1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 11th 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.

1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Roscommon (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Monaghan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Westmeath
Ulster	Monaghan
Connacht	Roscommon

Cavan entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Monaghan in a replay of the Ulster final.

On 24 September 1939, Roscommon won the championship following a 1-9 to 1-7 defeat of Monaghan in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.

Results

Final

30 July

Westmeath	1-02–0-02	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

GK 1 H. Dunne RCB 2 T. O'Byrne FB 3 S. Casserley LCB 4 E. Martin RHB 5 J.F. Connolly CHB 6 E. Casey LHB 7 A. Coady MF 8 M. Reynolds MF 9 M. Meagher RHF 10 J. Delaney CHF 11 M. Farrelly LHF 12 D. Fox RCF 13 E. O'Rahilly FF 14 S. Cashin LCF 15 D. Lynam

GK 1 Colm Browne (Cooley Kickhams) RCB 2 Brendan Burke (St. Mary's College) FB 3 Joey Meade (St Magdalene's) LCB 4 P.J. White (Seán O'Mahony's) RHB 5 M.G. Kenny (St. Mary's College) CHB 6 Ned Reay (St Magdalene's) (c) LHB 7 E. McArdle (Dundalk Young Irelands) MF 8 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels) MF 9 Petie McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams) RHF 10 Jackie Kiernan (St Magdalene's) CHF 11 Plunkett O'Callaghan (Dundalk Young Irelands) LHF 12 Phil McCourt (Castlebellingham) RCF 13 Paddy Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands) FF 14 B. Ward (Round Towers, Dromiskin) LCF 15 Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands) Substitutes: 16 J. Coburn (Dundalk Young Irelands) for Ward

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-finals Roscommon v Cork 13 August 1939 Semi-final Roscommon 0-10 - 1-04 Cork Croke Park, Dublin Monaghan v Westmeath 20 August 1939 Semi-final Monaghan 0-05 - 1-01 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin Final Roscommon v Monaghan 24 September 1939 Final Roscommon 1-09 - 1-07 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin Championship statistics Miscellaneous In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts as Cork, Roscommon and Westmeath win the respective Munster, Connacht and Leinster titles for the first time. References