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1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1958
team	Dublin
titles	16th
captain	Kevin Heffernan
manager	Peter O'Reilly
team2	Derry
captain2	Jim McKeever
manager2	R. Gribben
munster	Kerry
leinster	Dublin
ulster	Derry
connacht	Galway
previous	[1957](1957-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next	[1959](1959-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)

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The 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was won by Dublin, who beat Derry in the final. The championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn. A young Martin O'Neill was at the game with his mother, his older brother played in the final.

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

Roll of Honour

Kerry – 18 (1955)
Dublin – 16 (1958)
Wexford – 5 (1918)
Cavan – 5 (1952)
Galway – 4 (1956)
Kildare – 4 (1928)
Tipperary – 4 (1920)
Louth – 3 (1957)
Mayo – 3 (1951)
Cork – 3 (1945)
Meath – 2 (1954)
Roscommon – 2 (1944)
Limerick – 2 (1896)

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

	17	Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's) for Gartlan

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[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final, 1st Replay An objection was made and a replay ordered

Quarter-Final, 2nd Replay

Semi-Final

Final

All-Ireland series

Semi-Final

Final

Main article: 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final Report

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Derry play in their first All Ireland final also win their first Ulster championship final but lose to Dublin.
There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The Derry/Kerry All Ireland semi-final was their first championship meeting and the All Ireland final was the first championship meeting of Dublin/Derry.

References

(26 July 1958). "The Reign is Over". [[The Argus (Dundalk).

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