1958–59 National Football League (Ireland)

The 1958–59 National Football League was the 28th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

1958–59 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1958 – 10 May 1959
League champions
WinnersKerry (5th win)
CaptainJohn Dowling
League runners-up
Runners-upDerry
CaptainJim McKeever[1]
Other division winners
Division 2Leitrim

Leitrim reached their first and only NFL semi-final, and Derry reached their first final, where they lost to Kerry.[2][3]

Format

Group stage

Final
22 March 1959 Final Kerry 5-15 — 1-2 Waterford Clonmel[4]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Derry3-7 – 1-6Leitrim
Kerry3-8 – 0-5Offaly

Final
Kerry2-8 – 1-8Derry
Jim Brosnan 1-1; Tom Long 1-0; Dan McAuliffe 0-3; Paudie Sheehy 0-2; Dave Geaney, John Dowling 0-1 each
Attendance: 32,405[7]
Referee: M McArdle (Louth)[8]

References
  1. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  2. GAA Final Teams
  3. Terrace talk 1959
  4. "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1959 League".
  5. "Placings in Football League", Irish Independent, 2 March 1959, p.11
  6. "Derry's easy passage to final", Irish Independent, 13 April 1959, p. 13
  7. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  8. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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