The 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was won by Dublin, who beat Derry in the final. The championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is a series of games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and played during the summer and early autumn. A young Martin O'Neill was at the game with his mother, his older brother played in the final.
Louth were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.
Roll of Honour Kerry - 18 (1955) Dublin - 16 (1958) Wexford - 5 (1918) Cavan - 5 (1952) Galway - 4 (1956) Kildare - 4 (1928) Tipperary - 4 (1920) Louth - 3 (1957) Mayo - 3 (1951) Cork - 3 (1945) Meath - 2 (1954) Roscommon - 2 (1944) Limerick - 2 (1896)
Results
15 June 1958 Quarter-Final
Mayo 3-10 – 1-6 Sligo J Nallen (0-1), J Fleming (0-1), F O’Leary (0-3), S Gallagher (0-1); T Treacy (1-2), J O’Connell (2-1), L Malone (0-1).
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bill Jackson (Roscommon)
Galway 2-9 – 0-6 Mayo W Shannon (0-1), J Nallen (0-1), S Gallagher (0-1); T Treacy (0-3, one free),
Attendance: 22,122
Referee: Mick Higgins (Cavan)
Final Attendance: 12,000
Referee: J. Mulvey
27 April 1958 Preliminary Round
27 April 1958 Preliminary Round
11 May 1958 Preliminary Round
Attendance: 10000
Referee: P McDermott (Meath)
Offaly 1-11 – 1-6 Kildare K.O'Malley 2-5, E.Treacy 0-2, E.Hogan 0-1
Attendance: 25000
Referee: P McDermott (Meath)
Attendance: 26703
Referee: J Canavan
Final Dublin 1-11 – 1-06 Louth Ollie Freaney 0-6f, Kevin Heffernan 1-1, John Timmons 0-2, Paddy Farnan 0-2 Kevin Beahan 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-4f, 1 '50), Jim McDonnell 0-1
Attendance: 27,689
Referee: John Dowling (
Offaly )
15 June 1958 Quarter-Final
Kerry 1-6 – 0-7 Tipperary M. O'Dwyer (1-1), P. Sheehy (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-1) & G. McMahon (0-1)
Referee: C. Crowley (Waterford)
Cork 1-11 – 1-4 Waterford N. Fitzgerald (0-1), T. Furlong (1-1), C. O’Sullivan (0-3) & D. Kelleher (0-4).
Final Kerry 2-7 – 0-3 Cork Garry McMahon 2-2, John Dowling 0-4 (0-1f), Paudie Sheehy 0-1 Eric Ryan (0-1f), Tim O'Leary, Denis Kelleher 0-1 each
Attendance: 21,858
Referee: P. Silke (Limerick)
15 June 1958 Quarter-Final
15 June 1958 Quarter-Final
22 June 1958 Quarter-Final
29 June 1958 Quarter-Final, 1st Replay
An objection was made and a replay ordered
6 July 1958 Quarter-Final, 2nd Replay
Final
All-Ireland series August 17, 1958 Semi-Final
August 24, 1958 Semi-Final
Derry 2-6 – 2-5 Kerry T. Lyne (2-2), G. McMahon (0-1) & P.Sheehy (0-2).
Final September 28, 1958 Final Report
Dublin 2-12 – 1-9 Derry O. Freaney 0-7, K. Hefferan 0-3, P. Franan 1-1, J. Joyce 1-0 & J. Timmons 0-1. S. O'Connell 0-5, O. Gribbin 1-1, B. Mullan, D. McKeever & J. McKeever 0-1.
Attendance: 73,371
Referee: Simon Deignan (
Cavan )
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous Derry play in their first All Ireland final also win their first Ulster championship final but lose to Dublin . There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The Derry /Kerry All Ireland semi-final was their first championship meeting and the All Ireland final was the first championship meeting of Dublin /Derry .
References ^ "The Reign is Over". The Argus . 26 July 1958. Pre-1928
Beginning of Sam Maguire
80-minute experiment
Post-experiment
Qualifiers and quarter-finals era
Associated competitions Statistics and awards