1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
DatesApril 28 – September 22, 1957
Teams29
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLouth (3rd win)
CaptainDermot O'Brien
ManagerJim Quigley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainNealie Duggan
ManagerÉamonn Young
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterLouth
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played33
← 1956
1958 →

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

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

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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

Galway4–8 – 0–4Leitrim
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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

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)
GK1Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB2Ollie Reilly (Hunterstown Rovers)
FB3Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB4Jim Meehan (Naomh Mhuire)
RHB5Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHB6Jim McArdle (Roche Emmets)
LHB7Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8Kevin Beahan (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
MF9Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's)
RHF10Séamus O'Donnell (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
LHF12Alfie Monk (Naomh Mhuire)
RCF13Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LCF15Jim Roe (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
16Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Reilly
17Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk
GK1Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Éadair)
RCB2Denis Mahony (St Vincents)
FB3Jimmy Lavin (St Vincents)
LCB4Tony Gillen (Clanna Gael)
RHB5Maurice Whelan (St Vincents)
CHB6Marcus Wilson (St Vincents)
LHB7Lar Foley (St Vincents)
MF8Jim Crowley (St Vincents)
MF9Paddy Downey (St Brigid's)
RHF10Des Ferguson (St Vincents)
CHF11Ollie Freaney (St Vincents)
LHF12Cathal O'Leary (St Vincents)
RCF13Roger Conroy (Parnells)
FF14Kevin Heffernan (St Vincents)
LCF15Johnny Boyle (Air Corps)
Substitutes:
16Nicky Maher (St Vincents) for Foley
17Paddy Barrett (Ballyboughal) for Conroy
18Paddy Heron (St Vincents) for Freaney

Munster Senior Football Championship

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).
Dr. Mannix Sportsfield, Charleville

Munster Final

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).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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

Tyrone1–9 – 0–10Derry
Attendance: 36,500

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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

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

Miscellaneous

  • Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath.
  • Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911.
  • The Connacht final between Galway and Leitrim was the first game ever played at the new Pearse Stadium, in Galway, named after both brothers of the 1916 rising Padraic Pearse and William Pearse.
  • Louth win the All Ireland title for the first time since 1912.
  • There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The All Ireland football semi-final between Louth and Tyrone and the All Ireland final between Louth and Cork.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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