All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Kerry (19th win) |
Captain | Mick O'Connell |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Galway |
Captain | Seán Purcell |
Manager | John "Tull" Dunne |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Dublin |
Ulster | Down |
Connacht | Galway |
Championship statistics | |
← 1958 1960 → |
The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 73rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
In the All Ireland semi-final Kerry ended Dublin period as All Ireland champions that won in 1958.
Mayo | 3–8 – 1–8 | Sligo |
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J McAndrew (0–1), J Fleming (1–2), M Ruane (0–2), M Stewart (0–2, one free); J Corcoran (0–1), J O’Connell (1–0), T Rochford (1–0). |
Mayo | 2–4 – 0–10 | Leitrim |
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B McLoughlin (0–1), F O’Leary; J Fleming (0–1), M Ruane (1–0), M Stewart (0–1); J Corcoran (0–1), J O’Connell (1–0). |
Mayo | 2–5 – 2–7 | Leitrim |
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J McAndrew (0–2, a free and a ’50’), I McCaffrey (1–0), E Moriarty (0–2, one free), M Stewart and Sub: P Solan (1–1). |
Cork | 4–9 – 1–7 | Clare |
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G. White (1–2), E. McCarthy (0–2), F. McCarthy (0–1), T. Furlong (1–0), J. O’Sullivan & V. Barrett (1–2). |
Kerry | 1–15 – 1–2 | Tipperary |
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M. O'Connell (0–3), S. Murphy Camp (0–2), D. McAuliffe (1–4), T. Long (0–1), P. Sheehy (0–1), J. Dowling (0–2), J Brosnan (0–2). |
Kerry | 1–10 – 2–5 | Dublin |
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M. O'Connell (0–2), D. McAuliffe (1–4), T. Long (0–1), P. Sheehy (0–3). |