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1958–59 National Football League (Ireland)

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1958–59 National Football League
League details
DatesOctober 1958 – 10 May 1959
League champions
WinnersKerry (5th win)
CaptainJohn Dowling
League runners-up
Runners-upDerry
CaptainJim McKeever[1]
Other division winners
Division 2Leitrim


The 1958–59 National Football League was the 28th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Leitrim reached their first and only NFL semi-final, and Derry reached their first final, where they lost to Kerry.[2][3]

Format

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Group stage

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Division IV

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Final

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22 March 1959 Final Kerry 5-15 — 1-2 Waterford Clonmel[4]

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

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Derry3-7 – 1-6Leitrim

Kerry3-8 – 0-5Offaly

Final

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Kerry2-8 – 1-8Derry
Jim Brosnan 1-1; Tom Long 1-0; Dan McAuliffe 0-3; Paudie Sheehy 0-2; Dave Geaney, John Dowling 0-1 each
Attendance: 32,405[7]
Referee: M McArdle (Louth)[8]

References

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  1. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  2. ^ GAA Final Teams
  3. ^ Terrace talk 1959
  4. ^ "Terrace Talk :: Kerry Football :: 1959 League".
  5. ^ "Placings in Football League", Irish Independent, 2 March 1959, p.11
  6. ^ "Derry's easy passage to final", Irish Independent, 13 April 1959, p. 13
  7. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
  8. ^ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
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