1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (19th win)
Captain Mick O'Connell
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Down
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
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1960 →

The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 73rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

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

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo 3-8 – 1-8 Sligo
Galway 0-12 – 0-4 Roscommon
Attendance: 12,000
Mayo 2-4 – 0-10 Leitrim
Attendance: 8,000
Mayo 2-5 – 2-7 Leitrim
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 10,000
Galway 5-8 – 0-12 Leitrim
Attendance: 18,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford 4-3 – 0-10 Westmeath
Offaly 1-9 – 2-6 Laois
Attendance: 8000
Referee: M Mangan (Dublin)
Dublin 1-11 – 2-4 Carlow
Attendance: 10,818
Longford 2-7 – 1-5 Meath
Offaly 0-10 – 3-8 Laois
Referee: T Million
Louth 1-13 – 3-6 Kildare
Longford 0-8 – 2-9 Laois
Attendance: 15,058
Referee: B. Smith (Meath)
Dublin 1-8 – 0-11 Louth
Attendance: 24,567
Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)
Dublin 3-14 – 1-9 Louth
Attendance: 37,11
Referee: J. Fitzgearld (Limerick)
Dublin 1-18 – 2-8 Laois

Munster Senior Football Championship

Tipperary 2-6 – 1-7 Waterford
Referee: A. Scannell ( C )
Cork 4-9 – 1-7 Clare
Kerry 1-15 – 1-2 Tipperary
Referee: T. Crowley ( C )
Kerry 2-15 – 2-8 Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry 0-5 – 1-6 Armagh
Attendance: 5,000
Cavan 2-9 – 0-4 Donegal
Attendance: 4,000
Down 4-9 – 1-3 Antrim
Attendance: 4,500
Tyrone 1-9 – 0-7 Monaghan
Attendance: 6,000
Cavan 0-13 – 2-7 Armagh
Attendance: 8,000
Down 1-6 – 1-6 Tyrone
Attendance: 12,000
Cavan 1-9 – 1-7 Armagh
Attendance: 15,000
Down 1-12 – 0-4 Tyrone
Attendance: 16,000
Down 2-16 – 0-7 Cavan
Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry 1-10 – 2-5 Dublin
Attendance: 70,148
Galway 1-11 – 1-4 Down
Attendance: 62,688
Kerry 3-7 – 1-4 Galway
Attendance: 85,897

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Leitrim record their first ever win over Mayo after a replay.
  • Both Ulster semi-finals ended in a draw and went to a replay.
  • Down win the Ulster title for the first time.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Galway and Down was their first championship meeting between them.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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