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1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Derry v Dublin (6158608262).jpg 250 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Dublin 40px 2–12(18) Derry 40px 1–9(12) 28 September 1958 Croke Park Dublin Simon Deignan (Cavan) 73,371 1957 1959
The 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 71st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match
Summary
Dublin won comfortably over Derry, appearing in their first final, with goals by Owen Gribben and Paddy Farnan.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.January 2025 Farnan played for Dublin? Gribben played for Derry? Did Farnan score both goals for Dublin, or what does this sentence mean?
Details
September 28, 1958 Dublin 2-12 – 1-9 Derry O. Freaney 0-7, K. Hefferan 0-3, P. Franan 1-1, J. Joyce 1-0 & J. Timmons 0-1. S. O'Connell 0-5, O. Gribbin 1-1, B. Mullan, D. McKeever & J. McKeever 0-1. Croke Park, Dublin 73,371 Simon Deignan (Cavan)
Dublin
1 P. O'Flaherty
2 L. Foley
3 M. Wilson
4 Joe Timmons
5 C. O'Leary
6 J. Crowley
7 J. Boyle
8 John Timmons
9 S. Murray
10 P. Haughey
11 O. Freaney
12 D. Ferguson
13 P. Farnan
14 J. Joyce
15 K. Heffernan (c)
Subs used
16 M. Whelan for S. Murray
18 P. Downey for John Timmons
Subs not used
17 J. Brennan
19 B. Morris
20 C. Leaney
21 T. Gillen
22 D. McCann
Trainer
P. O'Reilly
Derry
1 P. Gormley
2 P. McLarnon
3 H. F. Gribben
4 T. Doherty
5 P. Breen
6 C. Mulholland
7 P. Smith
8 J. McKeever (c)
9 P. Stuart
10 S. O'Connell
11 B. Murray
12 D. McKeever
13 B. Mullan
14 O. Gribben
15 C. Higgins
Subs used
18 R. Gribben (player-manager) for Higgins
19 L. O'Neill for Mullan
17 C. O'Neill for Breen
Other subs
16 H. Cassidy
20 W. Cassidy
#? T. Scullion
#? S. Young
#? L. Mulholland
#? T. J. Doherty
Player-manager
R. Gribben
Legacy
Players from both teams involved in the game had a golden jubilee reunion in 2008, organised with the help of Dublin's 1970s footballers such as Alan Larkin.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/marching-on-together-dublin-and-kerry-legends-will-reunite-to-remember-the-good-times-and-their-absent-friends/a766188048.html Marching on together Sunday Independent Dermot Crowe 30 March 2025 In 2008 they organised a golden jubilee for the Dublin team that won the All-Ireland in 1958, for those still alive and able to attend, and then decided to extend the invitation to Derry, the losing finalists. Around 11 attended from the Derry team. 'For some of them it was the first time they had spoken since they shook hands walking off the field in 1958', says [Alan] Larkin.
References
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1958
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals
Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals
Category:GAA finals at Croke Park
Category:Derry county football team matches
Category:Dublin county football team matches