1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (17th win)
CaptainJames Murphy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamArmagh
CaptainSeán Quinn
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
← 1952
1954 →

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

Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3 years.

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

Results

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Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Galway1–8 – 0–2Leitrim
Sligo1–6 – 2–6Mayo
P Carney (1–3, one point a‘50’), M Mulderrig (0–1), P Solan (0–1) & S O’Donnell (1–1).
Roscommon4–4 – 0–3Galway

Final

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Roscommon1–6 – 0–6Mayo
P Carney (0–3, frees), M Flanagan (0–1) & P Solan (0–2).
Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Wicklow4–7 – 2–10Longford
Carlow1–9 – 2–1Kildare
S.Brennan 1–1, T.McCarthy 1–0
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 (Laois)
Louth1–10 – 0–4Wicklow
Offaly0–7 – 1–7Wexford
Referee: W Delaney (Laois)
Louth1–7 – 1–6Meath

Final

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File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth1–07 – 0–07File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford
Hugh O'Rourke (1–0), Jim McDonnell (0–3, 1f), Dermot O'Brien (0–2), Peadar Smith (0–1), John Callan (0–1) Rory Deane (0–6, 4f), Billy Kelly (0–1)
Attendance: 28,739
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)
GK 1 Niall O'Neill (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB 2 Jack Bell (St Mary's)
FB 3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB 4 Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB 5 Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)
CHB 6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB 7 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Hubert Reynolds (Oliver Plunketts)
MF 9 Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
RHF 10 Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF 11 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LHF 12 Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
RCF 13 John Callan (St Mary's)
FF 14 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c)
LCF 15 Hugh O'Rourke (Civil Service, Dublin)
Substitutes:
16 Jim Conlon (Stabannon Parnells) for Tuft
GK 1 Joe O'Neill (Ferns St Aidan's)
RCB 2 John Morris (St John's Volunteers)
FB 3 Nick Redmond (Banba, Dublin)
LCB 4 John Fardy (Gusserane O'Rahilly's)
RHB 5 Mick O'Hanlon (Gusserane O'Rahilly's)
CHB 6 Willie Goodison (St John's Volunteers)
LHB 7 John J. Culleton (Gusserane O'Rahilly's)
MF 8 Padge Kehoe (St Aidan's, Enniscorthy)
MF 9 Aidan McCormack (St Aidan's, Ballymitty)
RHF 10 Larry Larkin (Gusserane O'Rahilly's)
CHF 11 Billy Rackard (Rathnure)
LHF 12 Rory Deane (Bunclody)
RCF 13 Billy Kelly (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)
FF 14 Nicky Rackard (Rathnure) (c)
LCF 15 Des O'Neill (Rathnure)
Substitutes:
16 Matt Foley (Gusserane O'Rahilly's) for Larkin

Munster Senior Football Championship

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Waterford2–4 – 0–4Tipperary
Referee: J. White
Kerry6–10 – 0–2Clare
P. Sheehy (3–3), T. Lyne (0–2), J. Brosnan (0–2), S. Kelly (1–2) & J. Lyne (2–1).
Cork1–7 – 1–5Waterford
D. Kellaher (1–1), T. Kelleher (0–2), M. Cahill (0–3) & J. J. Henichion (0–1)

Final

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Kerry2–7 – 2–3Cork
P. Sheehy (0–1), T. Lyne (0–4), J. Brosnan (0–1), S. Kelly (1–0), J. Lyne (0–1) & Sub T. Ashe (1–0). N. Fitzgerald (1–0), D. Kellaher (0–1), N. Duggan (0–1) & M.Cahill (0–1).

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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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

Final

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Armagh1–6 – 0–5Cavan
Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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File:Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh0–8 – 0–7File:Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
Attendance: 40,372
File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry3–6 – 0–10File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth
T. Ashe (2–0), S. Kelly (1–1), P. Sheehy (0–2), T. Lyne (0–1), G. O'Sullivan (0–1) M. Brosnan (0–1) J. McDonnell (0–7, 3f), J. Regan (0–2), P. Smith (0–1)
Attendance: 62,408
GK 1 Johnny Foley (Kerins O'Rahilly's)
RCB 2 James Murphy (Garda, Cork)
FB 3 Ned Roche (Knocknagoshel)
LCB 4 Donie Murphy (Killarney Legion)
RHB 5 Colm Kennelly (Ballylongford)
CHB 6 John Cronin (Milltown/Castlemaine)
LHB 7 Seán Murphy (Geraldines, Dublin)
MF 8 Brendan O'Shea (Multyfarnham, Westmeath)
MF 9 Bobby Buckley (UCC, Cork)
RHF 10 Paudie Sheehy (UCC, Cork) (c)
CHF 11 Jim Brosnan (UCC, Cork)
LHF 12 Tadhg Lyne (Dr Crokes)
RCF 13 Tom Ashe (Dingle)
FF 14 Seán Kelly (Civil Service, Dublin)
LCF 15 Jackie Lyne (Killarney Legion)
Substitutes:
16 Gerald O'Sullivan (St Mary's) for Jim Brosnan
17 Mixie Palmer (Kenmare) for Kennelly
18 Mick Brosnan (UCC, Cork) for Palmer
19 Jim Brosnan for Ashe
GK 1 Niall O'Neill (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB 2 Jim Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
FB 3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)
LCB 4 Jim Tuft (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHB 5 Paddy McArdle (St Mary's)
CHB 6 Paddy Markey (St Mary's)
LHB 7 Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Hubert Reynolds (Oliver Plunketts)
MF 9 Michael McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
RHF 10 Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF 11 Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)
LHF 12 Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)
RCF 13 Kevin Beahan (St Mary's)
FF 14 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) (c)
LCF 15 Hugh O'Rourke (Civil Service, Dublin)
Substitutes:
16 Jack Bell (St Mary's) for Tuft
17 Kevin Connolly (Cooley Kickhams) for O'Rourke
18 Paddy Beahan (St Mary's) for O'Brien
19 Fintan Wynne (St Bride's) for Smith
20 Peter Judge (Oliver Plunketts) for Jim Conlon

Final

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Main article: 1953 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry0–13 – 1–6File:Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
J. Brosnan (0–4), J. J. Sheehan (0–3), T. Lyne (0–4), T. Ashe (0–1) & J.Lyne (0–1). M. McEvoy (1–2), G. O'Neill (0–2), J. Cunnningham & B. Seeley (0–1).
Attendance: 86,155
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Leitrim return to Connacht championship after 3-year break.
  • 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.
  • Munster semi-final between Kerry and Clare caused Clare to withdraw from the championship for a year due to a one-sided game 6–10 to 0–2.
  • 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 Ireland final but are beaten by Kerry.

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