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1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (16th win)
CaptainKevin Heffernan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDerry
CaptainJim McKeever
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
1957
1959

The 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was won by Dublin, who beat Derry in the final. The championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn. A young Martin O'Neill was at the game with his mother, his older brother played in the final.

Louth were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.

Results

Mayo3-10 – 1-6Sligo
J Nallen (0-1), J Fleming (0-1), F O’Leary (0-3), S Gallagher (0-1); T Treacy (1-2), J O’Connell (2-1), L Malone (0-1).
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bill Jackson (Roscommon)

Leitrim0-11 – 0-9Roscommon
Attendance: 10,000

Galway2-9 – 0-6Mayo
W Shannon (0-1), J Nallen (0-1), S Gallagher (0-1); T Treacy (0-3, one free),
Attendance: 22,122
Referee: Mick Higgins (Cavan)

Galway2-10 – 1-11Leitrim
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: J. Mulvey
Carlow1-10 – 1-9Wicklow

Meath3-9 – 0-7Longford

Offaly4-3 – 1-5Laois
Attendance: 10000
Referee: P McDermott (Meath)

Louth2-9 – 3-4Westmeath

Carlow2-6 – 1-6Wexford
Attendance: 6000
Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)

Dublin1-12 – 2-7Meath

Offaly1-11 – 1-6Kildare
K.O'Malley 2-5, E.Treacy 0-2, E.Hogan 0-1
Attendance: 25000
Referee: P McDermott (Meath)

Dublin3-9 – 2-7Carlow

Louth4-3 – 1-5Offaly
Attendance: 26703
Referee: J Canavan

Dublin1-11 – 1-6Louth
Ollie Freaney 0-6f, Kevin Heffernan 1-1, John Timmons and Paddy Farnan 0-2 each Kevin Beahan 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3f, 1 '50) and Jim McDonnell 0-1
Attendance: 27,689
Referee: John Dowling (Offaly)
Waterford3-9 – 1-7Clare

Kerry1-6 – 0-7Tipperary
M. O'Dwyer (1-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-1) & G. McMahon (0-1)
Referee: C. Crowley (Waterford)

Cork1-11 – 1-4Waterford
N. Fitzgerald (0-1), T. Furlong (1-1), C. O’Sullivan (0-3) & D. Kelleher (0-4).

Kerry2-7 – 0-3Cork
Garry McMahon 2-2, John Dowling 0-4 (0-1f), Paudie Sheehy 0-1 Eric Ryan (0-1f), Tim O'Leary, Denis Kelleher 0-1 each
Attendance: 21,858
Referee: P. Silke (Limerick)
Derry0-8 – 0-5Antrim

Cavan0-7 – 0-7Monaghan
Attendance: 8,500

Down3-11 – 3-5Donegal

Tyrone1-9 – 0-10Armagh

Cavan1-9 – 1-5Monaghan
Attendance: 10,000

An objection was made and a replay ordered


Cavan0-14 – 1-6Monaghan

Down1-9 – 0-2Tyrone
Attendance: 10,000

Derry4-7 – 3-6Cavan
Attendance: 6,000

Derry1-11 – 2-4Down
Attendance: 22,000

All-Ireland series

Dublin2-7 – 1-9Galway

Derry2-6 – 2-5Kerry
T. Lyne (2-2), G. McMahon (0-1) & P.Sheehy (0-2).

Dublin2-12 – 1-9Derry
Attendance: 73,371
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Derry play in their first All Ireland final also win their first Ulster championship final but lose to Dublin.
  • There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The Derry/Kerry All Ireland semi-final was their first championship meeting and the All Ireland final was the first championship meeting of Dublin/Derry.