1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 1957 April 28 – September 22, 1957 29 Louth 3rd Dermot O'Brien Jim Quigley Cork Nealie Duggan Éamonn Young Louth Cork Tyrone Galway 33 1956 1958 The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Cork ended Galway's spell an All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final. Louth won their third, and so-far last, title.http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA 2011-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030727/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html 2012-03-21 dead 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 Results Connacht Senior Football Championship 9 June 1957Quarter-Final Roscommon football 0–7 – 0–6 Mayo football M McLoughlin (0–2), PJ Downey (0–2), J O’Connell (0–1). Sub: M Stewart (0–1) St. Coman's Park, Roscommon 7,560 23 June 1957Semi-Final Sligo football 2–1 – 1–8 Leitrim football Carrick-on-Shannon 30 June 1957Semi-Final Galway football 0–13 – 0–7 Roscommon football St. Coman's Park, Roscommon Connacht Final 14 July 1957Final Galway football 4–8 – 0–4 Leitrim football Pearse Stadium, Galway 13,000 Leinster Senior Football Championship 28 April 1957Preliminary Round Longford football 3–4 – 2–7 Westmeath football Cusack Park, Mullingar 5 May 1957Preliminary Round Replay Longford football 1–10 – 0–6 Westmeath football Pearse Park, Longford 5 May 1957Preliminary Round Louth football 3–6 – 0–4 Carlow football Páirc Tailteann, Navan 12 May 1957Preliminary Round Wicklow football 3–6 – 1–6 Laois football Geraldine Park, Athy 19 May 1957Quarter-Final Kildare football 2–10 – 1–3 Offaly football P.Loughlin 1–2, S.Harrison 0–4, S.Aldridge 0–3, P.Wright 1–0, E.Hogan 0–1 O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 12000 E Moules (Wicklow) 26 May 1957Quarter-Final Wicklow football 3–7 – 1–11 Meath football Geraldine Park, Athy 26 May 1957Quarter-Final Louth football 1–12 – 0–9 Wexford football Croke Park, Dublin 2 June 1957Quarter-Final Dublin football 2–10 – 1–4 Longford football Cusack Park, Mullingar 16 June 1957Semi-Final Louth football 5–8 – 1–9 Kildare football S.Harrison 1–7, E.Hogan, M.Bohane 0–1 Croke Park, Dublin 23 June 1957Semi-Final Dublin football 3–9 – 0–9 Wicklow football St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge Leinster Final 7 July 1957 20px|border Louth 2–9 – 1–7 20px|border Dublin Jim McDonnell 2–2, Kevin Beahan 0-4f, Dermot O'Brien, Sean Cunningham, Frank Lynch 0–1 each Des Ferguson 1–1, Ollie Freaney 0-4f, Paddy Downey and Cathal O'Leary 0–1 each Croke Park, Dublin 30,234 Eamon Moulds (Wicklow) GK1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)RCB2 Ollie Reilly (Hunterstown Rovers)FB3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)LCB4 Jim Meehan (Naomh Mhuire)RHB5 Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)CHB6 Jim McArdle (Roche Emmets)LHB7Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)MF8 Kevin Beahan (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)MF9 Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's)RHF10 Séamus O'Donnell (Cooley Kickhams) CHF11Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)LHF12 Alfie Monk (Naomh Mhuire)RCF13 Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)FF14Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)LCF15Jim Roe (St Mary's) Substitutes: 16 Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Reilly 17 Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk GK1 Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Éadair)RCB2 Denis Mahony (St Vincents)FB3 Jimmy Lavin (St Vincents)LCB4 Tony Gillen (Clanna Gael)RHB5 Maurice Whelan (St Vincents)CHB6 Marcus Wilson (St Vincents)LHB7 Lar Foley (St Vincents)MF8 Jim Crowley (St Vincents)MF9 Paddy Downey (St Brigid's)RHF10 Des Ferguson (St Vincents)CHF11Ollie Freaney (St Vincents)LHF12 Cathal O'Leary (St Vincents)RCF13 Roger Conroy (Parnells)FF14 Kevin Heffernan (St Vincents)LCF15 Johnny Boyle (Air Corps)Substitutes: 16 Nicky Maher (St Vincents) for Foley 17 Paddy Barrett (Ballyboughal) for Conroy 18 Paddy Heron (St Vincents) for Freaney Munster Senior Football Championship 19 May 1957Quarter-Final Tipperary football 2–9 – 4–5 Clare football Gaelic Grounds, Limerick J. Kerins (K) 2 June 1957Semi-Final Waterford football 2–5 – 0–10 Kerry football M. O'Connell (0–1), P. Sheehy (0–1), N. Fitzgerald (0–3), T. Lyne (0–2), P. Fitzgerald (0–1), T. Collins (0–1) & D. McAuliffe (0–1). Walsh Park, Waterford 9 June 1957Semi-Final Cork football 1–7 – 0–3 Clare football J. Creedon (0–1), N. Duggan (0–1), T. Furlong (1–1), T. Ryan (0–1), R. Nutty (1–0) & D. Kelleher (0–3). Dr. Mannix Sportsfield, Charleville Munster Final 21 July 1957Final Cork football 0–16 – 1–2 Waterford football N. Fitzgerald (0–3), T. Furlong (0–2), E. Goulding (0–5), N. Duggan (0–5) & Sub T. Ryan (0–1). Semple Stadium, Thurles Ulster Senior Football Championship 9 June 1957Quarter-Final Derry football 4–14 – 0–8 Antrim football Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen 16 June 1957Quarter-Final Donegal football 3–2 – 0–6 Down football Fr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon 16 June 1957Quarter-Final Cavan football 1–12 – 1–5 Monaghan football Breffni Park, Cavan 30 June 1957Quarter-Final Tyrone football 2–9 – 3–5 Armagh football The Playing Fields, Lurgan 7 July 1957Semi-Final Derry football 1–10 – 1–9 Cavan football O'Neill Park, Dungannon 14 July 1957Semi-Final Tyrone football 3–5 – 2–3 Donegal football Breffni Park, Cavan Ulster Final 28 July 1957Final Tyrone football 1–9 – 0–10 Derry football St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 36,500 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 11 August 1957Semi-Final Cork football 2–4 – 0–9 Galway football E. Ryan (0–2), N. Fitzgerald (1–0), E. Goulding (0–1), T. Furlong (1–0) & N. Duggan (0–2). Croke Park, Dublin 57,066 18 August 1957Semi-Final Louth football 0–13 – 0–7 Tyrone football Croke Park, Dublin 30,723 All Ireland Final 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 22 September 1957Final Louth football 1–9 – 1–7 Cork football Seán Cunningham (1–1), Kevin Beahan (0–3), Jim Roe (0–3), Séamus O'Donnell (0–1), Dan O'Neill (0–1) N. Fitzgerald (0–3), T. Furlong (1–1), N. Duggan (0–1) & D. Kelleher (0–3) Croke Park, Dublin 72,732 P Geraghty (Galway) Championship statistics Miscellaneous Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath. Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911. The Munster semi-final between Cork vs Clare was the first match to be played at Charleville since 1935. The Connacht final between Galway and Leitrim was the first game ever played at the new Pearse Stadium, in Galway, named after both brothers of the 1916 rising Padraic Pearse and William Pearse. Louth win the All Ireland title for the first time since 1912. There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The All Ireland football semi-final between Louth and Tyrone and the All Ireland final between Louth and Cork. References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship