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1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 20th 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.

1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamRoscommon (3rd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamArmagh
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtRoscommon

Kerry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Armagh in the All-Ireland semi-final.[1]

On 23 September 1951, Roscommon won the championship following a 2-7 to 1-5 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in seven championship seasons.[3][4]


Results edit

Connacht Minor Football Championship edit

(Roscommon awarded title after objection)[5]

Quarter-final

Mayo 1-4 Sligo 0-5 Ballymote.

Semi-finals

Roscommon 3-5 Mayo 0-2

Galway 2-8 Leitrim 2-5

Final

  Roscommon 2–04 - 1–08   Galway

Leinster Minor Football Championship edit

Final[6]

22 July 1951   Louth 3–09 - 2–05   Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin
GK 1 Pat McMahon (Dowdallshill)
RCB 2 George Carroll (St Dominic's)
FB 3 Fintan Wynne (St Bride's)
LCB 4 Brendan Donohue (Dundalk Gaels)
RHB 5 Eugene King (St Dominic's)
CHB 6 Michael Brennan (Ardee Minors) (c)
LHB 7 Peter Judge (Newtown Blues)
MF 8 Benny Toal (Clan Na Gael)
MF 9 Pat McKevitt (Clan Na Gael)
RHF 10 Harry Rogers (Ardee Minors)
CHF 11 Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHF 12 Kevin Beahan (Ardee Minors)
RCF 13 Niall Craven (Roche Emmets)
FF 14 Peter McDonnell (Ardee Minors)
LCF 15 Phil Hearty (Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
GK 1 J. Reynolds
RCB 2 P. Hughes
FB 3 L. Moran
LCB 4 E. Cahill
RHB 5 D. Egan
CHB 6 J. Clarke
LHB 7 G. Burke
MF 8 J. Butler
MF 9 F. Eivers
RHF 10 M. Gunning
CHF 11 P. Dunne
LHF 12 J. Kirrane
RCF 13 D. O'Sullivan
FF 14 J. Quinn
LCF 15 P. Walsh
Substitutes:
16 A. Kiernan

Munster Minor Football Championship edit

Final

  Kerry 0–07 - 0–03   Cork

Ulster Minor Football Championship edit

Final

  Armagh 3–01 - 1–04   Cavan

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship edit

Semi-Finals edit

(Armagh/Kerry went to a replay)

23 September 1951   Armagh 2–03 - 0–07   Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
25 November 1951[7][8]   Roscommon 2–05 - 1–03   Louth CBS Roscommon


Final edit

(Croke Park, Dublin)[9]

16 December 1951
  Roscommon 2–07 – 1–05   Armagh
(HT: 1–04 - 1–03)
GK 1 P. Muldoon
RCB 2 O. Murray
FB 3 J. Lynch
LCB 4 E. O'Connor
RHB 5 B. Molloy (c)
CHB 6 T. Finnegan
LHB 7 G. Healey
MF 8 H. Connolly
MF 9 J. Rafferty
RHF 10 J. O'Brien
CHF 11 J. Campbell
LHF 12 E. Duignan
RCF 13 L. Duffy
FF 14 M. Shivnan
LCF 15 H. Penny
Substitutes:
16 M. Kelly
GK 1 G. Murphy
RCB 2 G. Donnelly
FB 3 B. Seeley
LCB 4 T. Moore
RHB 5 D. Skelton
CHB 6 E. Quinn
LHB 7 M. Grimley
MF 8 S. McCreesh
MF 9 B. O'Neill
RHF 10 T. Dillon
CHF 11 J. Hanratty
LHF 12 J. Crossey
RCF 13 J. Kiernan
FF 14 P. McArdle
LCF 15 D. McCorry
Substitutes:

References edit

  1. ^ "Last-minute goal gave Armagh victory". Frontier Sentinel. 29 September 1951.
  2. ^ "ON THIS DAY: ROSCOMMON CROWNED ALL-IRELAND MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS 70 YEARS AGO". Roscommon Herald. 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Roscommon profile". Hogan Stand.
  5. ^ "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Louth Minors win Leinster Title". The Argus. 28 July 1951.
  7. ^ "Louth Minors go down fighting". The Argus. 1 December 1951.
  8. ^ "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Surprise defeat of Armagh Minors". The Derry People. 22 December 1951.
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