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1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (6th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMayo
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDown
ConnachtMayo

The 1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Meath entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.

On 28 September 1958, Dublin won the championship following a 2-02 to 0-8 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first in two championship seasons.[1]

Results

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Quarter-Final

Mayo 5-7 Sligo 1-4 Ballina.

Semi-Finals

Roscommon 1-6 Leitrim 0-8 Roscommon.

Mayo 4-13 Galway 1-4 Tuam.

Final

July 13th Mayo 1-8 Roscommon 1-4 Roscommon.

Dublin2-10 – 1-06 Louth
Referee: J. Farrell (Kildare)
GK 1 Kieran Donnelly (Synge Street)
RCB 2 Noel Joyce (O'Connell Boys)
FB 3 Paddy Holden (Clanna Gael)
LCB 4 Donal Mulligan (O'Toole's)
RHB 5 Derek Jones (St Brendan's, Loughshinny)
CHB 6 Tony Whelan (Synge Street)
LHB 7 Mick Kissane (St Vincent's)
MF 8 Des Foley (St Vincent's) (c)
MF 9 Tom O'Reilly (Na Fianna)
RHF 10 Paddy Taylor (St Agnes)
CHF 11 Brian McDonald (Synge Street)
LHF 12 Noel Fox (St Vincent's)
RCF 13 Jimmy Sweeney (Clanna Gael)
FF 14 Liam Purcell
LCF 15 Brian Beggs (Skerries Harps)
GK 1 Paddy Gallagher (Roche Emmets)
RCB 2 Tony Stafford (Naomh Mhuire)
FB 3 Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots)
LCB 4 Ollie Kemp (Dundalk Gaels)
RHB 5 Séamus Hallinan (Newtown Blues)
CHB 6 Brian Mitchell (Clann Mhuire)
LHB 7 Tom Coleman (Baile Philib)
MF 8 Peter McKenna (Newtown Blues)
MF 9 Brian O'Hare (Dundalk Gaels)
RHF 10 Jim Malone (Hunterstown Rovers)
CHF 11 Kieran Judge (Newtown Blues)
LHF 12 Barney Carroll (Cooley Kickhams)
RCF 13 John Woods (Clann Mhuire)
FF 14 Davy Byrne (St Fursey's)
LCF 15 Paddy McDonnell (Newtown Blues)

Semi-Finals

Mayo 4-5 Kerry 3-5

Final

28 September 1958 Dublin 2-10 - 0-08 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Down win the Ulster Championship for the first time in their history.

References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ "The Reign is Over". The Argus. 26 July 1958.