1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Gaelic football competition

1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (6th win)
CaptainDes Foley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMayo
CaptainTom Rochford
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 2-10 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

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Mayo v Sligo
22 June 1958 Preliminary Round Mayo 5-07 – 1-04 Sligo James Stephens Park, Ballina
Roscommon v Leitrim
22 June 1958 Semi-Final Roscommon 1-06 – 0-08 Leitrim St Coman's Park, Roscommon
Mayo v Galway
29 June 1958 Semi-Final Mayo 4-13 – 1-04 Galway Tuam Stadium, Galway
Mayo v Roscommon
13 July 1958 Final Mayo 1-08 – 1-04 Roscommon St Coman's Park, Roscommon

Munster Minor Football Championship

Kerry v Waterford
13 July 1958 Final Kerry 3-11 – 0-04 Waterford Cork Athletic Grounds

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Down v Cavan
27 July 1958 Final Down 3-09 – 3-01 Cavan St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Dublin v Louth
20 July 1958[2] Final Dublin 2-10 – 1-06 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
L. Purcell, J. Sweeney 1-0 each, N. Fox 0-3, B. Beggs, P. Taylor 0-2 each, D. Foley, S. King (sub), B. McDonald 0-1 each P. McKenna 1-0, J. Malone 0-3, P. McDonnell, B. O'Hare, J. Woods 0-1 each 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 (Na Fianna)
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)

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Mayo v Kerry
24 August 1958 Semi-Final Mayo 4-05 - 3-05 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin v Down
31 August 1958 Semi-Final Dublin 3-05 - 0-09 Down Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Dublin v Mayo
28 September 1958[3] Final Dublin 2-10 - 0-08 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P. Silke (Galway)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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

References

  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.
  3. ^ "Dublin Minors Set Record". Evening Herald. 29 September 1958.
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