The 1954–55 National Football League was the 24th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
League details | |
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Dates | October 1954 – 8 May 1955 |
League champions | |
Winners | Dublin (2nd win) |
Captain | Denis Mahony |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Meath |
Captain | Patsy Ratty |
← 1953–54 1955–56 → |
Format edit
A rob robin system as usual.
League Tables edit
Division I (Dr Lagan Cup) edit
Final edit
Division II edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
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Meath | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Qualified for knockout stage |
Cavan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Mayo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Westmeath | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Longford | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
Leitrim | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Sligo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Division III edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dublin | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Qualified for knockout stage |
Wicklow | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
Louth | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Galway | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Offaly | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Laois | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Roscommon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Division IV edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kildare | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | Qualified for play-off |
Cork | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
Kerry | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Wexford | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Carlow | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Tipperary | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
Waterford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
First-place play-off edit
Cork advance to knockout stages
Knockout stages edit
Semi-finals edit
Final edit
References edit
- ^ Mayo results archive, 1954
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ GAA Archive[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Unpleasant incidents in poor game at Coalisland", Irish Independent, 20 December 1954, p.9
- ^ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 31/03/1955, p. 9
- ^ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 14/03/1955, p. 8
- ^ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 14/03/1955, p. 8
- ^ "Cork Take Honours as Kildare miss chances", Irish Independent, 4 March 1955, p.11
- ^ "Thrills galore as Meath reach League final", Irish Independent, 25 April 1955, p. 9
- ^ "Summary of GAA Results", Irish Independent, 18 April 1955, p. 11
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151