1969 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1969 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCork (4th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDerry
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway

The 1969 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 38th 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.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions.

On 28 September 1969, Cork won the championship following a 2-7 to 0-11 defeat of Derry in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their third in succession.[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

10 August 1969 Semi-final Cork 4-09 - 1-08 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
31 August 1969 Semi-final Derry 0-14 - 3-04 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: T Cunningham (Galway)

Final

28 September 1969 Final Cork 2-07 - 0-11 Derry Croke Park, Dublin
D Barron 2-0, S Courtney 0-4, PJ Lonergan 0-2, D Curran 0-1. S Mullan 0-8, B Ward 0-1, M Moran 0-1, M O'Neill 0-1. Referee: B Lowth (Dublin)

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Cork achieve the double for the second time in their history, after earlier winning the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. They also become the second team after Dublin in 1956 to win three successive All-Ireland titles. Brian Murphy and Ger Hanley claim winners' medals in both All-Ireland victories.

References[]

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