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1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1957
team	Louth
titles	3rd
captain	Dermot O'Brien
manager	Jim Quigley
team2	Cork
captain2	Nealie Duggan
manager2	Éamonn Young
leinster	Louth
munster	Cork
ulster	Tyrone
connacht	Galway
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The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Cork ended Galway's spell an All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final.

Louth won their third, and so-far last, title.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Connacht Final

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round Replay

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Leinster Final

	17	Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk

	18	Paddy Heron (St Vincents) for Freaney

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Munster Final

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Ulster Final

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-Final

All Ireland Final

Main article: 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath.
Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911.
The Connacht final between Galway and Leitrim was the first game ever played at the new Pearse Stadium, in Galway, named after both brothers of the 1916 rising Padraic Pearse and William Pearse.
Louth win the All Ireland title for the first time since 1912.
There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The All Ireland football semi-final between Louth and Tyrone and the All Ireland final between Louth and Cork.

References

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