1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMayo (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamClare
Provincial Champions
MunsterClare
LeinsterWestmeath
LouthArmagh
ConnachtMayo

The 1953 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 22nd 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.

Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.

On 27 September 1953, Mayo won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-6 defeat of Clare in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in fifteen championship seasons.[1]

Results[]

Connacht Minor Football Championship[]

Munster Minor Football Championship[]

Leinster Minor Football Championship[]

Ulster Minor Football Championship[]

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship[]

Semi-finals

23 August 1953 Semi-final Clare 1-10 - 0-02 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
30 August 1953 Semi-final Mayo 5-02 - 1-05 Armagh Pearse Park, Longford

Final

27 September 1953 Final Mayo 2-11 - 1-06 Clare Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Clare win the Munster Championship for the first time since 1930.

References[]

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