1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 1955 May 1 – September 25, 1955 29 Kerry 18th John Dowling Dublin Denis Mahony Peter O'Reilly Dublin Kerry Cavan Mayo 28 1954 1956 The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Meath were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final. Kerry were the winners.http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA 2011-07-22 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030727/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html 2012-03-21 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010 http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx 2011-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx 2011-07-16 dead Leinster Senior Football Champions http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf 2011-09-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf 2011-09-28 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 due to a dispute over the eligibility of players. Results Connacht Senior Football Championship 19 June 1955Quarter-Final Galway football 0–3 – 1–6 Roscommon football McHale Park, Castlebar 26 June 1955Semi-Final Mayo football 3–11 – 0–9 Leitrim football 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). Markievicz Park, Sligo 3,431 3 July 1955Semi-Final Sligo football 0–4 – 1–8 Roscommon football McHale Park, Castlebar 6,400 17 July 1955Final Mayo football 3–11 – 1–3 Roscommon football J Nallen (0–1), T Langan (2–1), S O’Donnell (1–1), D O’Neill (0–2), J Curran (0–6, four frees). Tuam Stadium, Tuam 18,500 P. Carrol (Offaly) Leinster Senior Football Championship 1 May 1955Preliminary Round Westmeath football 0–7 – 0–6 Wicklow football St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge 8 May 1955Preliminary Round Carlow football 3–5 – 3–4 Laois football Geraldine Park, Athy 15 May 1955Preliminary Round Louth football 1–3 – 0–5 Longford football Croke Park, Dublin 15 May 1955Quarter-Final Kildare football 1–6 – 1–5 Wexford football P.Moore 1–0, S.Harrison, D.Dalton 0–2, J.Gough, L.McCormack 0–1. Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow 22 May 1955Quarter-Final Dublin football 3–9 – 0–6 Carlow football St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge 29 May 1955Quarter-Final Meath football 3–4 – 2–7 Kildare football J.Daly, P.Mooney 1–0, S.Harrison (2f), T.McCarthy 0–2, D.Dalton, S.Moore, M.Doyle 0–1. Croke Park, Dublin 5 June 1955Quarter-Final Offaly football 5–12 – 0–7 Louth football Croke Park, Dublin 16075 W Goodison (Wexford) 12 June 1955Quarter-Final Replay Meath football 1–9 – 0–11 Kildare football S.Harrison 0–6, P.Mooney 0–3, D.Dalton 0–2. Croke Park, Dublin 3 July 1955Semi-Final Meath football 0–10 – 1–6 Westmeath football Croke Park, Dublin 10 July 1955Semi-Final Dublin football 2–3 – 1–9 Offaly football O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 20680 W Goodison (Wexford) 24 July 1955Final Dublin football 5–12 – 0–7 Meath football 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 Croke Park, Dublin 48,860 Bill Goodison (Wexford) Munster Senior Football Championship 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 The Limerick vs. Waterford was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players. 1955Quarter-Final Waterford football w/o – scr. Limerick football Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 12 June 1955Quarter-Final Clare football 1–10 – 0–7 Tipperary football Gaelic Grounds, Limerick J. Collins (L) 26 June 1955Semi-Final Cork football 2–8 – 0–7 Tipperary football D. Kellaher (0–4), E. Ryan (0–1), J. Creedon (2–2) & D. O’Donovan (0–1). Ned Hall Park, Clonmel J. Goode (W) 3 July 1955Semi-Final Kerry football 3–7 – 0–4 Waterford football B. Buckley (1–0), T. Lyne (0–3), G. O'Sullivan (0–1), M. Murphy (0–1) & T. Costelloe (2–2). Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel 24 July 1955Final Kerry football 0–14 – 2–6 Cork football 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). Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Ulster Senior Football Championship 5 June 1955Quarter-Final Derry football 0–13 – 1–5 Tyrone football Rossa Park, Magherafelt 4,500 5 June 1955Quarter-Final Donegal football 3–8 – 2–8 Monaghan football Bundoran 4,500 12 June 1955Quarter-Final Armagh football 1–8 – 0–5 Down football The Playing Fields, Lurgan 19 June 1955Quarter-Final Cavan football 1–10 – 2–1 Antrim football P Donohoe (0–4), H Carolan (1–1), J Mc Donnell (0–1), B Gallagher (0–1), J Cusack (0–2), V Sherlock (0–1) K Armstrong (2–0), P O Hara (1–1) Breffni Park. Cavan 6,120 3 July 1955Semi-Final Armagh football 0–2 – 3–4 Derry football Casement Park, Belfast 10 July 1955Semi-Final Cavan football 2–5 – 1–6 Donegal football P Donohoe (0–2), V Sherlock (0–1), J Cusack (1–1), B Deignan (1–0), C Smith (0–1) A Briody (0–1), H Boyle (0–2), S Mc Cormack (0–3), P Coyle (1–0) St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 10,124 31 July 1955Final Cavan football 0–11 – 0–8 Derry football P Donohoe (0–8), B Gallagher (0–2), J Hardy (0–1) M Gribben (0–1), R Gribben (0–3), F Niblock (0–1), J Mc Keever (0–3) St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 24,800 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 14 August 1955Semi-Final Kerry football 2–10 – 1–13 Cavan football J. Dowling (0–1), T. Moriarty (0–1) T. Lyne (1–6), J. Culloty (0–1), M. Murphy (1–0) & D. McAuliffe (0–1). P Donohoe (0–9), H Carolan (0–2), Gallagher (0–1), P Smith (1–0), Keyes (0–1) Croke Park, Dublin 41,278 21 August 1955Semi-Final Dublin football 0–7 – 1–4 Mayo football M Flanagan (0–1), T Langan (1–1), J Curran (0–2, frees) Croke Park, Dublin 60,595 Peter McDermott (Meath) 11 September 1955Semi-Final Replay Kerry football 4–7 – 0–5 Cavan football P. Sheehy (0–2), J. J. Sheehan (1–0), T. Lyne (0–5), J. Culloty (1–0) & Mick Murphy (2–0). P Donohoe (0–5) Croke Park, Dublin 71,504 11 September 1955Semi-Final Replay Dublin football 1–8 – 1–7 Mayo football J Curran (1–7, four frees). Croke Park, Dublin 71,504 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 25 September 1955Final Kerry football 0–12 – 1–6 Dublin football J. Dowling (0–1), P. Sheehy (0–1), T. Lyne (0–6), M. Murphy (0–1) & J. Brosnan (0–2). O. Freaney 1–3, J. Boyle 0–2 & H. Hefferan 0–1. Croke Park, Dublin 87,102 Willie Goodison ( Wexford) Championship statistics Miscellaneous Even though Limerick did not take part in the Munster football championship between 1953 and 1964, they were scheduled to host Waterford but failed. The Limerick vs. Waterford match in the 1955 Munster Football Championship was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players. 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