1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Results

[Connacht [Senior Football Championship]]

[Leinster [Senior Football Championship]]

[Munster Senior Football Championship]

[Ulster Senior Football Championship]

[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Kildare win their first Leinster title since 1935 and was their last until 1998.
• Tyrone win their first Ulster title.
• The All Ireland semi-final between Galway and Tyrone was their first meeting between the 2 teams.
• The All Ireland final between Galway and Cork gave Galway won their 4th All Ireland title on the day after a 3 in a row of defeats between.
• An outbreak of polio in Cork and the fear of a spread of the disease to Dublin due to an influx of Cork supporters lead to the postponement of the All-Ireland final until 7 October 1956.