1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (18th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
1954
1956

Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway0-3 – 1-6Roscommon
McHale Park, Castlebar

Mayo3-11 – 0-9Leitrim
Attendance: 3,431

Sligo0-4 – 1-8Roscommon
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 6,400

Mayo3-11 – 1-3Roscommon
Attendance: 18,500
Referee: P. Carrol (Offaly)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Westmeath0-7 – 0-6Wicklow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Louth1-3 – 0-5Longford

Kildare1-6 – 1-5Wexford
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Dublin3-9 – 0-6Carlow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Meath3-4 – 2-7Kildare

Offaly5-12 – 0-7Louth
Attendance: 16075
Referee: W Goodison

Meath1-9 – 0-11Kildare

Meath0-10 – 1-6Westmeath

Dublin2-3 – 1-9Offaly
Attendance: 20680
Referee: W Goodison

Dublin5-12 – 0-7Meath
Attendance: 48,000

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare1-10 – 0-7Tipperary
Referee: J. Collins (L)

Cork2-8 – 0-7Tipperary
Referee: J. Goode (W)

Kerry3-7 – 0-4Waterford

Kerry0-14 – 2-6Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry0-13 – 1-5Tyrone
Attendance: 4,500

Donegal3-8 – 2-8Monaghan
Attendance: 4,500

Armagh1-8 – 0-5Down

Cavan1-10 – 2-1Antrim
Attendance: 6,120

Armagh0-2 – 3-4Derry

Cavan2-5 – 1-6Donegal
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 10,124

Cavan0-11 – 0-8Derry
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 24,800

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry2-10 – 1-13Cavan
Attendance: 41,278

Dublin0-7 – 1-4Mayo
Attendance: 60,595
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

Kerry4-7 – 0-5Cavan
Attendance: 71,504

Dublin1-8 – 1-7Mayo
Attendance: 71,504

Kerry0-12 – 1-6Dublin
Attendance: 87,102

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Markievicz Park, Sligo named after a woman of the 1916 rising called Constance Markievicz.
  • Both of the All Ireland semi-finals end in a draw and go to a replay.
  • Dublin win their first Leinster title since 1942 and reach their first All Ireland final since that same year but are narrowly beaten by Kerry.
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References

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