1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Kerry (18th win) |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1954 1956 → | |
The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]
Results
| Dublin | 5-12 - 0-7 | Meath |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Heffernan 2-0, Ollie Freaney 0-5 (0-3f), Sean O'Boyle 1-3, Cathal O'Leary 1-2, Des Ferguson 1-1, Padraig Haughey 0-1 | Tom Duff 0-3 (0-2f), Brian Smyth 0-2, Frankie Byrne (0-1f) and Tom O'Brien 0-1 each |
| Kerry | 0-12 – 1-6 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dowling (0-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), T. Lyne (0-6), M. Murphy (0-1) & J. Brosnan (0-2). |
Attendance: 87,102
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Markievicz Park, Sligo named after a woman of the 1916 rising 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.
References
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