1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamGalway (4th win)
CaptainJack Mangan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainDonal O'Sullivan
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKildare
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
Top ScorerFrank Stockwell
Player of the YearSeán Purcell
← 1955
1957 →

The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1956. Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in a Munster final replay. Galway were the winners, defeating Cork in the final.

Results[edit]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[edit]

Galway5-13 – 2-5Mayo
M Stewart (1-2) & J Curran (1-3, 0-2 frees).
Attendance: 12,000
Sligo3-5 – 0-11Leitrim
Galway1-9 – 0-2Roscommon
Galway3-12 – 1-5Sligo
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship[edit]

Longford3-7 – 1-6Laois
Wicklow4-12 – 1-4Carlow
Kildare1-9 – 0-9Louth
E.Treacy 1-3, L.McCormack, R.Swan 0-2, D.Dalton, S.Harrison 0-1. K. Beahan (0-4, 1f), A. Monk (0-2), S. White (0-1), J. Reynolds (0-1), Jim McArdle (0-1, 1'45)
Wexford2-11 – 1-5Westmeath
Dublin0-11 – 0-5Wicklow
Offaly1-14 – 1-5Meath
Referee: E Moulds (Wicklow)
Kildare1-12 – 2-6Longford
P.Loughlin 1-2, R.Swan, S.Harrison, S.Aldridge 0-3, L.McCormack 0-1.
Wexford2-7 – 0-7Dublin
Kildare1-8 – 0-7Offaly
S.Harison 0-3, D.Dalton 1-0, P.Mooney 0-2, P.Loughlin, R. Swann, E.Treacy 0-1
Attendance: 22700
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
Kildare2-11 – 1-8Wexford
Seamus Harrison 0-7f, Paddy Loughlin 1-2, Ned Treacy 1-1, Ned Loughlin 0-1 Mick Byrne 1-1, Paddy Kehoe (0-2f) and Frank Morris 0-2 each, Padge Kehoe, Pako Sheehan, Jack Goff 0-1 each
Attendance: 47,856
Referee: Mick McArdle (Louth)

Munster Senior Football Championship[edit]

Tipperary2-4 – 0-7Clare
Referee: G. Cremins (K)
Cork0-12 – 0-1Waterford
S. Moore (0-1), E. Goulding (0-1), N. Collins (0-4), J. Creedon (0-3) & P. Murphy-sub (0-1).
Kerry3-7 – 3-2Tipperary
J. Dowling (0-1), M. O'Connell (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Long (0-1), J. Brosnan (0-1), J. Cronin (2-1) & T. Lyne (1-1)
Referee: P. O'Grady ( C )
Cork2-2 – 2-2Kerry
N. Fitzgerald (0-2), T. Furlong (0-4) & N. Duggan (0-2). J. Dowling (0-1), T. Lyne (0-1), J. Brosnan (1-0) & D. O'Shea (1-0).
Cork1-8 – 1-7Kerry
D. Kelleher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-5), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2). J. Dowling (0-1), T. Lyne (0-2),J. Brosnan (0-1), J. Cronin (1-0) & P.Sheehy (0-3)

Ulster Senior Football Championship[edit]

Tyrone3-7 – 2-4Derry
Donegal1-8 – 2-8Monaghan
Attendance: 4,500
Cavan3-15 – 2-4Antrim
Armagh2-5 – 0-6Down
Tyrone2-9 – 0-7Monaghan
Attendance: 9,000
Cavan1-9 – 1-5Armagh
Tyrone3-5 – 0-4Cavan

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[edit]

Cork0-9 - 0-5Kildare
D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-3), P. Murphy (0-1), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2). S.Harrison (4f) 0-4, E.Treacy 0-1
Galway0-8 - 0-6Tyrone
Main article: 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Galway2-13 - 3-7Cork
F. Stockwell (2-5), S. Purcell (0-3), G. Kirwan & J. Coyle (0-2) & F. Evers (0-1). D. Gallagher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-5), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2).
Attendance: 70,772
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

Championship statistics[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Kildare win their first Leinster title since 1935 and was their last until 1998.
  • Tyrone win their first Ulster title.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Galway and Tyrone was their first meeting between the 2 teams.
  • The All Ireland final between Galway and Cork gave Galway won their 4th All Ireland title on the day after a 3 in a row of defeats between (1940-1942).
  • An outbreak of polio in Cork and the fear of a spread of the disease to Dublin due to an influx of Cork supporters lead to the postponement of the All-Ireland final until 7 October 1956.
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