1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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.

1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (16th win)
CaptainKevin Heffernan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDerry
CaptainJim McKeever
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
1957
1959

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

Roll of Honour edit

  • 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 edit

Connacht Senior Football Championship edit

Mayo3-10 – 1-6Sligo
J Nallen (0-1), J Fleming (0-1), F O’Leary (0-3), S Gallagher (0-1); T Treacy (1-2), J O’Connell (2-1), L Malone (0-1).
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bill Jackson (Roscommon)

Leitrim0-11 – 0-9Roscommon
Attendance: 10,000

Galway2-9 – 0-6Mayo
W Shannon (0-1), J Nallen (0-1), S Gallagher (0-1); T Treacy (0-3, one free),
Attendance: 22,122
Referee: Mick Higgins (Cavan)

Final edit

Galway2-10 – 1-11Leitrim
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: J. Mulvey

Leinster Senior Football Championship edit

Carlow1-10 – 1-9Wicklow

Meath3-9 – 0-7Longford

Offaly4-3 – 1-5Laois
Attendance: 10000
Referee: P McDermott (Meath)

Louth2-9 – 3-4Westmeath

Carlow2-6 – 1-6Wexford
Attendance: 6000
Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)

Dublin1-12 – 2-7Meath

Offaly1-11 – 1-6Kildare
K.O'Malley 2-5, E.Treacy 0-2, E.Hogan 0-1
Attendance: 25000
Referee: P McDermott (Meath)

Dublin3-9 – 2-7Carlow

Louth4-3 – 1-5Offaly
Attendance: 26703
Referee: J Canavan

Final edit

  Dublin1-11 – 1-06  Louth
Ollie Freaney 0-6f, Kevin Heffernan 1-1, John Timmons 0-2, Paddy Farnan 0-2 Kevin Beahan 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-4f, 1 '50), Jim McDonnell 0-1
Attendance: 27,689
Referee: John Dowling (Offaly)
GK 1 Paddy O'Flaherty
RCB 2 Maurice Whelan
FB 3 Marcus Wilson
LCB 4 Joe Timmons
RHB 5 Cathal O'Leary
CHB 6 Jim Crowley
LHB 7 Johnny Boyle
MF 8 Seán Murray
MF 9 John Timmons
RHF 10 Pádraig Haughey
CHF 11 Ollie Freaney
LHF 12 Des Ferguson
RCF 13 Paddy Farnan
FF 14 Johnny Joyce
LCF 15 Kevin Heffernan (c)
Substitutes:
16 Lar Foley for O'Leary
GK 1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCB 2 Ollie Reilly (Hunterstown Rovers)
FB 3 Jim McArdle (Roche Emmets)
LCB 4 Jim Meehan (Naomh Mhuire)
RHB 5 Patsy Coleman (St Mary's)
CHB 6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB 7 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Séamus O'Donnell (Cooley Kickhams)
MF 9 Mickey Gartlan (Roche Emmets)
RHF 10 Kevin Beahan (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
CHF 11 Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's) (c)
LHF 12 Frank Lynch (Geraldines)
RCF 13 Alfie Monk (Naomh Mhuire)
FF 14 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LCF 15 Jim Roe (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
16 Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Markey
17 Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's) for Gartlan

Munster Senior Football Championship edit

Waterford3-9 – 1-7Clare

Kerry1-6 – 0-7Tipperary
M. O'Dwyer (1-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-1) & G. McMahon (0-1)
Referee: C. Crowley (Waterford)

Cork1-11 – 1-4Waterford
N. Fitzgerald (0-1), T. Furlong (1-1), C. O’Sullivan (0-3) & D. Kelleher (0-4).

Final edit

Kerry2-7 – 0-3Cork
Garry McMahon 2-2, John Dowling 0-4 (0-1f), Paudie Sheehy 0-1 Eric Ryan (0-1f), Tim O'Leary, Denis Kelleher 0-1 each
Attendance: 21,858
Referee: P. Silke (Limerick)

Ulster Senior Football Championship edit

Derry0-8 – 0-5Antrim

Cavan0-7 – 0-7Monaghan
Attendance: 8,500

Down3-11 – 3-5Donegal

Tyrone1-9 – 0-10Armagh

Cavan1-9 – 1-5Monaghan
Attendance: 10,000

An objection was made and a replay ordered


Cavan0-14 – 1-6Monaghan

Down1-9 – 0-2Tyrone
Attendance: 10,000

Derry4-7 – 3-6Cavan
Attendance: 6,000

Final edit

Derry1-11 – 2-4Down
Attendance: 22,000

All-Ireland series edit

Dublin2-7 – 1-9Galway

Derry2-6 – 2-5Kerry
T. Lyne (2-2), G. McMahon (0-1) & P.Sheehy (0-2).

Final edit

Dublin2-12 – 1-9Derry
Attendance: 73,371
Referee: Simon Deignan (Cavan)

Championship statistics edit

Miscellaneous edit

  • 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 edit

  1. ^ "The Reign is Over". The Argus. 26 July 1958.