1948 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1948 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamTyrone (2nd win)
CaptainEddie Devlin
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtGalway

The 1948 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 17th 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.

Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions.

On 26 September 1948, Tyrone won the championship following an 0-11 to 1-5 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession.[1]

Results[]

Connacht Minor Football Championship[]

Munster Minor Football Championship[]

Ulster Minor Football Championship[]

Leinster Minor Football Championship[]

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship[]

Semi-Finals

Final

26 September 1948 Final Tyrone 0-11 - 1-05 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Eddie Devlin of Tyrone becomes the first player to captain a team to two All-Ireland titles.

References[]

  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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