1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The 1954 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

1954 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersKerry (8th win)
CaptainJohn "Walla" O'Connor
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upLondon
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDonegal
ConnachtGalway
1953
1955

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kerry in the Munster final.[1][2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 3 October 1954 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Kerry and London, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kerry won the match by 1–07 to 1-05 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first title in five years.[3][4]

Results

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All-Ireland semi-finals

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22 August 1954 Semi-final Donegal 3-09 - 1-07 Galway Ballyshannon Grounds
22 August 1954 Semi-final Kerry 2-07 - 0-09 Dublin FitzGerald Stadium

All-Ireland home final

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12 September 1954 Home final Kerry 3-05 - 1-06 Donegal Croke Park

All-Ireland final

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3 October 1954 Final Kerry 1-07 - 1-05 London Austin Stack Park

References

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  1. ^ "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ "The History of the GAA in Liverpool". Lancashire GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.