The 1956 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 68th staging of the
Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the
Cork County Board in
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
.
Lees entered the championship as the
defending champions.
On 25 November 1956,
St. Finbarr's won the championship following a 3-05 to 0-04 defeat of
Millstreet in the final.
This was their first championship title.
Results
Final
Miscellaneous
*
St Finbarr's win their first title.
*
St Finbarr's become the first club since
Midleton in 1916 to win titles in both football and hurling as a single club.
*
Millstreet qualify for their last final to date.
References
{{Cork Senior Football Championship
Cork Senior Football Championship