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.GAA Final TeamsTerrace talk 1959
Format
Group stage
Division IV
Final
Group A TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 4 3 1 0 7 Advance to knockout phase 4 2 2 0 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 0 0 4 0 "Placings in Football League", Irish Independent, 2 March 1959, p.11
Group B TeamPldWDLPtsStatus 3 3 0 0 6 3 2 0 1 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 0
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links , a British Pathé newsreel of the final