The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Kerry (18th win) |
| Captain | John Dowling |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Dublin |
| Captain | Denis Mahony |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1954 1956 → | |
Meath were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.
Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]
Note Quarter Finals were back in the Munster championship but Clare only skipped 1 year. Limerick, not part of the championship between 1953 and 1964, were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but did not play them.
Results edit
Connacht Senior Football Championship edit
| Mayo | 3-11 – 0-9 | Leitrim |
|---|---|---|
| P Solan (0-2), D O’Neill (0-3), S O’Donnell (0-1); M Flanagan (0-1), T Langan (1-0), J Curran (2-4, two points from frees). |
Attendance: 3,431
| Mayo | 3-11 – 1-3 | Roscommon |
|---|---|---|
| J Nallen (0-1), T Langan (2-1), S O’Donnell (1-1), D O’Neill (0-2), J Curran (0-6, four frees). |
Leinster Senior Football Championship edit
| Meath | 3-4 – 2-7 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| J.Daly, P.Mooney 1-0, S.Harrison (2f), T.McCarthy 0-2, D.Dalton, S.Moore, M.Doyle 0-1. |
| Dublin | 5-12 - 0-7 | Meath |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Heffernan 2-0, Ollie Freaney 0-5 (0-3f), Sean O'Boyle 1-3, Cathal O'Leary 1-2, Des Ferguson 1-1, Padraig Haughey 0-1 | Tom Duff 0-3 (0-2f), Brian Smyth 0-2, Frankie Byrne (0-1f) and Tom O'Brien 0-1 each |
Munster Senior Football Championship edit
Clare back in the Munster championship after 1 year break football again but even Limerick didn't take part between 1953 & 1964 there were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but didn't take part.
| Cork | 2-8 – 0-7 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| D. Kellaher (0-4), E. Ryan (0-1), J. Creedon (2-2) & D. O’Donovan (0-1). |
Referee: J. Goode (W)
| Kerry | 3-7 – 0-4 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| B. Buckley (1-0), T. Lyne (0-3), G. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Murphy (0-1) & T. Costelloe (2-2). |
| Kerry | 0-14 – 2-6 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dowling (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-5), T.Lyne (0-4), G. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Murphy (0-2) & D. McAuliffe (0-1). | N. Duggan (0-1), D. Kellaher (0-2), J. Creedon (0-1), D. O’Donovan (0-1) & J. O’Donovan (2-2). |
Ulster Senior Football Championship edit
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship edit
| Kerry | 2-10 – 1-13 | Cavan |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dowling (0-1), T. Moriarty (0-1) T. Lyne (1-6), J. Culloty (0-1), M. Murphy (1-0) & D. McAuliffe (0-1). |
Attendance: 41,278
| Kerry | 4-7 – 0-5 | Cavan |
|---|---|---|
| P. Sheehy (0-2), J. J. Sheehan (1-0), T. Lyne (0-5), J. Culloty (1-0) & Mick Murphy (2-0). |
Attendance: 71,504
Championship statistics edit
Miscellaneous edit
- Even though Limerick did not take part in the Munster football championship between 1953 and 1964, they were scheduled to host Waterford but failed. Clare returned to the championship after a skip year.
- Markievicz Park, Sligo was named after a woman of the 1916 uprising 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.
References edit
- ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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