Republic of Ireland national football team - 1950s Results

This article contains the results of the Republic of Ireland national football team during the 1950s. Between 1936 and 1954 the Football Association of Ireland referred to their team as Ireland ^[1] After a FIFA ruling they became the Republic of Ireland in 1954.

[edit] 1954

November 7, 1954	Republic of Ireland ^[2]	2–1	Norway	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Clough (England)
	Martin 59' Ryan 66'	(Report)	Olsen 13'

May 1, 1955	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Netherlands	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: ??,??? Referee: Luty (England)
	Fitzgerald 79'	(Report)

May 25, 1955	Norway	1–3	Republic of Ireland	Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway Friendly Attendance: 18,547 Referee: Meissner (West Germany)
	Kotte 39'	(Report)	Cummins 17', 70' Ringstead 80'

May 28, 1955	West Germany	2–1	Republic of Ireland	Volkspark Stadium, Hamburg, West Germany Friendly Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Van Der Meer (Netherlands)
	Waldner 13' Mai 62'	(Report)	Fallon 67'

October 19, 1955	Republic of Ireland	1–4	Yugoslavia	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Murdock (England)
	Fitzsimons 40'	(Report)	Milutinović 10', 14', 44' Veselinović 76'

November 27, 1955	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Spain	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Ellis (England)
	Fitzsimons 8' Ringstead 76'	(Report)	Pahiño 24', 44'

May 10, 1956	Netherlands	1–4	Republic of Ireland	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands Friendly Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Penning (West Germany)
	Appel 77'	(Report)	Fitzsimons 52', 67' Haverty 59' Ringstead 71'

October 3, 1956	Republic of Ireland	2–1	Denmark	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 32,600 Referee: Bond (England)
	Curtis 28' Gavin 44' (pen)	(Report)	Aage Rou Jensen 86'

November 25, 1956	Republic of Ireland	3–0	West Germany	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Murdock (England)
	Cantwell 62' (pen) Haverty 87' McCann 89'	(Report)

May 8, 1957	England	5–1	Republic of Ireland	Wembley Stadium, London, England World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Phillips (Scotland)
	Taylor 10', 19', 40', Atyeo 38', 90'	(Report)	Curtis 56'

May 19, 1957	Republic of Ireland	1–1	England	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 47,600 Referee: Phillips (Scotland)
	Ringstead 3'	(Report)	Atyeo 90'

October 2, 1957	Denmark	0–2	Republic of Ireland	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark World Cup Qualifier Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Schultz (East Germany)
		(Report)	Cummins 53' Curtis 62'

May 11, 1958	Poland	2–2	Republic of Ireland	Silesia Stadium, Katowice, Poland Friendly Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Romain (Austria)
	Cieslik 25' Zientara 74'		Curtis 12' Cummins 49'

May 14, 1958	Austria	3–1	Republic of Ireland	Praeter Park, Vienna, Austria Friendly Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Wyssling (Switzerland)
	Körner 18' Buzek 58' Hamerl 77'		Curtis 70'

October 15, 1958	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Poland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Clough (England)
	Cantwell 26' (pen), 31'		Pol 17', 19'

April 5, 1959 15:30	Republic of Ireland	2–0	Czechoslovakia	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Euro 1960 Qualifier Attendance: 37,500 Referee: Van Nuffel (Belgium)
	Tuohy 21' Cantwell 41'

May 10, 1959 16:00	Czechoslovakia	4–0	Republic of Ireland	Tehelné Pole, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Euro 1960 Qualifier Attendance: 41,691 Referee: Barbéran (France)
	Stacho 4' (pen) Buberník 6' Pavlovič 66' Dolinský 75'

November 1, 1959	Republic of Ireland	3–2	Sweden	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland Friendly Attendance: 40,250 Referee: Holland (England)
	Giles 16' Curtis 24', 53'		Borjesson 7' Berndtsson 12'