1954–55 National Football League (Ireland)

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1954–55 National Football League
League details
Dates October 1954 – 8 May 1955
League champions
Winners Dublin (2nd win)
Captain Denis Mahony
League runners-up
Runners-up Meath
Captain Patsy Ratty

The 1954–55 National Football League was the 24th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Dublin beat Meath in the first all-Leinster final.[1][2][3]

Format

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League Tables

Division I (Dr Lagan Cup)

Final

19 December 1954
Armagh 1-5 – 1-1 Donegal
Coalisland[4]
Referee: S.Deignan Cavan

Division II

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
20px Meath 6 6 0 0 12 Qualified for knockout stage
20px Cavan 6 4 0 2 8
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 4 3 0 1 6
20px Westmeath 6 3 0 3 6
20px Longford 6 1 1 4 3
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 4 0 1 3 1
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 4 0 0 4 0

[5]

Division III

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
20px Dublin 6 5 1 0 11 Qualified for knockout stage
20px Wicklow 6 5 0 1 10
20px Louth 6 4 0 2 8
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 6 3 1 2 7
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 6 2 0 4 4
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 5 0 0 5 0
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 5 0 0 5 0

[6]

Division IV

Team Pld W D L Pts Status
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 6 5 0 1 10 Qualified for play-off
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 6 5 0 1 10
20px Kerry 6 4 0 2 8
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 6 3 0 3 6
20px Carlow 5 2 0 3 4
20px Tipperary 6 1 0 5 2
20px Waterford 5 0 0 5 0

[7]

First Place Play-Off

3 March 1955
Cork 1-5 – 0-6 Kildare

Cork advance to knockout stages

Knockout stages

Semi-Finals

24 April 1955
Meath 1-9 – 1-8 Armagh

17 April 1955
Dublin 0-12 – 0-9 Cork

Final

8 May 1955
Dublin 2-12 – 1-3 Meath
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 42,916[11]
Referee: Sean Cleary (Tipperary)[12]

References

  1. ↑ Mayo results archive, 1954
  2. ↑ GAA Final Teams
  3. ↑ GAA Archive
  4. ↑ "Unpleasant incidents in poor game at Coalisland", Irish Independent, 20 December 1954, p.9
  5. ↑ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 31/03/1955, p. 9
  6. ↑ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 14/03/1955, p. 8
  7. ↑ "National League Placings", Irish Press, 14/03/1955, p. 8
  8. ↑ "Cork Take Honours as Kildare miss chances", Irish Independent, 4 March 1955, p.11
  9. ↑ "Thrills galore as Meath reach League final", Irish Independent, 25 April 1955, p. 9
  10. ↑ "Summary of GAA Results", Irish Independent, 18 April 1955, p. 11
  11. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  12. ↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151


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