| 1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship | |
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| Label2: | Dates |
| Label3: | Teams |
| Header4: | All-Ireland Champions |
| Label5: | Winning team |
| Data5: | Dublin (5th win) |
| Label6: | Captain |
| Label7: | Manager |
| Header8: | All-Ireland Finalists |
| Label9: | Losing team |
| Data9: | Leitrim |
| Label10: | Captain |
| Label11: | Manager |
| Header12: | Provincial Champions |
| Label13: | Munster |
| Data13: | Limerick |
| Label14: | Leinster |
| Data14: | Dublin |
| Label15: | Ulster |
| Data15: | Donegal |
| Label16: | Connacht |
| Data16: | Leitrim |
The 1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 25th 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.
Dublin entered the championship as defending champions.
On 7 October 1956, Dublin won the championship following a 5-14 to 2-2 defeat of Leitrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their third in succession.[1]
Quarter-Final
Mayo 2-10 Galway 2-6
Semi-Finals
Roscommon 1-9 Mayo 1-5.
Sligo 4-6 Leitrim 1-8 Ballinamore Replay.
Final
Roscommon 2-7 Sligo 1-6 Sligo.
Semi-Finals
Leitrim 1-9 Donegal 2-1
Final