1954–55 National Football League (Ireland)

The 1954–55 National Football League was the 24th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

1954–55 National Football League

League details
Dates	October 1954 – 8 May 1955
League champions
Winners	Dublin (2nd win)
Captain	Denis Mahony
League runners-up
Runners-up	Meath
Captain	Patsy Ratty
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

Dublin beat Meath in the first all-Leinster final.^[1][2][3]

Format

A rob robin system as usual.

League Tables

Division I (Dr Lagan Cup)

Final

19 December 1954

Armagh	1-5 – 1-1	Donegal

Coalisland^[4]

Referee: S.Deignan Cavan

Division II

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Meath	6	6	0	0	12	Qualified for knockout stage
Cavan	6	4	0	2	8
Mayo	4	3	0	1	6
Westmeath	6	3	0	3	6
Longford	6	1	1	4	3
Leitrim	4	0	1	3	1
Sligo	4	0	0	4	0

^[5]

Division III

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Dublin	6	5	1	0	11	Qualified for knockout stage
Wicklow	6	5	0	1	10
Louth	6	4	0	2	8
Galway	6	3	1	2	7
Offaly	6	2	0	4	4
Laois	5	0	0	5	0
Roscommon	5	0	0	5	0

^[6]

Division IV

Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Status
Kildare	6	5	0	1	10	Qualified for play-off
Cork	6	5	0	1	10
Kerry	6	4	0	2	8
Wexford	6	3	0	3	6
Carlow	5	2	0	3	4
Tipperary	6	1	0	5	2
Waterford	5	0	0	5	0

^[7]

First-place play-off

3 March 1955

Cork	1-5 – 0-6	Kildare

Cork Athletic Grounds^[8]

Cork advance to knockout stages

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

24 April 1955

Meath	1-9 – 1-8	Armagh

Croke Park, Dublin^[9]

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17 April 1955

Dublin	0-12 – 0-9	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin^[10]

Final

8 May 1955

3:15 p.m.

Dublin	2-12 – 1-3	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 42,916^[11]

Referee: Seán Cleary (Tipperary)^[12]

References

1. Mayo results archive, 1954
2. GAA Final Teams
3. GAA Archive^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Unpleasant incidents in poor game at Coalisland", Irish Independent, 20 December 1954, p.9
5. "National League Placings", Irish Press, 31/03/1955, p. 9
6. "National League Placings", Irish Press, 14/03/1955, p. 8
7. "National League Placings", Irish Press, 14/03/1955, p. 8
8. "Cork Take Honours as Kildare miss chances", Irish Independent, 4 March 1955, p.11
9. "Thrills galore as Meath reach League final", Irish Independent, 25 April 1955, p. 9
10. "Summary of GAA Results", Irish Independent, 18 April 1955, p. 11
11. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
12. "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151