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
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
1957
1959

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo3-10 – 1-6Sligo
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bill Jackson (Roscommon)

Leitrim0-11 – 0-9Roscommon
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 10,000

Galway2-9 – 0-6Mayo
Attendance: 22,122
Referee: Mick Higgins (Cavan)

Galway2-10 – 1-11Leitrim
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: J. Mulvey

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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
Attendance: 25000
Referee: P McDermott (Meath)

Dublin3-9 – 2-7Carlow

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

Dublin1-11 – 1-6Louth

Munster Senior Football Championship

Waterford3-9 – 1-7Clare

Kerry1-6 – 0-7Tipperary
Referee: C. Crowley (Waterford)

Cork1-11 – 1-4Waterford

Kerry2-7 – 0-3Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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

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

All-Ireland series

Dublin2-7 – 1-9Galway

Derry2-6 – 2-5Kerry

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

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.
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