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1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1955
team	Kerry
titles	18th
captain	John Dowling
team2	Dublin
captain2	Denis Mahony
manager2	Peter O'Reilly
leinster	Dublin
munster	Kerry
ulster	Cavan
connacht	Mayo
previous	[1954](1954-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next	[1956](1956-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)

The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 69th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Meath were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.

Kerry were the winners.

Note Quarter Finals were back in the Munster championship but Clare only skipped 1 year. Limerick, not part of the championship between 1953 and 1964, were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but did not play them due to a dispute over the eligibility of players.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final Replay

Semi-Final

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Clare back in the Munster championship after 1-year break football again but even Limerick didn't take part between (1953–1964) there were approved to host Waterford in the Quarter Final but didn't take part The Limerick vs. Waterford was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players.

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-Final

Semi-Final Replay

Main article: 1955 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Even though Limerick did not take part in the Munster football championship between 1953 and 1964, they were scheduled to host Waterford but failed. The Limerick vs. Waterford match in the 1955 Munster Football Championship was cancelled due to a dispute over the eligibility of players. Clare returned to the championship after a skip year.
Markievicz Park, Sligo was named after a woman of the 1916 uprising 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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