1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the eighth 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.

1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLouth (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtMayo

Mayo entered the championship as defending champions.

On 27 September 1936, Louth won the championship following a 5-01 to 1-08 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]

The victorious Louth team included several players from neighbouring counties who were boarding pupils at St. Mary's College, then the dominant side in Louth minor football. One of the boarders was captain Larry 'Lal' McEntee from Nobber, County Meath, whose nephew Dr. Gerry McEntee won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in both 1987 and 1988 with Meath.[2][3]

Results edit

Connacht Minor Football Championship edit

Final

Mayo 4-09 - 1-08 Sligo

Munster Minor Football Championship edit

Final

Leinster Minor Football Championship edit

Final

  Louth3-06 - 2-01  Wexford
Referee: Seán O'Neill (Dublin)
GK 1 Aloysius Lynn (St. Mary's College)
RCB 2 Pat Tuite (Dundalk Gaels)
FB 3 Leo Burns (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LCB 4 Frank Rock (St. Mary's College)
RHB 5 Peter Killen (Cooley Kickhams)
CHB 6 Larry Waller (Dowdallshill)
LHB 7 Vincent O'Dowda (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Donal Brady (St. Mary's College)
MF 9 Michael Campbell (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF 10 James Reilly (Wolfe Tones)
CHF 11 Steve Gaughran (Dundalk Gaels)
LHF 12 Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) (c)
RCF 13 Jim Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels)
LCF 15 Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels)
Substitutes:
16 Kevin O'Dowda (St. Mary's College) for Reilly

Ulster Minor Football Championship edit

Final

Antrim 2-07 - 2-04 Tyrone

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship edit

Semi-Finals

9 August 1936 Kerry 1-01 - 0-03 Mayo Roscommon
30 August 1936 Louth 3-08 - 1-03 Antrim Dundalk


Final (Croke Park, Dublin)

27 September 1936
  Louth 5–01 1–08   Kerry
(HT: 3–0 - 0–04)
Gls: Jim McArdle (2-0), Larry McEntee (1-0), Jim Cunningham (1-0), Gerry Hall (1-0)
Pts: Donal Brady (0-01)

Referee: Tom Shevlin (Roscommon)
GK 1 Aloysius Lynn (St. Mary's College)
RCB 2 Pat Tuite (Dundalk Gaels)
FB 3 Leo Burns (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LCB 4 Frank Rock (St. Mary's College)
RHB 5 Michael Cunningham (Wolfe Tones)
CHB 6 Larry Waller (Dowdallshill)
LHB 7 Vincent O'Dowda (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Donal Brady (St. Mary's College)
MF 9 Eugene McGrath (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF 10 James Reilly (Wolfe Tones)
CHF 11 Kevin O'Dowda (St. Mary's College)
LHF 12 Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) (c)
RCF 13 Jim Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels)
LCF 15 Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels)
Substitutes:
16 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) for Michael Cunningham
GK 1 P. Kennedy (Dingle)
RCB 2 G. Teehan (Keel)
FB 3 J. Keohane (Tralee)
LCB 4 P. Dowling (Ardfert)
RHB 5 C. O'Sullivan (Tralee)
CHB 6 W. Casey (Dingle)
LHB 7 T. Healy (Tralee)
MF 8 D. Healy (Tralee)
MF 9 T. O'Connor (Dingle) (c)
RHF 10 P. Sexton (Killarney)
CHF 11 T. O'Sullivan (Dingle)
LHF 12 T. Lyne (Killarney)
RCF 13 P. Breen (Castleisland)
FF 14 T. Scannell (Ardfert)
LCF 15 T. Brosnan (Dingle)
Substitutes:

References edit

  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Bridie McEntee, Nobber". Meath Chronicle. 9 July 2014.