1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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

1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLouth (3rd win)
CaptainDermot O'Brien
ManagerJim Quigley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainNealie Duggan
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterLouth
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
1956
1958

Cork ended Galway's spell an All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final.

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

Results

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Roscommon0-7 – 0-6Mayo
M McLoughlin (0-2), PJ Downey (0-2), J O’Connell (0-1). Sub: M Stewart (0-1)
Attendance: 7,560

Sligo2-1 – 1-8Leitrim

Galway0-13 – 0-7Roscommon

Connacht Final

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Galway4-8 – 0-4Leitrim
Attendance: 13,000
Longford3-4 – 2-7Westmeath

Longford1-10 – 0-6Westmeath

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
Attendance: 12000
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)

Wicklow3-7 – 1-11Meath

Louth1-12 – 0-9Wexford

Dublin2-10 – 1-4Longford

Louth5-8 – 1-9Kildare
S.Harrison 1-7, E.Hogan, M.Bohane 0-1

Dublin3-9 – 0-9Wicklow

Leinster Final

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  Louth2-9 – 1-7  Dublin
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
Attendance: 30,234
Referee: Eamon Moulds (Wicklow)
GK 1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB 2 Ollie Reilly (Hunterstown Rovers)
FB 3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB 4 Jim Meehan (Naomh Mhuire)
RHB 5 Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHB 6 Jim McArdle (Roche Emmets)
LHB 7 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Kevin Beahan (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
MF 9 Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's)
RHF 10 Séamus O'Donnell (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF 11 Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
LHF 12 Alfie Monk (Naomh Mhuire)
RCF 13 Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LCF 15 Jim Roe (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
16 Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Reilly
17 Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk
GK 1 Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Eadair)
RCB 2 Denis Mahony (St Vincents)
FB 3 Jimmy Lavin (St Vincents)
LCB 4 Tony Gillen (Clanna Gael)
RHB 5 Maurice Whelan (St Vincents)
CHB 6 Marcus Wilson (St Vincents)
LHB 7 Lar Foley (St Vincents)
MF 8 Jim Crowley (St Vincents)
MF 9 Paddy Downey (St Brigid's)
RHF 10 Des Ferguson (St Vincents)
CHF 11 Ollie Freaney (St Vincents)
LHF 12 Cathal O'Leary (St Vincents)
RCF 13 Roger Conroy (Parnells)
FF 14 Kevin Heffernan (St Vincents)
LCF 15 Sean O'Boyle (Aer Corps)
Substitutes:
16 Nicky Maher (St Vincents) for Foley
17 Paddy Barrett (Ballyboughal) for Conroy
18 Paddy Heron (St Vincents) for Freaney
Tipperary2-9 – 4-5Clare
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).

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).

Munster Final

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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).
Derry4-14 – 0-8Antrim

Donegal3-2 – 0-6Down

Cavan1-12 – 1-5Monaghan

Tyrone2-9 – 3-5Armagh

Derry1-10 – 1-9Cavan

Tyrone3-5 – 2-3Donegal

Ulster Final

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Tyrone1-9 – 0-10Derry
Attendance: 36,500
Cork2-4 – 0-9Galway
E. Ryan (0-2), N. Fitzgerald (1-0), E. Goulding (0-1), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2).
Attendance: 57,066

Louth0-13 – 0-7Tyrone
Attendance: 30,723

All Ireland Final

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Louth1-9 – 1-7Cork
Seán Cunningham (1-1), Kevin Beahan (0-3), Jim Roe (0-3), Séamus O'Donnell (0-1), Dan O'Neill (0-1) N. Fitzgerald (0-3), T. Furlong (1-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & D. Kelleher (0-3)
Attendance: 72,732
Referee: P Geraghty (Galway)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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References

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)