1955–56 League of Ireland

Football league season

League of Ireland
Season	1955–56
Champions	St Patrick's Athletic (3rd title)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	520 (3.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Shay Gibbons (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Shelbourne 7–1 Limerick Waterford 7–1 Limerick Shamrock Rovers 6–0 Transport
Biggest away win	Transport 1–6 Waterford
Highest scoring	Waterford 8–3 Transport
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 League of Ireland was the 35th season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.

St Patrick's Athletic were the defending champions.

Changes from 1954–55 season

No new teams were elected to the League.

Dublin

Bray

Cork

Dundalk

Sligo

Limerick

Waterford

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Locations of the 1954–55 League of Ireland teams

St Patrick's Athletic won their third title.

Source: RSSSF, foot.dk

Home \ Away	BOH	CAT	DRU	DUN	EVE	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	STP	TRA	WAT
Bohemians	—	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	3–1
Cork Athletic	1–0	—	4–3	5–0	1–0	4–1	0–2	3–3	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–0
Drumcondra	1–1	2–0	—	2–5	2–3	2–0	3–4	2–2	3–1	2–0	4–2	1–4
Dundalk	0–1	2–0	3–2	—	0–1	3–3	1–2	3–2	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–2
Evergreen United	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	—	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	4–2
Limerick	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	—	2–1	2–2	4–1	3–4	3–2	1–3
Shamrock Rovers	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	—	2–1	4–0	2–1	6–0	1–2
Shelbourne	3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	7–1	1–2	—	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–4
Sligo Rovers	6–2	4–3	4–0	4–2	0–3	3–2	0–4	4–2	—	1–3	4–0	5–3
St Patrick's Athletic	3–1	3–2	4–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	2–4	3–2	4–0	—	3–2	2–0
Transport	2–1	3–1	1–3	5–3	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–6	—	1–2
Waterford	2–0	5–3	3–1	5–1	3–1	7–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–3	8–3	—

Source: Extratime.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shay Gibbons	St Patrick's Athletic	21
2	Paddy Ambrose	Shamrock Rovers	20
3	Paddy O'Rourke	St Patrick's Athletic	17
4	Gerry Malone	Shelbourne	15
5	Johnny Armstrong	Sligo Rovers	14
6	Jack Walsh	Sligo Rovers	12
7	Jack Fitzgerald	Waterford	11
	Mick Lipper	Limerick
	Sonny Price	Waterford
10	Francie Callan	Dundalk	10
10	Eddie Doran	Evergreen United	10

League of Ireland Premier Division

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Seasons

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Awards

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Domestic leagues	Albania '55 '56 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '55 '56 Czechoslovakia '55 '56 Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '55 '56 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary '55 '56 Iceland '55 '56 Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '55 '56 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 '56 Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Finland '55 '56 France East Germany '56 West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '55 '56 Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '55 '56 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania '55 '56 Scotland Soviet Union '55 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia '55
League cups	Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Group stage) Mitropa Cup