1953 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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| type = Junior

| year = 1953

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| connacht = Mayo

| munster = Cork

| leinster = Longford

| ulster = Derry

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| team = Cork

| titles = 2nd

| captain = John Lyons

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| team2 = Lancashire

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| previous = 1952

| next = 1954

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The 1953 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 32nd staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten in the Leinster Junior Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Meath/Profile|title=Meath profile|date=|publisher=Hogan Stand website|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}}

The All-Ireland final was played on 10 October 1953 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Cork and Lancashire, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 1–11 to 1–04 to claim their second championship title overall and a first tile since 1951.{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Cork/Profile|title=Cork profile|date=|publisher=Hogan Stand website|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/junior-football/|title=Junior football|date=29 May 2009|publisher=Munster GAA website|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://sportsmanager.ie/cake/gaa2/lancashiregaa/contentPage/368360/h_i_s_t_o_r_y_o_f_t_h_e_g_a_a_i_n_l_i_v_e_r_p_o_o_l|title=The History of the GAA in Liverpool|date=|publisher=Lancashire GAA website|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}}