1955–56 National Football League (Ireland)

1955–56 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1955 – 13 May 1956
League champions
Winners	Cork (2nd win)
Captain	Dermot O'Sullivan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Meath
Captain	Tom O'Brien
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 National Football League was the 25th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Cork beat Meath in the final.^[1]^[2]

Results

Finals

Cork v Meath

13 May 1956
Final

Cork	0-8 – 0-7	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 35,849^[3]
Referee: Patsy Geraghty (Galway)^[4]

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ GAA Archive
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

National Football Leagues

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Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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