1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Louth (3rd win)
Captain	Dermot O'Brien
Manager	Jim "Sogger" Quigley
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Tyrone
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
← 1956 1958 →

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Louth won their third, and so-far last, title.^[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Championship

Roscommon v Mayo

9 June 1957 Final

Roscommon	0-7 – 0-6	Mayo

Roscommon Attendance: 7,560

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Sligo v Leitrim

23 June 1957 Semi-Final

Sligo	2-1 – 1-8	Leitrim

Carrick-on-Shannon

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Galway v Roscommon

30 June 1957 Semi-Final

Galway	0-13 – 0-7	Roscommon

Roscommon

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Galway v Leitrim

14 July 1957 Final

Galway	4-8 – 0-4	Leitrim

Galway Attendance: 13,000

Leinster Championship

Longford v Westmeath

1957

Longford	1-10 – 0-6	Westmeath

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Louth v Carlow

5 May 1957

Louth	3-6 – 0-4	Carlow

Navan

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Kildare v Offaly

19 May 1957

Kildare	2-10 – 1-3	Offaly

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Attendance: 12000 Referee: E Moules

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Wicklow v Meath

1957 Quarter-Final

Wicklow	3-7 – 1-11	Meath

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Louth v Wexford

26 May 1957 Quarter-Final

Louth	1-12 – 2-9	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

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Dublin v Longford

2 June 1957 Quarter-Final

Dublin	2-10 – 1-4	Longford

Cusack Park, Mullingar

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Louth v Kildare

16 June 1957 Semi-Final

Louth	5-8 – 1-9	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

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Louth v Dublin

14 July 1957 Final

Louth	2-9 – 1-7	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Championship

Tipperary v Clare

19 May 1957 Quarter-Final

Tipperary	2-9 – 4-5	Clare

Limerick Referee: J. Kerins (K)

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Waterford v Kerry

2 June 1957 Semi-Final

Waterford	2-5 – 0-10	Kerry

Waterford

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Cork v Clare

9 June 1957 Semi-Final

Cork	1-7 – 0-3	Clare

Rath Luirc

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Cork v Waterford

21 July 1957 Final

Cork	0-16 – 1-2	Waterford

Thurles

Ulster Championship

Derry v Antrim

9 June 1957 Quarter-Final

Derry	4-14 – 0-8	Antrim

Ballinascreen

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Donegal v Down

16 June 1957 Quarter-Final

Donegal	3-2 – 0-6	Down

Ballyshannon

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Cavan v Monaghan

16 June 1957 Quarter-Final

Cavan	1-12 – 1-5	Monaghan

Cavan

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Tyrone v Armagh

30 June 1957 Quarter-Final

Tyrone	2-9 – 3-5	Armagh

Lurgan

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Derry v Cavan

7 July 1957 Semi-Final

Derry	1-10 – 1-9	Cavan

Dungannon

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Tyrone v Donegal

14 July 1957 Semi-Final

Tyrone	3-5 – 2-3	Donegal

Cavan

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Tyrone v Derry

28 July 1957 Final

Tyrone	1-9 – 0-10	Derry

Clones Attendance: 36,500

All-Ireland Championship

Cork v Galway

11 August 1957 Semi-Final

Cork	2-4 – 0-9	Galway

Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 57,066

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Louth v Tyrone

18 August 1957 Semi-Final

Louth	0-13 – 0-7	Tyrone

Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 30,723

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Louth v Cork

22 September 1957 Final

Louth	1-9 – 1-7	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 72,732

References

3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Louth win the All Ireland title for the 1st time since 1912.
• Waterford record their 1st win over Kerry since 1911.