The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Cork ended Galway's spell an All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final.
Louth won their third, and so-far last, title.
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Connacht Final
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Leinster Final
GK1 Seán Óg Flood (Dundalk Young Irelands)RCB2 Ollie Reilly (Hunterstown Rovers)FB3 Tom Conlon (Stabannon Parnells)LCB4 Jim Meehan (Naomh Mhuire)RHB5 Peadar Smith (Oliver Plunketts)CHB6 Jim McArdle (Roche Emmets)LHB7Stephen White (Dundalk Young Irelands)MF8 Kevin Beahan (Seán McDermotts, Dublin)MF9 Dan O'Neill (St Dominic's)RHF10 Séamus O'Donnell (Cooley Kickhams) CHF11Dermot O'Brien (St Mary's)LHF12 Alfie Monk (Naomh Mhuire)RCF13 Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)FF14Jimmy McDonnell (Darver Volunteers)LCF15Jim Roe (St Mary's) Substitutes: 16 Barney McCoy (St Mary's) for Reilly 17 Frank Lynch (Geraldines) for Monk GK1 Paddy O'Flaherty (Beann Éadair)RCB2 Denis Mahony (St Vincents)FB3 Jimmy Lavin (St Vincents)LCB4 Tony Gillen (Clanna Gael)RHB5 Maurice Whelan (St Vincents)CHB6 Marcus Wilson (St Vincents)LHB7 Lar Foley (St Vincents)MF8 Jim Crowley (St Vincents)MF9 Paddy Downey (St Brigid's)RHF10 Des Ferguson (St Vincents)CHF11Ollie Freaney (St Vincents)LHF12 Cathal O'Leary (St Vincents)RCF13 Roger Conroy (Parnells)FF14 Kevin Heffernan (St Vincents)LCF15 Johnny Boyle (Air Corps)Substitutes: 16 Nicky Maher (St Vincents) for Foley 17 Paddy Barrett (Ballyboughal) for Conroy 18 Paddy Heron (St Vincents) for Freaney
Munster Senior Football Championship
Munster Final
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Ulster Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All Ireland Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
Wicklow record their first ever win over Meath. Waterford record their first win over Kerry since 1911. The Munster semi-final between Cork vs Clare was the first match to be played at Charleville since 1935. The Connacht final between Galway and Leitrim was the first game ever played at the new Pearse Stadium, in Galway, named after both brothers of the 1916 rising Padraic Pearse and William Pearse. Louth win the All Ireland title for the first time since 1912. There were a number of first-time championship meetings: The All Ireland football semi-final between Louth and Tyrone and the All Ireland final between Louth and Cork.
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