1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Ulster Senior Football Championship
{{Short description|Football championship}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Football All-Ireland
|image=
|year=1954
|team= Meath
|titles=2nd
|captain= Peter McDermott
|manager=
|team2= Kerry
|captain2= John Dowling
|manager2=
|top scorer=
|leinster=Meath
|munster=Kerry
|ulster=Cavan
|connacht=Galway
|poty=
|matches=
|previous=1953
|next=1955
}}
The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 68th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Meath were the winners.{{Cite web |url=http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html |title=Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA |access-date=2011-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030727/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}
Note the Munster football championship did not have Quarter-Finals. Limerick did not take part (1953-1964) while Clare skipped a year.
Results
=[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]=
{{football box
|date=13 June 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}
|score = 4-9 – 1-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Roscommon|football}}
|goals1 = P Irwin (0-1), J Nallen; F Leonard, T Langan (0-3), S O’Donnell; M Flanagan (2-1), D O’Neill (1-3, two frees) & P Solan (1-1).
|goals2 =
|stadium = McHale Park, Castlebar
|attendance =15,000
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=27 June 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
|score = 1-8 – 1-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Leitrim|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Carrick-on-Shannon
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=4 July 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|score = 2-4 – 1-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = T Langan (0-1), S O’Donnell (0-1) & D O’Neill (0-3).
|stadium = Tuam Stadium, Tuam
|attendance =5,000
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=18 July 1954
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|score = 2-10 – 3-4
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Tuam Stadium, Tuam
|attendance =15,000
|referee =
}}
===Leinster Senior Football Championship===
{{football box
|date= 9 May 1954
Preliminary Round
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Longford|football}}
|score =1-6 – 0-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Laois|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 23 May 1954
Preliminary Round
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|score =1-5 – 0-8
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Carlow|football}}
|goals1 = P.White 0-3, L.McCormack 0-1, P.Mooney 0-1
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 30 May 1954
Preliminary Round 1st Replay
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|score =1-9 – 2-6
A.E.T.
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Carlow|football}}
|goals1 = L.McCormack 1-1, P.White, S.Harrison 0-2, D.Dalton 0-1
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 13 June 1954
Preliminary Round
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|score =1-9 – 1-8
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Wicklow|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 13 June 1954
Preliminary Round 2nd Replay
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|score =1-7 – 1-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Carlow|football}}
|goals1 = D.Dalton 1-1. P.White 0-3, R.Swan 0-2, M.Byrne, F.Marron, P.Mooney 0-1
|goals2 =
|stadium = Geraldine Park, Athy
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=23 May 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score =0-11 – 0-2
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Drogheda Park, Drogheda
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=30 May 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Longford|football}}
|score =1-7 – 1-4
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Westmeath|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Pearse Park, Longford
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=30 May 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Wexford|football}}
|score =0-7 – 1-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
|attendance =
|referee = W Delaney (Laois)
}}
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{{football box
|date= 27 June 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|score =3-2 – 0-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = P.Mooney 0-3, P.White, S.Harrison 0-2, L.McCormack 0-1
|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=4 July 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score =2-4 – 2-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
|attendance =
|referee = W Goodison (Wexford)
}}
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{{football box
|date=11 July 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|score =2-9 – 1-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Longford|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Pearse Park, Longford
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=25 July 1954
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|score = 4-7 – 2-10
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|goals1 = Tom Moriarty 2-0, Paddy Meegan 1-3 (0-3f), Peter McDermott 1-1, Paddy Connell, Michael Grace, Billy Ratigan 0-1 each
|goals2 = Paddy Casey 1-4 (1-2f), Johnny Kinahan 1-0, Christy Carroll 0-2, Sean Foran, Mick Furlong, Alo Kelly (0-1f), Paddy Fenlon 0-1 each
|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
|attendance = 44,109
|referee = Bill Goodison (Wexford)
}}
=[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]=
Note there were no Quarter-Final's were played Limerick didn't complete (1953-1964) while Clare decided to skip the Munster championships for just 1 year. This means that Kerry, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford would go on straight to the Semi-Final's with the winners of both matches qualify for the final.
{{football box
|date=4 July 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 3-10 – 1-2
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Waterford|football}}
|goals1 = T. Moriarty (0-1), C. Kennelly (0-1), J. J. Sheehan (0-1) P. Sheehy (0-2), B. Buckley (2-1), S. Kelly (0-2) & J. Lyne (1-2).
|goals2 =
|stadium = Walsh Park, Waterford
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=4 July 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cork|football}}
|score = 3-11 – 2-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Tipperary|football}}
|goals1 = D. Kellaher (0-1), N. Fitzgerald (0-2), J. Hartnett (2-0), N. Duggan (0-1), P. Harrington (0-1), J. J. Henichion (0-1) & Sub J. Lowery (1-5).
|goals2 =
|stadium = Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
|attendance =
|referee = J. O'Connell (L)
}}
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{{football box
|date=25 July 1954
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 4-9 – 2-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Cork|football}}
|goals1 = P. Sheehy (0-3), T. Moriarty (0-1), T. Lyne (0-1), J. Brosnan (2-1), S. Kelly (1-2) & J. Lyne (1-1).
|goals2 = J. O’Donovan (2-1) & J. J. Henichion (0-2).
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]=
{{football box
|date= 13 June 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Tyrone|football}}
|score = 1-7 – 1-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Donegal|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = O'Neill Park, Dungannon
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 13 June 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Derry|football}}
|score = 4-11 – 3-4
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Down|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 10 July 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Armagh|football}}
|score = 1-8 – 1-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Casement Park, Belfast
|attendance = 4,000
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 27 July 1954
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|score = 3-8 – 2-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 4 July 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Armagh|football}}
|score = 1-12 – 2-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Derry|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Casement Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 11 July 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|score = 3-10 – 2-10
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Tyrone|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=25 July 1954
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|score = 2-10 – 2-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Armagh|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]=
{{football box
|date=1 August 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|score = 1-5 – 0-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
|attendance = 42,123
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=15 August 1954
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 2-6 – 1-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|goals1 = P. Sheehy (1-1), T. Lyne (1-3), J. Brosnan (0-1) & S. Kelly (0-1).
|goals2 =
|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
|attendance = 40,740
|referee =
}}
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{{main|1954 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final}}
{{football box
|date=26 September 1954
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|score = 1-13 – 1-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|goals1 = P. Meegan (0-5), T. Monriaty (1-2), B. Smyth (0-3), McDonnll 0-2 & P. McDermott (0-1).
|goals2 = J. J. Sheehan (1-1), J. Brosnan (0-2) & T. Lyne (0-4).
|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
|attendance = 75,276
|referee = Simon Deignan (Cavan)
}}