1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition January 2024 April 2022 1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Dublin (5th win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Leitrim Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Limerick Leinster Dublin Ulster Donegal Connacht Leitrim The 1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 25th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18. Dublin entered the championship as defending champions. On 7 October 1956, Dublin won the championship following a 5-14 to 2-2 defeat of Leitrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their third in succession.https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0928/238817-minor_foot_roh/ All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour RTÉ Sport 20 September 2011 19 November 2012 Referee: Gus Cremin, from Kerry. Results Connacht Minor Football Championship Quarter-Final Mayo 2-10 Galway 2-6 Semi-Finals Roscommon 1-9 Mayo 1-5. Sligo 4-6 Leitrim 1-8 Ballinamore Replay. Final Roscommon 2-7 Sligo 1-6 Sligo. Munster Minor Football Championship Leinster Minor Football Championship Ulster Minor Football Championship All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals Leitrim 1-9 Donegal 2-1 Final 7 October 1956 Final Dublin 5-14 - 2-02 Leitrim Croke Park, Dublin Championship statistics Miscellaneous In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts as Donegal and Limerick win the respective Ulster and Munster titles for the first time. Dublin become the first team to win three successive All-Ireland titles. References 1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship