1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 25th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (5th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLeitrim
Provincial Champions
MunsterLimerick
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDonegal
ConnachtLeitrim

Dublin entered the championship as defending champions.

On 7 October 1956, Dublin won the championship following a 5-14 to 2-2 defeat of Leitrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their third in succession.[1]

Results

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Final

7 October 1956 FinalDublin5-14 - 2-02LeitrimCroke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts as Donegal and Limerick win the respective Ulster and Munster titles for the first time.
  • Dublin become the first team to win three successive All-Ireland titles.
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References

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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