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1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1956
team	Galway
titles	4th
captain	Jack Mangan
manager	John "Tull" Dunne
team2	Cork
captain2	Donal O'Sullivan
manager2	Éamonn Young
topscorer	Frank Stockwell
munster	Cork
leinster	Kildare
ulster	Tyrone
connacht	Galway
poty	Seán Purcell
previous	[1955](1955-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next	[1957](1957-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)

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The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1956. Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in a Munster final replay.

Galway were the winners, defeating Cork in the final on October 7th, 1956.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Final Replay

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-Final

Main article: 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

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Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Munster final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time since 1909 when Cork took Kerry's All Ireland title.
Kildare win their first Leinster title since 1935 and was their last until 1998.
Tyrone win their first Ulster title.
The All Ireland semi-final between Galway and Tyrone was their first meeting between the two teams.
The All Ireland final between Galway and Cork gave Galway won their 4th All Ireland title on the day after three successive defeats between 1940 and 1942.
An outbreak of polio in Cork and the fear of a spread of the disease to Dublin due to an influx of Cork supporters lead to the postponement of the All-Ireland final until 7 October 1956.

References

Advertiser, Galway. "The 1956 All-Ireland final".
Fallon, John. (2022-01-06). "Galway GAA mourn the passing of 1956 All-Ireland winner".
"Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: :: 1956 Championship :: Munster Final Replay :: Kerry Vs Cork".
Studies, Kildare Local. (2020-04-07). "Kildare Are Champions (Leinster Final, 1956) – Kildare eHistory Journal".
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Stapleton, Shane. (2023-05-17). "Football clashes — factfiles, player stats, form".
"Gaelic Art - Home of Authentic Irish Art - Irish Sport Art - Irish GAA Art - Irish Golf Art.".
Moran, Seán. "Seán Moran: 1956, when polio ravaged Cork and hopes of a treble evaporated".

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