1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (18th win)
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Kerry were the winners.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Connacht Championship

Galway v Roscommon

19 June 1955
Quarter-Final

Galway	0-3 – 1-6	Roscommon

McHale Park, Castlebar

Mayo v Leitrim

26 June 1955
Semi-Final

Mayo	3-11 – 0-9	Leitrim

Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 3,431

Sligo v Roscommon

3 July 1955
Semi-Final

Sligo	0-4 – 1-8	Roscommon

McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 6,400

Mayo v Roscommon

17 July 1955
Final

Mayo	3-11 – 1-3	Roscommon

Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Attendance: 18,500

Leinster Championship

Westmeath v Wicklow

1 May 1955
Preliminary Round

Westmeath	0-7 – 0-6	Wicklow

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Louth v Longford

15 May 1955
Preliminary Round

Louth	1-3 – 0-5	Longford

Croke Park, Dublin

Kildare v Wexford

15 May 1955
Preliminary Round

Kildare	1-6 – 1-5	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Dublin v Carlow

22 May 1955
Quarter-Final

Dublin	3-9 – 0-6	Carlow

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Meath v Kildare

29 May 1955
Quarter-Final

Meath	3-4 – 2-7	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

Offaly v Louth

5 June 1955
Quarter-Final

Offaly	5-12 – 0-7	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 16075
Referee: W Goodison

Meath v Kildare

12 June 1955
Quarter-Final Replay

Meath	1-9 – 0-11	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

Meath v Westmeath

3 July 1955
Semi-Final

Meath	0-10 – 1-6	Westmeath

Croke Park, Dublin

Dublin v Offaly

10 July 1955
Semi-Final

Dublin	2-3 – 1-9	Offaly

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 20680
Referee: W Goodison

Dublin v Meath

24 July 1955
Final

Dublin	5-12 – 0-7	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 48,000

Munster Championship

Clare v Tipperary

12 June 1955
Quarter-Final

Clare	1-10 – 0-7	Tipperary

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: J. Collins (L)

Cork v Tipperary

26 June 1955
Semi-Final

Cork	2-8 – 0-7	Tipperary

Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
Referee: J. Goode (W)

Kerry v Waterford

3 July 1955
Semi-Final

Kerry	3-7 – 0-4	Waterford

Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel

Kerry v Cork

24 July 1955
Final

Kerry	0-14 – 2-6	Cork

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Championship

Derry v Tyrone

5 June 1955
Quarter-Final

Derry	0-13 – 1-5	Tyrone

Rossa Park, Magherafelt
Attendance: 4,500

Donegal v Monaghan

5 June 1955
Quarter-Final

Donegal	3-8 – 2-8	Monaghan

Bundoran
Attendance: 4,500

Armagh v Down

12 June 1955
Quarter-Final

Armagh	1-8 – 0-5	Down

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Cavan v Antrim

19 June 1955
Quarter-Final

Cavan	1-10 – 2-1	Antrim

Breffni Park. Cavan
Attendance: 6,120

Armagh v Derry

3 July 1955
Semi-Final

Armagh	0-2 – 3-4	Derry

Casement Park, Belfast

Cavan v Donegal

10 July 1955
Semi-Final

Cavan	2-5 – 1-6	Donegal

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 10,124

Cavan v Derry

31 July 1955
Final

Cavan	0-11 – 0-8	Derry

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 24,800

All-Ireland Championship

Kerry v Cavan

14 August 1955
Semi-Final

Kerry	2-10 – 1-13	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 41,278

Dublin v Mayo

21 August 1955
Semi-Final

Dublin	0-7 – 1-4	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 60,595

Kerry v Cavan

11 September 1955
Semi-Final Replay

Kerry	4-7 – 0-5	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,504

Dublin v Mayo

11 September 1955
Semi-Final Replay

Dublin	1-8 – 1-7	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,504

Kerry v Dublin

25 September 1955
Final

Kerry	0-12 – 1-6	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 87,102

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Markievicz Park, Sligo named after a women of the 1916 rising.
Both All Ireland semi-finals end in a draw & go to a replay.
Dublin win their Leinster title since 1942 and reach their first All Ireland final since that same year but are narrowly beaten by Kerry.

References

↑
↑
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Trophy Leinster Connacht Munster Ulster Records and statistics Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Losing players Winning teams
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.