1954–55 National Football League (Ireland)
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The 1954–55 National Football League was the 24th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.
League details | |
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Dates | October 1954 – 8 May 1955 |
League champions | |
Winners | Dublin (2nd win) |
Captain | Denis Mahony |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Meath |
Captain | Patsy Ratty |
← 1953–54 1955–56 → |
Format
editA rob robin system as usual.
League Tables
editDivision I (Dr Lagan Cup)
editFinal
editDivision II
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
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Meath | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Qualified for knockout stage |
Cavan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Mayo | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Westmeath | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Longford | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
Leitrim | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Sligo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Division III
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dublin | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | Qualified for knockout stage |
Wicklow | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
Louth | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Galway | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Offaly | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Laois | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Roscommon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Division IV
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kildare | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | Qualified for play-off |
Cork | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
Kerry | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
Wexford | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Carlow | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Tipperary | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
Waterford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
First-place play-off
editCork advance to knockout stages
Knockout stages
editSemi-finals
editFinal
editReferences
edit- ^ Mayo results archive, 1954
- ^ GAA Final Teams
- ^ GAA Archive[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Unpleasant incidents in poor game at Coalisland", Irish Independent, 20 December 1954, p.9
- ^ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 31/03/1955, p. 9
- ^ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 14/03/1955, p. 8
- ^ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 14/03/1955, p. 8
- ^ "Cork Take Honours as Kildare miss chances", Irish Independent, 4 March 1955, p.11
- ^ "Thrills galore as Meath reach League final", Irish Independent, 25 April 1955, p. 9
- ^ "Summary of GAA Results", Irish Independent, 18 April 1955, p. 11
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
- ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151