1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Louth (3rd win) |
| Captain | Dermot O'Brien |
| Manager | Jim "Sogger" Quigley |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1956 1958 → | |
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
| Roscommon | 0-7 – 0-6 | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 7,560
| Sligo | 2-1 – 1-8 | Leitrim |
|---|---|---|
| Galway | 0-13 – 0-7 | Roscommon |
|---|---|---|
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
| Galway | 4-8 – 0-4 | Leitrim |
|---|---|---|
Attendance: 13,000
Leinster Senior Football Championship
| Longford | 1-10 – 0-6 | Westmeath |
|---|---|---|
| Louth | 3-6 – 0-4 | Carlow |
|---|---|---|
| Wicklow | 3-6 – 1-6 | Laois |
|---|---|---|
| Kildare | 2-10 – 1-3 | Offaly |
|---|---|---|
| Wicklow | 3-7 – 1-11 | Meath |
|---|---|---|
| Louth | 1-12 – 2-9 | Wexford |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 2-10 – 1-4 | Longford |
|---|---|---|
| Louth | 5-8 – 1-9 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 3-9 – 0-9 | Wicklow |
|---|---|---|
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
| Louth | 2-9 – 1-7 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
Munster Senior Football Championship
| Tipperary | 2-9 – 4-5 | Clare |
|---|---|---|
Referee: J. Kerins (K)
| Waterford | 2-5 – 0-10 | Kerry |
|---|---|---|
| Cork | 1-7 – 0-3 | Clare |
|---|---|---|
| Cork | 0-16 – 1-2 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
Ulster Senior Football Championship
| Derry | 4-14 – 0-8 | Antrim |
|---|---|---|
| Donegal | 3-2 – 0-6 | Down |
|---|---|---|
| Cavan | 1-12 – 1-5 | Monaghan |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | 2-9 – 3-5 | Armagh |
|---|---|---|
| Derry | 1-10 – 1-9 | Cavan |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | 3-5 – 2-3 | Donegal |
|---|---|---|
| Tyrone | 1-9 – 0-10 | Derry |
|---|---|---|
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 36,500
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| Cork | 2-4 – 0-9 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
Attendance: 57,066
| Louth | 0-13 – 0-7 | Tyrone |
|---|---|---|
Attendance: 30,723
| Louth | 1-9 – 1-7 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath.
- Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911.
- The Connacht final between Galway and Leitrim was the first game ever played at the new Pearse Stadium, in Galway named after both brothers of the 1916 rising Padraic Pearse and William Pearse.
- Louth win the All Ireland title for the first time since 1912.
- There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The All Ireland football semi-final between Louth and Tyrone and the All Ireland final between Louth and Cork.
References
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