1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (4th win)
Captain	Jack Mangan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Tyrone
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
Top Scorer	Frank Stockwell
Player of the Year	Seán Purcell
← 1955 1957 →

The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1956. Galway were the winners, defeating Cork in the final.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway v Mayo

17 June 1956
Quarter-Final

Galway	5-13 – 2-5	Mayo

McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 12,000

Sligo v Leitrim

24 June 1956
Semi-Final

Sligo	3-5 – 0-11	Leitrim

Markievicz Park, Sligo

Galway v Roscommon

8 July 1956
Semi-Final

Galway	1-9 – 0-2	Roscommon

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

Galway v Sligo

15 July 1956
Final

Galway	3-12 – 1-5	Sligo

Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford v Laois

6 May 1956
Preliminary Round

Longford	3-7 – 1-6	Laois

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Wicklow v Carlow

6 May 1956
Preliminary Round

Wicklow	4-12 – 1-4	Carlow

Geraldine Park, Athy

Wexford v Westmeath

13 May 1956
Preliminary Round

Wexford	2-11 – 1-5	Westmeath

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Kildare v Louth

20 May 1956
Quarter-Final

Kildare	1-9 – 0-9	Louth

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Dublin v Wicklow

27 May 1956
Quarter-Final

Dublin	0-11 – 0-5	Wicklow

St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy

Offaly v Meath

27 May 1956
Quarter-Final

Offaly	1-14 – 1-5	Meath

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Referee: E Moulds

Kildare v Longford

10 June 1956
Quarter-Final

Kildare	1-12 – 2-6	Longford

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Wexford v Dublin

24 June 1956
Semi-Final

Wexford	2-7 – 0-7	Dublin

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Kildare v Offaly

1 July 1956
Semi-Final

Kildare	1-8 – 0-7	Offaly

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 22700
Referee: W Goodison

Kildare v Wexford

22 July 1956
Final

Kildare	2-11 – 1-8	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary v Clare

3 June 1956
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	2-4 – 0-7	Clare

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: G. Cremins (K)

Cork v Waterford

24 June 1956
Semi-Final

Cork	0-12 – 0-1	Waterford

Castle Grounds, Lismore

Kerry v Tipperary

24 June 1956
Semi-Final

Kerry	3-7 – 3-2	Tipperary

Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: P. O'Grady ( C )

Cork v Kerry

15 July 1956
Final

Cork	2-2 – 2-2	Kerry

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Cork v Kerry

29 July 1956
Final Replay

Cork	1-8 – 1-7	Kerry

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone v Derry

3 June 1956
Quarter-Final

Tyrone	3-7 – 2-4	Derry

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Donegal v Monaghan

10 June 1956
Quarter-Final

Donegal	1-8 – 2-8	Monaghan

Bundoran
Attendance: 4,500

Cavan v Antrim

17 June 1956
Quarter-Final

Cavan	3-15 – 2-4	Antrim

Casement Park, Belfast

Armagh v Down

24 June 1956
Quarter-Final

Armagh	2-5 – 0-6	Down

Páirc Esler, Newry

Tyrone v Monaghan

8 July 1956
Semi-Final

Tyrone	2-9 – 0-7	Monaghan

The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Attendance: 9,000

Cavan v Armagh

15 July 1956
Semi-Final

Cavan	1-9 – 1-5	Armagh

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

Tyrone v Cavan

29 July 1956
Final

Tyrone	3-5 – 0-4	Cavan

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Cork v Kildare

August 5, 1956
Semi-Final

Cork	0-9 - 0-5	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

Galway v Tyrone

August 12, 1956
Semi-Final

Galway	0-8 - 0-6	Tyrone

Croke Park, Dublin

Galway v Cork

October 7, 1956
Final

Galway	2-13 - 3-7	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 70,772
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Tyrone win their 1st Ulster title.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Trophy Leinster Connacht Munster Ulster Records and statistics Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Losing players Winning teams
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