1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Galway (4th win)
Captain Jack Mangan
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kildare
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
Top Scorer Frank Stockwell
Player of the Year Seán Purcell
1955
1957

The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1956. Galway were the winners, defeating Cork in the final.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

17 June 1956
Quarter-Final
Galway 5-13 – 2-5 Mayo
Castlebar
Attendance: 12,000

24 June 1956
Semi-Final
Sligo 3-5 – 0-11 Leitrim

8 July 1956
Semi-Final
Galway 1-9 – 0-2 Roscommon

15 July 1956
Final
Galway 3-12 – 1-5 Sligo
Sligo
Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

27 May 1956
Quarter-Final
Offaly 1-14 – 1-5 Meath
Newbridge
Referee: E Moulds

1956
Semi-Final
Wexford 2-7 – 0-7 Dublin

1 July 1956
Semi-Final
Kildare 1-8 – 0-7 Offaly
Portlaoise
Attendance: 22700
Referee: W Goodison

22 July 1956
Final
Kildare 2-11 – 1-8 Wexford

Munster Senior Football Championship

3 June 1956
Quarter-Final
Tipperary 2-4 – 0-7 Clare
Limerick
Referee: G. Cremins (K)

24 June 1956
Semi-Final
Cork 0-12 – 0-1 Waterford

24 June 1956
Semi-Final
Kerry 3-7 – 3-2 Tipperary

15 July 1956
Final
Cork 2-2 – 2-2 Kerry

29 July 1956
Final Replay
Cork 1-8 – 1-7 Kerry

Ulster Senior Football Championship

3 June 1956
Quarter-Final
Tyrone 3-7 – 2-4 Derry

10 June 1956
Quarter-Final
Donegal 1-8 – 2-8 Monaghan
Bundoran
Attendance: 4,500

17 June 1956
Quarter-Final
Cavan 3-15 – 2-4 Antrim

24 June 1956
Quarter-Final
Armagh 2-5 – 0-6 Down

8 July 1956
Semi-Final
Tyrone 2-9 – 0-7 Monaghan
Lurgan
Attendance: 9,000

15 July 1956
Semi-Final
Cavan 1-9 – 1-5 Armagh

29 July 1956
Final
Tyrone 3-5 – 0-4 Cavan

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

August 5, 1956
Semi-Final
Cork 0-9 - 0-5 Kildare

August 12, 1956
Semi-Final
Galway 0-8 - 0-6 Tyrone

September 22, 1956
Final
Galway 2-13 - 3-7 Cork

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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