1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 67th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (17th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
← 1952
1954 →

Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Galway1–8 – 0–2Leitrim
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Sligo1–6 – 2–6Mayo
Roscommon4–4 – 0–3Galway
Roscommon1–6 – 0–6Mayo
St. Coman's Park, Roscommon
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Wicklow4–7 – 2–10Longford
Carlow1–9 – 2–1Kildare
Louth2–11 – 0–5Westmeath
Meath2–6 – 2–5Dublin
Attendance: 29,753
Wexford1–9 – 0–11Laois
Offaly1–7 – 0–9Carlow
Attendance: 11,745
Referee: W Delaney
Louth1–10 – 0–4Wicklow
Offaly0–7 – 1–7Wexford
Referee: W Delaney
Louth1–7 – 1–6Meath
Louth1–7 – 0–7Wexford

Munster Senior Football Championship
Waterford2–4 – 0–4Tipperary
Referee: J. White
Kerry6–10 – 0–2Clare
Cork1–7 – 1–5Waterford
Kerry2–7 – 2–3Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship
Derry1–11 – 2–5Down
Tyrone8–7 – 0–3Donegal
Armagh1–8 – 1–4Antrim
Attendance: 6,000
Cavan2–7 – 0–2Monaghan
Cavan2–10 – 2–4Tyrone
Armagh4–11 – 1–5Derry
Armagh1–6 – 0–5Cavan
Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Armagh0–8 – 0–7Roscommon
Attendance: 40,372
Kerry3–6 – 0–10Louth
Attendance: 62,408
Main article: 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Kerry0–13 – 1–6Armagh
Attendance: 86,155

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • O'Kennedy Park GAA Grounds replaces Barrett's Park, in New Ross in honor of Seán O'Kennedy.
  • Casement Park, opens in Belfast named after a 1916 rising leader Roger Casement.
  • Louth play Westmeath in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1938.
  • The Leinster semi-final between Louth and Meath was a historic 9th year in a row of meeting in the Leinster championship a famous 13th meeting between them in 9 years.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Roscommon and Armagh was the first championship meeting between them.
  • Armagh play in their first All Ieland final but are beaten by Kerry.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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