1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained
| Year: | 1955 |
| Team: | Kerry |
| Titles: | 18th |
| Team2: | Dublin |
| Leinster: | Dublin |
| Munster: | Kerry |
| Ulster: | Cavan |
| Connacht: | Mayo |
| Next: | 1956 |
The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Meath were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.
Kerry were the winners.[1] [2] [3]
Note Quarter Finals were back in the Munster championship but Clare only skipped 1 year. Limerick, not part of the championship between 1953 and 1964, were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but did not play them.
Results
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Clare back in the Munster championship after 1 year break football again but even Limerick didn't take part between 1953 & 1964 there were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but didn't take part.
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See main article: 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Even though Limerick did not take part in the Munster football championship between 1953 and 1964, they were scheduled to host Waterford but failed. Clare returned to the championship after a skip year.
- Markievicz Park, Sligo was named after a woman of the 1916 uprising called Constance Markievicz.
- Both of the All Ireland semi-finals end in a draw and go to a replay.
- Dublin win their first Leinster title since 1942 and reach their first All Ireland final since that same year but are narrowly beaten by Kerry.
Notes and References
- Web site: Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA . 2011-07-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030727/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html . 2012-03-21 .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2011-09-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 2011-09-28 .
