1970 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 1970
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (3rd win)
Captain	Joe Corcoran
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Ger Power
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Derry
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
	← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 39th 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 in search of a record-breaking fourth successive All-Ireland title, however, they were defeated by Kerry on a scoreline of 4–9 to 1–11 in the Munster final.

On 25 October 1970, Galway won the championship following a 1–11 to 1–10 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final.^[1]^[2] This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons.

Results[]

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship[]

Semi-finals

9 August 1970 Semi-final	Galway	3-12 - 0-10	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Tobin 2-8, M Burke 1-1, M Rooney 0-2, I Barrett 0-1.		P Hickey 0-3, PJ Reid 0-2, D Clarke 0-2, P Byrne 0-2, S McCarthy 0-1.	Referee: P Greene (Antrim)

23 August 1970 Semi-final	Kerry	2-10 - 0-11	Derry	Croke Park, Dublin
	PB Brosnan 1-2, J Murphy 0-5, G Power 1-0, P Lynch 0-2, G O'Keeffe 0-1.		S Mullan 0-5, M O'Neill 0-2, B Kelly 0-2, P Lennon 0-1, E Laverty 0-1.	Referee: M Connaughton (Mayo)

Finals

27 September 1970 Final	Galway	1-08 - 2-05	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
	S Tobin 0-5, I Barrett 1-1, M Rooney 0-2.		G O'Keeffe 1-0, C O'Connell 1-0, J Murphy 0-2, M O'Sullivan 0-1, P Lynch 0-1, J Long 0-1.	Referee: L Maguire (Monaghan)

25 October 1970 Final replay	Galway	1-11 - 1-10	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Lardner 1-3, J Tobin 0-3, M Walsh 0-2, M Rooney 0-2, P Silke 0-1.		J Long 0-6, G Power 1-1, D Moore 0-2, J Egan 0-1.	Referee: P Greene (Antrim)

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time in its history.

References[]

^ Carney, Jim (8 December 2010). "40th anniversary of Galway Minor football team's stunning All-Ireland Final victory over Kerry". The Tuam Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Kenny, Tom (9 June 2011). "Galway minors, All Ireland champions 1970". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

[1] Carney, Jim (8 December 2010). "40th anniversary of Galway Minor football team's stunning All-Ireland Final victory over Kerry". The Tuam Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Kenny, Tom (9 June 2011). "Galway minors, All Ireland champions 1970". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 7 July 2017.

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