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The1956 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 25th staging of theAll-Ireland Minor Football Championship, theGaelic Athletic Association's premierinter-countyGaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Dublin entered the championship asdefending champions.

On 7 October 1956, Dublin won the championship following a 5-14 to 2-2 defeat ofLeitrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their fifth All-Ireland title overall and their third in succession.^[1]

Referee: Gus Cremin, from Kerry.

Quarter-Final

Mayo 2-10 Galway 2-6

Semi-Finals

Roscommon 1-9 Mayo 1-5.

Sligo 4-6 Leitrim 1-8 Ballinamore Replay.

Final

Roscommon 2-7 Sligo 1-6 Sligo.

Semi-Finals

Leitrim 1-9 Donegal 2-1

Final

• In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts asDonegal andLimerick win the respective Ulster and Munster titles for the first time.
• Dublin become the first team to win three successive All-Ireland titles.

• All-Ireland Minor Football Championships
• 1956 in Gaelic football

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