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1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

DatesMay 1 – September 25, 1955
Teams29
Winning teamKerry (18th win)
CaptainJohn Dowling
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1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
DatesMay 1 – September 25, 1955
Teams29
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (18th win)
CaptainJohn Dowling
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
CaptainDenis Mahony
ManagerPeter O'Reilly
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
No. matches played28
← 1954
1956 →
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Meath were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.

Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Note Quarter Finals were back in the Munster championship but Clare only skipped 1 year. Limerick, not part of the championship between 1953 and 1964, were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but did not play them due to a dispute over the eligibility of players.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

More information Galway, 0–3 – 1–6 ...
Galway0–3 – 1–6Roscommon
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More information Mayo, 3–11 – 0–9 ...
Mayo3–11 – 0–9Leitrim
P Solan (0–2), D O’Neill (0–3), S O’Donnell (0–1); M Flanagan (0–1), T Langan (1–0), J Curran (2–4, two points from frees).
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Attendance: 3,431
More information Sligo, 0–4 – 1–8 ...
Sligo0–4 – 1–8Roscommon
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Attendance: 6,400
More information Mayo, 3–11 – 1–3 ...
Mayo3–11 – 1–3Roscommon
J Nallen (0–1), T Langan (2–1), S O’Donnell (1–1), D O’Neill (0–2), J Curran (0–6, four frees).
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Attendance: 18,500
Referee: P. Carrol (Offaly)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

More information Westmeath, 0–7 – 0–6 ...
Westmeath0–7 – 0–6Wicklow
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More information Carlow, 3–5 – 3–4 ...
Carlow3–5 – 3–4Laois
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More information Louth, 1–3 – 0–5 ...
Louth1–3 – 0–5Longford
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More information Kildare, 1–6 – 1–5 ...
Kildare1–6 – 1–5Wexford
P.Moore 1–0, S.Harrison, D.Dalton 0–2, J.Gough, L.McCormack 0–1.
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More information Dublin, 3–9 – 0–6 ...
Dublin3–9 – 0–6Carlow
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More information Meath, 3–4 – 2–7 ...
Meath3–4 – 2–7Kildare
J.Daly, P.Mooney 1–0, S.Harrison (2f), T.McCarthy 0–2, D.Dalton, S.Moore, M.Doyle 0–1.
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More information Offaly, 5–12 – 0–7 ...
Offaly5–12 – 0–7Louth
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Attendance: 16075
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
More information Meath, 1–9 – 0–11 ...
Meath1–9 – 0–11Kildare
S.Harrison 0–6, P.Mooney 0–3, D.Dalton 0–2.
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More information Meath, 0–10 – 1–6 ...
Meath0–10 – 1–6Westmeath
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More information Dublin, 2–3 – 1–9 ...
Dublin2–3 – 1–9Offaly
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Attendance: 20680
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
More information Dublin, 5–12 – 0–7 ...
Dublin5–12 – 0–7Meath
Kevin Heffernan 2–0, Ollie Freaney 0–5 (0-3f), Sean O'Boyle 1–3, Cathal O'Leary 1–2, Des Ferguson 1–1, Padraig Haughey 0–1 Tom Duff 0–3 (0-2f), Brian Smyth 0–2, Frankie Byrne (0-1f) and Tom O'Brien 0–1 each
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Attendance: 48,860
Referee: Bill Goodison (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare back in the Munster championship after 1-year break football again but even Limerick didn't take part between (1953–1964) there were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but didn't take part The Limerick vs. Waterford was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players.

More information Waterford, w/o – scr. ...
Waterfordw/o – scr.Limerick
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More information Clare, 1–10 – 0–7 ...
Clare1–10 – 0–7Tipperary
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Referee: J. Collins (L)
More information Cork, 2–8 – 0–7 ...
Cork2–8 – 0–7Tipperary
D. Kellaher (0–4), E. Ryan (0–1), J. Creedon (2–2) & D. O’Donovan (0–1).
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Referee: J. Goode (W)
More information Kerry, 3–7 – 0–4 ...
Kerry3–7 – 0–4Waterford
B. Buckley (1–0), T. Lyne (0–3), G. O'Sullivan (0–1), M. Murphy (0–1) & T. Costelloe (2–2).
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More information Kerry, 0–14 – 2–6 ...
Kerry0–14 – 2–6Cork
J. Dowling (0–1), P. Sheehy (0–5), T.Lyne (0–4), G. O'Sullivan (0–1), M. Murphy (0–2) & D. McAuliffe (0–1). N. Duggan (0–1), D. Kellaher (0–2), J. Creedon (0–1), D. O’Donovan (0–1) & J. O’Donovan (2–2).
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Ulster Senior Football Championship

