1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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

1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLouth (3rd win)
CaptainDermot O'Brien
ManagerJim "Sogger" Quigley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
CaptainNealie Duggan
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterLouth
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
1956
1958

Cork ended Galway's spell a 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:
19Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Reilly
20Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk
GK1
RCB2
FB3
LCB4
RHB5
CHB6
LHB7
MF8
MF9
RHF10
CHF11
LHF12
RCF13
FF14
LCF15

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
Fr Tierney Park, Ballyshannon

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

References

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