1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMeath (2nd win)
CaptainPeter McDermott
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
CaptainJohn Dowling
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterMeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
← 1953
1955 →

The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 68th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

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

Note the Munster football championship did not have Quarter-Finals. Limerick did not take part (1953-1964) while Clare skipped a year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo4-9 – 1-7Roscommon
P Irwin (0-1), J Nallen; F Leonard, T Langan (0-3), S O’Donnell; M Flanagan (2-1), D O’Neill (1-3, two frees) & P Solan (1-1).
Attendance: 15,000
Sligo1-8 – 1-7Leitrim
Galway2-4 – 1-5Mayo
T Langan (0-1), S O’Donnell (0-1) & D O’Neill (0-3).
Attendance: 5,000
Galway2-10 – 3-4Sligo
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Longford1-6 – 0-7Laois
Kildare1-5 – 0-8Carlow
P.White 0-3, L.McCormack 0-1, P.Mooney 0-1
Kildare1-9 – 2-6
A.E.T.		Carlow
L.McCormack 1-1, P.White, S.Harrison 0-2, D.Dalton 0-1
Meath1-9 – 1-8Wicklow
Kildare1-7 – 1-6Carlow
D.Dalton 1-1. P.White 0-3, R.Swan 0-2, M.Byrne, F.Marron, P.Mooney 0-1
Dublin0-11 – 0-2Louth
Longford1-7 – 1-4Westmeath
Wexford0-7 – 1-5Offaly
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Meath3-2 – 0-5Kildare
P.Mooney 0-3, P.White, S.Harrison 0-2, L.McCormack 0-1
Dublin2-4 – 2-5Offaly
Referee: W Goodison (Wexford)
Meath2-9 – 1-5Longford
Meath4-7 – 2-10Offaly
Tom Moriarty 2-0, Paddy Meegan 1-3 (0-3f), Peter McDermott 1-1, Paddy Connell, Michael Grace, Billy Ratigan 0-1 each Paddy Casey 1-4 (1-2f), Johnny Kinahan 1-0, Christy Carroll 0-2, Sean Foran, Mick Furlong, Alo Kelly (0-1f), Paddy Fenlon 0-1 each
Attendance: 44,109
Referee: Bill Goodison (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Note there were no Quarter-Final's were played Limerick didn't complete (1953-1964) while Clare decided to skip the Munster championships for just 1 year. This means that Kerry, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford would go on straight to the Semi-Final's with the winners of both matches qualify for the final.

Kerry3-10 – 1-2Waterford
T. Moriarty (0-1), C. Kennelly (0-1), J. J. Sheehan (0-1) P. Sheehy (0-2), B. Buckley (2-1), S. Kelly (0-2) & J. Lyne (1-2).
Cork3-11 – 2-7Tipperary
D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-2), J. Hartnett (2-0), N. Duggan (0-1), P. Harrington (0-1), J. J. Henichion (0-1) & Sub J. Lowery (1-5).
Referee: J. O'Connell (L)
Kerry4-9 – 2-3Cork
P. Sheehy (0-3), T. Moriarty (0-1), T. Lyne (0-1), J. Brosnan (2-1), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (1-1). J. O’Donovan (2-1) & J. J. Henichion (0-2).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Tyrone1-7 – 1-5Donegal
Derry4-11 – 3-4Down
Armagh1-8 – 1-6Antrim
Attendance: 4,000
Cavan3-8 – 2-5Monaghan
Armagh1-12 – 2-6Derry
Cavan3-10 – 2-10Tyrone
Cavan2-10 – 2-5Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Meath1-5 – 0-7Cavan
Attendance: 42,123
Kerry2-6 – 1-6Galway
P. Sheehy (1-1), T. Lyne (1-3), J. Brosnan (0-1) & S. Kelly (0-1).
Attendance: 40,740
Meath1-13 – 1-7Kerry
J. J. Sheehan (1-1), J. Brosnan (0-2) & T. Lyne (0-4).
Attendance: 75,276
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Munster championship did not have Quarter-finals, due to Limerick 2nd year not taking part while Clare skipped the year.
  • Galway end a 9 year wait for the Connacht football title.
  • The All Ireland final was Meath's first ever win over Kerry in history.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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