More information Derry, 0–13 – 1–5 ...
Derry0–13 – 1–5Tyrone
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Attendance: 4,500
More information Donegal, 3–8 – 2–8 ...
Donegal3–8 – 2–8Monaghan
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Attendance: 4,500
More information Armagh, 1–8 – 0–5 ...
Armagh1–8 – 0–5Down
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More information Cavan, 1–10 – 2–1 ...
Cavan1–10 – 2–1Antrim
P Donohoe (0–4), H Carolan (1–1), J Mc Donnell (0–1), B Gallagher (0–1), J Cusack (0–2), V Sherlock (0–1) K Armstrong (2–0), P O Hara (1–1)
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Attendance: 6,120
More information Armagh, 0–2 – 3–4 ...
Armagh0–2 – 3–4Derry
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More information Cavan, 2–5 – 1–6 ...
Cavan2–5 – 1–6Donegal
P Donohoe (0–2), V Sherlock (0–1), J Cusack (1–1), B Deignan (1–0), C Smith (0–1) A Briody (0–1), H Boyle (0–2), S Mc Cormack (0–3), P Coyle (1–0)
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Attendance: 10,124
More information Cavan, 0–11 – 0–8 ...
Cavan0–11 – 0–8Derry
P Donohoe (0–8), B Gallagher (0–2), J Hardy (0–1) M Gribben (0–1), R Gribben (0–3), F Niblock (0–1), J Mc Keever (0–3)
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Attendance: 24,800

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

More information Kerry, 2–10 – 1–13 ...
Kerry2–10 – 1–13Cavan
J. Dowling (0–1), T. Moriarty (0–1) T. Lyne (1–6), J. Culloty (0–1), M. Murphy (1–0) & D. McAuliffe (0–1). P Donohoe (0–9), H Carolan (0–2), Gallagher (0–1), P Smith (1–0), Keyes (0–1)
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Attendance: 41,278
More information Dublin, 0–7 – 1–4 ...
Dublin0–7 – 1–4Mayo
M Flanagan (0–1), T Langan (1–1), J Curran (0–2, frees)
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Attendance: 60,595
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)
More information Kerry, 4–7 – 0–5 ...
Kerry4–7 – 0–5Cavan
P. Sheehy (0–2), J. J. Sheehan (1–0), T. Lyne (0–5), J. Culloty (1–0) & Mick Murphy (2–0). P Donohoe (0–5)
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Attendance: 71,504
More information Dublin, 1–8 – 1–7 ...
Dublin1–8 – 1–7Mayo
J Curran (1–7, four frees).
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Attendance: 71,504
Main article: 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
More information Kerry, 0–12 – 1–6 ...
Kerry0–12 – 1–6Dublin
J. Dowling (0–1), P. Sheehy (0–1), T. Lyne (0–6), M. Murphy (0–1) & J. Brosnan (0–2). O. Freaney 1–3, J. Boyle 0–2 & H. Hefferan 0–1.
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Attendance: 87,102
Referee: Willie Goodison ( Wexford)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Even though Limerick did not take part in the Munster football championship between 1953 and 1964, they were scheduled to host Waterford but failed. The Limerick vs. Waterford match in the 1955 Munster Football Championship was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players. Clare returned to the championship after a skip year.
  • Markievicz Park, Sligo was named after a woman of the 1916 uprising called Constance Markievicz.
  • Both of the All Ireland semi-finals end in a draw and go to a replay.
  • Dublin win their first Leinster title since 1942 and reach their first All Ireland final since that same year but are narrowly beaten by Kerry.

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