M. O'Connell (0–1), P. Sheehy (0–1), N. Fitzgerald (0–3), T. Lyne (0–2), P. Fitzgerald (0–1), T. Collins (0–1) & D. McAuliffe (0–1).
Walsh Park, Waterford
Cork 1–7 – 0–3 Clare
J. Creedon (0–1), N. Duggan (0–1), T. Furlong (1–1), T. Ryan (0–1), R. Nutty (1–0) & D. Kelleher (0–3).
Dr. Mannix Sportsfield, Charleville

Munster Final

Cork 0–16 – 1–2 Waterford
N. Fitzgerald (0–3), T. Furlong (0–2), E. Goulding (0–5), N. Duggan (0–5) & Sub T. Ryan (0–1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry 4–14 – 0–8 Antrim
Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
Donegal 3–2 – 0–6 Down
Fr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon
Cavan 1–12 – 1–5 Monaghan
Breffni Park, Cavan
Tyrone 2–9 – 3–5 Armagh
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Derry 1–10 – 1–9 Cavan
O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Tyrone 3–5 – 2–3 Donegal
Breffni Park, Cavan

Ulster Final

Tyrone 1–9 – 0–10 Derry
Attendance: 36,500

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cork 2–4 – 0–9 Galway
E. Ryan (0–2), N. Fitzgerald (1–0), E. Goulding (0–1), T. Furlong (1–0) & N. Duggan (0–2).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 57,066
Louth 0–13 – 0–7 Tyrone
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,723

All Ireland Final

Louth 1–9 – 1–7 Cork
Seán Cunningham (1–1), Kevin Beahan (0–3), Jim Roe (0–3), Séamus O'Donnell (0–1), Dan O'Neill (0–1)N. Fitzgerald (0–3), T. Furlong (1–1), N. Duggan (0–1) & D. Kelleher (0–3)
Attendance: 72,732
Referee: P Geraghty (Galway)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ↑ "Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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