1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLouth (3rd win)
CaptainDermot O'Brien
ManagerJim "Sogger" Quigley
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterLouth
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
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1958 →

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Louth won their third, and so-far last, title.[1][2][3]

Results[]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[]

Roscommon0-7 – 0-6Mayo
M McLoughlin (0-2), PJ Downey (0-2), J O’Connell (0-1). Sub: M Stewart (0-1)
, Roscommon
Attendance: 7,560
Sligo2-1 – 1-8Leitrim
Carrick-on-Shannon
Galway0-13 – 0-7Roscommon
, Roscommon
Galway4-8 – 0-4Leitrim
Pearse Stadium, Galway
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship[]

Longford3-4 – 2-7Westmeath
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Longford1-10 – 0-6Westmeath
Pearse Park, Longford
Louth3-6 – 0-4Carlow
Wicklow3-6 – 1-6Laois
Kildare2-10 – 1-3Offaly
P.Loughlin 1-2, S.Harrison 0-4, S.Aldridge 0-3, P.Wright 1-0, E.Hogan 0-1
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 12000
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
Wicklow3-7 – 1-11Meath
Louth1-12 – 2-9Wexford
Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin2-10 – 1-4Longford
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Louth5-8 – 1-9Kildare
S.Harrison 1-7, E.Hogan, M.Bohane 0-1
Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin3-9 – 0-9Wicklow
Louth2-9 – 1-7Dublin
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
Attendance: 30,234
Referee: Eamon Moulds (Wicklow)

Munster Senior Football Championship[]

Tipperary2-9 – 4-5Clare
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: J. Kerins (K)
Waterford2-5 – 0-10Kerry
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
Cork1-7 – 0-3Clare
J. Creedon (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1), T. Furlong (1-1), T. Ryan (0-1), R. Nutty (1-0) & D. Kelleher (0-3).
, Charleville
Cork0-16 – 1-2Waterford
N. Fitzgerald (0-3), T. Furlong (0-2), E. Goulding (0-5), N. Duggan (0-5) & Sub T. Ryan (0-1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

Derry4-14 – 0-8Antrim
Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
Donegal3-2 – 0-6Down
, Ballyshannon
Cavan1-12 – 1-5Monaghan
Tyrone2-9 – 3-5Armagh
Derry1-10 – 1-9Cavan
O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Tyrone3-5 – 2-3Donegal
Tyrone1-9 – 0-10Derry
Attendance: 36,500

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

Cork2-4 – 0-9Galway
E. Ryan (0-2), N. Fitzgerald (1-0), E. Goulding (0-1), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 57,066
Louth0-13 – 0-7Tyrone
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 30,723
Main article: 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Louth1-9 – 1-7Cork
N. Fitzgerald (0-3), T. Furlong (1-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & D. Kelleher (0-3)
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 72,732
Referee: P Geraghty (Galway)

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath.
  • Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911.
  • 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[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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