1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (6th win)
CaptainDes Foley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMayo
CaptainTom Rochford
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDown
ConnachtMayo

The 1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Meath entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.

On 28 September 1958, Dublin won the championship following a 2-10 to 0-8 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first in two championship seasons.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

22 June 1958 Preliminary Round Mayo 5-07 – 1-04 Sligo James Stephens Park, Ballina
22 June 1958 Semi-Final Roscommon 1-06 – 0-08 Leitrim St Coman's Park, Roscommon
29 June 1958 Semi-Final Mayo 4-13 – 1-04 Galway Tuam Stadium, Galway
13 July 1958 Final Mayo 1-08 – 1-04 Roscommon St Coman's Park, Roscommon

Munster Minor Football Championship

13 July 1958 Final Kerry 3-11 – 0-04 Waterford Cork Athletic Grounds

Ulster Minor Football Championship

27 July 1958 Final Down 3-09 – 3-01 Cavan St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Leinster Minor Football Championship

20 July 1958[2] Final Dublin 2-10 – 1-06 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
L. Purcell, J. Sweeney 1-0 each, N. Fox 0-3, B. Beggs, P. Taylor 0-2 each, D. Foley, S. King (sub), B. McDonald 0-1 each P. McKenna 1-0, J. Malone 0-3, P. McDonnell, B. O'Hare, J. Woods 0-1 each Referee: J. Farrell (Kildare)
GK1Kieran Donnelly (Synge Street)
RCB2Noel Joyce (O'Connell Boys)
FB3Paddy Holden (Clanna Gael)
LCB4Donal Mulligan (O'Toole's)
RHB5Derek Jones (St Brendan's, Loughshinny)
CHB6Tony Whelan (Synge Street)
LHB7Mick Kissane (St Vincent's)
MF8Des Foley (St Vincent's) (c)
MF9Tom O'Reilly (Na Fianna)
RHF10Paddy Taylor (St Agnes)
CHF11Brian McDonald (Synge Street)
LHF12Noel Fox (St Vincent's)
RCF13Jimmy Sweeney (Clanna Gael)
FF14Liam Purcell (Na Fianna)
LCF15Brian Beggs (Skerries Harps)
GK1Paddy Gallagher (Roche Emmets)
RCB2Tony Stafford (Naomh Mhuire)
FB3Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots)
LCB4Ollie Kemp (Dundalk Gaels)
RHB5Séamus Hallinan (Newtown Blues)
CHB6Brian Mitchell (Clann Mhuire)
LHB7Tom Coleman (Baile Philib)
MF8Peter McKenna (Newtown Blues)
MF9Brian O'Hare (Dundalk Gaels)
RHF10Jim Malone (Hunterstown Rovers)
CHF11Kieran Judge (Newtown Blues)
LHF12Barney Carroll (Cooley Kickhams)
RCF13John Woods (Clann Mhuire)
FF14Davy Byrne (St Fursey's)
LCF15Paddy McDonnell (Newtown Blues)

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

24 August 1958 Semi-Final Mayo 4-05 - 3-05 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
31 August 1958 Semi-Final Dublin 3-05 - 0-09 Down Páirc Tailteann, Navan
28 September 1958[3] Final Dublin 2-10 - 0-08 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P. Silke (Galway)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Down win the Ulster Championship for the first time in their history.

References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Reign is Over". The Argus. 26 July 1958.
  3. ↑ "Dublin Minors Set Record". Evening Herald. 29 September 1958.
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