1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Galway (4th win) |
Captain | Jack Mangan |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Kildare |
Ulster | Tyrone |
Connacht | Galway |
Championship statistics | |
Top Scorer | Frank Stockwell |
Player of the Year | Seán Purcell |
← 1955 1957 → |
The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1956. Galway were the winners, defeating Cork in the final.
Results[]
Connacht Senior Football Championship[]
Galway | 5-13 – 2-5 | Mayo |
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M Stewart (1-2) & J Curran (1-3, 0-2 frees). |
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 12,000
Sligo | 3-5 – 0-11 | Leitrim |
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Markievicz Park, Sligo
Galway | 1-9 – 0-2 | Roscommon |
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Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Galway | 3-12 – 1-5 | Sligo |
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Markievicz Park, Sligo
Attendance: 13,000
Leinster Senior Football Championship[]
Longford | 3-7 – 1-6 | Laois |
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O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Wicklow | 4-12 – 1-4 | Carlow |
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Geraldine Park, Athy
Kildare | 1-9 – 0-9 | Louth |
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E.Treacy 1-3, L.McCormack, R.Swan 0-2, D.Dalton, S.Harrison 0-1. |
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Wexford | 2-11 – 1-5 | Westmeath |
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Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Dublin | 0-11 – 0-5 | Wicklow |
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St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy
Offaly | 1-14 – 1-5 | Meath |
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St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Referee: E Moulds (Wicklow)
Kildare | 1-12 – 2-6 | Longford |
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P.Loughlin 1-2, R.Swan, S.Harrison, S.Aldridge 0-3, L.McCormack 0-1. |
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Wexford | 2-7 – 0-7 | Dublin |
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Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Kildare | 1-8 – 0-7 | Offaly |
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S.Harison 0-3, D.Dalton 1-0, P.Mooney 0-2, P.Loughlin, R. Swann, E.Treacy 0-1 |
Kildare | 2-11 – 1-8 | Wexford |
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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 |
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 47,856
Referee: Mick McArdle (Louth)
Munster Senior Football Championship[]
Tipperary | 2-4 – 0-7 | Clare |
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Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: G. Cremins (K)
Cork | 0-12 – 0-1 | Waterford |
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S. Moore (0-1), E. Goulding (0-1), N. Collins (0-4), J. Creedon (0-3) & P. Murphy-sub (0-1). |
Castle Grounds, Lismore
Kerry | 3-7 – 3-2 | Tipperary |
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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) |
Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: P. O'Grady ( C )
Cork | 2-2 – 2-2 | Kerry |
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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). |
Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
Cork | 1-8 – 1-7 | Kerry |
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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) |
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Ulster Senior Football Championship[]
Tyrone | 3-7 – 2-4 | Derry |
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O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Donegal | 1-8 – 2-8 | Monaghan |
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Bundoran
Attendance: 4,500
Cavan | 3-15 – 2-4 | Antrim |
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Casement Park, Belfast
Armagh | 2-5 – 0-6 | Down |
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Páirc Esler, Newry
Tyrone | 2-9 – 0-7 | Monaghan |
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The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Attendance: 9,000
Cavan | 1-9 – 1-5 | Armagh |
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St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Tyrone | 3-5 – 0-4 | Cavan |
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St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]
Cork | 0-9 - 0-5 | Kildare |
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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 |
Croke Park, Dublin
Galway | 0-8 - 0-6 | Tyrone |
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Croke Park, Dublin
Galway | 2-13 - 3-7 | Cork |
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D. Gallagher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-5), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2). |
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 70,772
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
Championship statistics[]
Miscellaneous[]
- 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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- All-Ireland Senior Football Championships