1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Dublin (5th win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Leitrim |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Limerick |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Donegal |
| Connacht | Leitrim |
The 1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 25th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Dublin entered the championship as defending champions.
On 7 October 1956, Dublin won the championship following a 5-14 to 2-2 defeat of Leitrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their third in succession.[1]
Results
[edit]Quarter-Final
Mayo 2-10 Galway 2-6
Semi-Finals
Roscommon 1-9 Mayo 1-5.
Sligo 4-6 Leitrim 1-8 Ballinamore Replay.
Final
Roscommon 2-7 Sligo 1-6 Sligo.
Semi-Finals
Leitrim 1-9 Donegal 2-1
Final
| 7 October 1956 Final | Dublin | 5-14 - 2-02 | Leitrim | Croke Park, Dublin |
Championship statistics
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]- In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts as Donegal and Limerick win the respective Ulster and Munster titles for the first time.
- Dublin become the first team to win three successive All-Ireland titles.
References
[edit]- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.