1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (17th win)
CaptainJas Murphy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamArmagh
CaptainSean Quinn
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
← 1952
1954 →

Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3 years.

Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Galway1–8 – 0–2Leitrim
Sligo1–6 – 2–6Mayo
P Carney (1-3, one point a‘50’), M Mulderrig (0-1), P Solan (0-1) & S O’Donnell (1-1).
Roscommon4–4 – 0–3Galway

Final
Roscommon1–6 – 0–6Mayo
P Carney (0-3, frees), M Flanagan (0-1) & P Solan (0-2).
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Wicklow4–7 – 2–10Longford
Carlow1–9 – 2–1Kildare
S.Brennan 1-1, T.McCarthy 1-0
Louth2–11 – 0–5Westmeath
Meath2–6 – 2–5Dublin
Attendance: 29,753
Wexford1–9 – 0–11Laois
Offaly1–7 – 0–9Carlow
Attendance: 11,745
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Louth1–10 – 0–4Wicklow
Offaly0–7 – 1–7Wexford
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Louth1–7 – 1–6Meath

Final
Louth1–07 – 0–07 Wexford
Hugh O'Rourke (1-0), Jim McDonnell (0-3, 1f), Dermot O'Brien (0-2), Peadar Smith (0-1), John Callan (0-1) Rory Deane (0-6, 4f), Willie Kelly (0-1)
Attendance: 28,739
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)
GK1Niall O'Neill (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB2Jack Bell (St Mary's)
FB3Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB4Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB5Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)
CHB6Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB7Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8Hubert Reynolds (Oliver Plunketts)
MF9Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
RHF10Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF11Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LHF12Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
RCF13John Callan (St Mary's)
FF14Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c)
LCF15Hugh O'Rourke (Civil Service, Dublin)
Substitutes:
16Jim Conlon (Stabannon Parnells) for Tuft
GK1Joe O'Neill
RCB2John Morris
FB3Nick Redmond
LCB4John Fardy
RHB5Mick O'Hanlon
CHB6Willie Goodison
LHB7John J. Culleton
MF8Padge Kehoe
MF9Aidan McCormack
RHF10Larry Larkin
CHF11Billy Rackard
LHF12Rory Deane
RCF13Willie Kelly
FF14Nicky Rackard (c)
LCF15Des O'Neill
Substitutes:
16Matt Foley for Larkin

Munster Senior Football Championship
Waterford2–4 – 0–4Tipperary
Referee: J. White
Kerry6–10 – 0–2Clare
P. Sheehy (3-3), T. Lyne (0-2), J. Brosnan (0-2), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (2-1).
Cork1–7 – 1–5Waterford
D. Kellaher (1-1), T. Kelleher (0-2), M. Cahill (0-3) & J. J. Henichion (0-1)

Final
Kerry2–7 – 2–3Cork
P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Lyne (0-4), J. Brosnan (0-1), S. Kelly (1-0), J. Lyne (0-1) & Sub T. Ashe (1-0). N. Fitzgerald (1-0), D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1) & M.Cahill (0-1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Derry1–11 – 2–5Down
Tyrone8–7 – 0–3Donegal
Armagh1–8 – 1–4Antrim
Attendance: 6,000
Cavan2–7 – 0–2Monaghan
Cavan2–10 – 2–4Tyrone
Armagh4–11 – 1–5Derry

Final
Armagh1–6 – 0–5Cavan
Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Armagh0–8 – 0–7 Roscommon
Attendance: 40,372
Kerry3–6 – 0–10 Louth
T. Ashe (2-0), S. Kelly (1-1), P. Sheehy (0-2), T. Lyne (0-1), G. O'Sullivan (0-1) M. Brosnan (0-1) J. McDonnell (0-7, 3f), J. Regan (0-2), P. Smith (0-1)
Attendance: 62,408
GK1Johnny Foley
RCB2James Murphy
FB3Ned Roche
LCB4Donie Murphy
RHB5Colm Kennelly
CHB6John Cronin
LHB7Seán Murphy
MF8Brendan O'Shea
MF9Bobby Buckley
RHF10Paudie Sheehy
CHF11Jim Brosnan
LHF12Tadhg Lyne
RCF13Tom Ashe
FF14Seán Kelly
LCF15Jackie Lyne
Substitutes:
16Gerald O'Sullivan for Jim Brosnan
17Mixie Palmer for Kennelly
18Mick Brosnan for Palmer
19Jim Brosnan for Ashe
GK1Niall O'Neill (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB2Jim Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
FB3Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB4Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB5Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)
CHB6Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB7Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8Hubert Reynolds (Oliver Plunketts)
MF9Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
RHF10Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF11Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LHF12Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
RCF13Kevin Beahan (St Mary's)
FF14Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c)
LCF15Hugh O'Rourke (Civil Service, Dublin)
Substitutes:
16Jack Bell (St Mary's) for Tuft
17Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams) for O'Rourke
18Paddy Beahan (St Mary's) for O'Brien
19Fintan Wynne (St Bride's) for Smith
20Peter Judge (Oliver Plunketts) for Jim Conlon

Final
Main article: 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry0–13 – 1–6 Armagh
J. Brosnan (0-4), J. J. Sheehan (0-3), T. Lyne (0-4), T. Ashe (0-1) & J.Lyne (0-1).
Attendance: 86,155
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3 year break.
  • O'Kennedy Park GAA Grounds replaces Barrett's Park, in New Ross in honor of Seán O'Kennedy.
  • Casement Park, opens in Belfast named after a 1916 rising leader Roger Casement.
  • Louth play Westmeath in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1938.
  • Munster semi-final between Kerry and Clare caused Clare to withdraw from the championship for a year due to 1 sided game 6-10 to 0-2.
  • The Leinster semi-final between Louth and Meath was a historic 9th year in a row of meeting in the Leinster championship a famous 13th meeting between them in 9 years.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Roscommon and Armagh was the first championship meeting between them.
  • Armagh play in their first All Ireland final but are beaten by Kerry.

References
  1. "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 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)
  4. "Thrills and Tragedies as Louth Topple Once Again". The Argus. 29 August 1953.
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