1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Louth (3rd win) |
| Captain | Dermot O'Brien |
| Manager | Jim "Sogger" Quigley |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Captain | Nealie Duggan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1956 1958 → | |
The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
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
| Roscommon | 0-7 – 0-6 | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| M McLoughlin (0-2), PJ Downey (0-2), J O’Connell (0-1). Sub: M Stewart (0-1) |
Attendance: 7,560
Leinster Senior Football Championship
| Louth | 2-9 – 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 |
Munster Senior Football Championship
| Waterford | 2-5 – 0-10 | Kerry |
|---|---|---|
| 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). |
| Cork | 1-7 – 0-3 | Clare |
|---|---|---|
| J. Creedon (0-1), N. Duggan (0-1), T. Furlong (1-1), T. Ryan (0-1), R. Nutty (1-0) & D. Kelleher (0-3). |
| Cork | 0-16 – 1-2 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| 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
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| Cork | 2-4 – 0-9 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| E. Ryan (0-2), N. Fitzgerald (1-0), E. Goulding (0-1), T. Furlong (1-0) & N. Duggan (0-2). |
Attendance: 57,066
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath.
- Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911.
- The Connacht final between Galway and Leitrim was the first game ever played at the new Pearse Stadium, in Galway named after both brothers of the 1916 rising Padraic Pearse and William Pearse.
- Louth win the All Ireland title for the first time since 1912.
- There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The All Ireland football semi-final between Louth and Tyrone and the All Ireland final between Louth and Cork.
References
- ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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