The 1958 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Meath entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.
On 28 September 1958, Dublin won the championship following a 2-10 to 0-8 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first in two championship seasons.
Results Connacht Minor Football Championship
Munster Minor Football Championship
Ulster Minor Football Championship
Leinster Minor Football Championship
GK1 Kieran Donnelly (Synge Street)RCB2 Noel Joyce (O'Connell Boys)FB3 Paddy Holden (Clanna Gael)LCB4 Donal Mulligan (O'Toole's)RHB5 Derek Jones (St Brendan's, Loughshinny)CHB6 Tony Whelan (Synge Street)LHB7 Mick Kissane (St Vincent's)MF8 Des Foley (St Vincent's) (c)MF9 Tom O'Reilly (Na Fianna)RHF10 Paddy Taylor (St Agnes)CHF11 Brian McDonald (Synge Street)LHF12 Noel Fox (St Vincent's)RCF13 Jimmy Sweeney (Clanna Gael)FF14 Liam Purcell (Na Fianna)LCF15 Brian Beggs (Skerries Harps) GK1 Paddy Gallagher (Roche Emmets)RCB2 Tony Stafford (Naomh Mhuire)FB3 Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots)LCB4 Ollie Kemp (Dundalk Gaels)RHB5 Séamus Hallinan (Newtown Blues)CHB6 Brian Mitchell (Clann Mhuire)LHB7 Tom Coleman (Baile Philib)MF8 Peter McKenna (Newtown Blues)MF9 Brian O'Hare (Dundalk Gaels)RHF10 Jim Malone (Hunterstown Rovers)CHF11 Kieran Judge (Newtown Blues)LHF12 Barney Carroll (Cooley Kickhams)RCF13 John Woods (Clann Mhuire)FF14 Davy Byrne (St Fursey's)LCF15 Paddy McDonnell (Newtown Blues)
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship statistics Miscellaneous
Down win the Ulster Championship for the first time in their history.
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