1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to October, 1956. Galway were the winners, defeating Cork in the final.
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Galway (4th win) |
| Captain | Jack Mangan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kildare |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Galway |
| Championship statistics | |
| Top Scorer | Frank Stockwell |
| Player of the Year | Seán Purcell |
← 1955 1957 → | |
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Munster Senior Football Championship
Ulster 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 (1940-1942).
- 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.
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