1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (17th win)
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Armagh
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
	← 1952 1954 →

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Kerry were the winners.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

21 June 1953
Quarter-final

Galway	1–8 – 0–2	Leitrim

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

28 June 1953
Semi-final

Sligo	1–6 – 2–6	Mayo

Corran Park, Ballymote

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Roscommon	4–4 – 0–3	Galway

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

19 July 1953
Final

Roscommon	1–6 – 0–6	Mayo

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

10 May 1953
Preliminary round

Wicklow	4–7 – 2–10	Longford

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

10 May 1953
Preliminary round

Carlow	1–9 – 2–1	Kildare

Geraldine Park, Athy

10 May 1953
Preliminary round

Louth	2–11 – 0–5	Westmeath

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

24 May 1953
Quarter-final

Meath	2–6 – 2–5	Dublin

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Attendance: 29,753

24 May 1953
Quarter-final

Wexford	1–9 – 0–11	Laois

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

31 May 1953
Quarter-final

Offaly	1–7 – 0–9	Carlow

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Attendance: 11,745

Referee: W Delaney

7 June 1953
Quarter-final

Louth	1–10 – 0–4	Wicklow

Croke Park, Dublin

28 June 1953
Semi-final

Offaly	0–7 – 1–7	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: W Delaney

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Louth	1–7 – 1–6	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

26 July 1953
Final

Louth	1–7 – 0–7	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Senior Football Championship

31 May 1953
Quarter-final

Waterford	2–4 – 0–4	Tipperary

Walsh Park, Waterford

Referee: J. White

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Kerry	6–10 – 0–2	Clare

Cusack Park, Ennis

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Cork	1–7 – 1–5	Waterford

Walsh Park, Waterford

19 July 1953
Final

Kerry	2–7 – 2–3	Cork

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Senior Football Championship

30 May 1953
Quarter-final

Derry	1–11 – 2–5	Down

Rossa Park, Magherafelt

14 June 1953
Quarter-final

Tyrone	8–7 – 0–3	Donegal

MacCumhail Park, Ballybofey

21 June 1953
Quarter-final

Armagh	1–8 – 1–4	Antrim

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Attendance: 6,000

21 June 1953
Quarter-final

Cavan	2–7 – 0–2	Monaghan

Breffni Park, Cavan

5 July 1953
Semi-final

Cavan	2–10 – 2–4	Tyrone

St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

12 July 1953
Semi-final

Armagh	4–11 – 1–5	Derry

Casement Park, Belfast

26 July 1953
Final

Armagh	1–6 – 0–5	Cavan

Casement Park, Belfast

Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

9 August 1953
Semi-final

Armagh	0–8 – 0–7	Roscommon

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 40,372

23 August 1953
Semi-final

Kerry	3–6 – 0–10	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 62,408

27 September 1953
Final

Kerry	0–13 – 1–6	Armagh

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 86,155

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

O'Kennedy Park GAA Grounds replaces Barrett's Park, in New Ross in honor of Seán O'Kennedy.
Casement Park, opens in Belfast named after a 1916 rising leader Roger Casement.
Louth play Westmeath in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1938.
The Leinster semi-final between Louth and Meath was a historic 9th year in a row of meeting in the Leinster championship a famous 13th meeting between them in 9 years.
The All Ireland semi-final between Roscommon and Armagh was the first championship meeting between them.
Armagh play in their first All Ieland final but are beaten by Kerry.

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

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