All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football

The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.

Quick Facts Code, Founded ...

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Code	Football
Founded	1929
Region	Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Tom Markham Cup
Title holders	Derry (6th title)
Most titles	Kerry (16 titles)
Sponsors	Electric Ireland
TV partner(s)	RTÉ/TG4

The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Football Final being played on the third Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin as the curtain-raiser to the senior final.

The winners received the Tom Markham Cup, which is named in honour of former Clare figure Tom Markham.^[1]^[2]

Overview

The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship features players at under seventeen level (players must be under 17 on 1 January of the year of the competition. The first minor championship was played in 1929 when Clare were crowned the champions. The championship has been held every year since then except for a period during 'The Emergency'.^[3]

Kerry are the most successful team in minor football with 16 titles in total, closely followed on the winners list by Dublin on 11 and Cork on 11. Kerry also won an unequalled five-in-a-row from 2014 to 2018. Three teams have achieved three-in-a-rows – Kerry from 1931 to 1933; Cork from 1967 to 1969; and Dublin from 1954 to 1956. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21 and minor titles in the same year has been achieved on just one occasion, by Kerry in 1975.

Because teams will only play together for at most, about two or three years, unlike the senior competition, it is unusual that one county will dominate for periods any longer than this.

The current champions are Derry, who defeated Monaghan on 9 July 2023 to win 2023 All Ireland Minor Championship.

Wins listed by county

More information Team, Wins ...

	Team	Wins	Years won	Runners-up	Years runners-up
1	Kerry	16	1931, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018	13	1936, 1938, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1970, 1979, 1982, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2020
2	Cork	11	1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2019	9	1960, 1964, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2010
2	Dublin	11	1930, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1982, 1984, 2012	7	1946, 1948, 1978, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2011
4	Tyrone	8	1947, 1948, 1973, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010	5	1972, 1975, 1997, 2013, 2021
5	Mayo	7	1935, 1953, 1966, 1971, 1978, 1985, 2013	15	1930, 1933, 1940, 1947, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2022
6	Galway	7	1952, 1960, 1970, 1976, 1986, 2007, 2022	4	1994, 2016, 2018, 2019
7	Derry	6	1965, 1983, 1989, 2002, 2020, 2023	6	1969, 1980, 1981, 1995, 2007, 2017
8	Meath	4	1957, 1990, 1992, 2021	4	1977, 1993, 2002, 2012
	Down	4	1977, 1987, 1999, 2005	1	1966
	Roscommon	4	1939, 1941, 1951, 2006	0
11	Laois	3	1996, 1997, 2003	3	1932, 1967, 1998
12	Tipperary	2	1934, 2011	4	1935, 1955, 1984, 2015
	Armagh	2	1949, 2009	3	1951, 1957, 1992
	Cavan	2	1937, 1938	2	1952, 1959
	Louth	2	1936, 1940	2	1931, 1941
16	Offaly	1	1964	1	1989
	Westmeath	1	1995	1	1963
	Clare	1	1929	1	1953
19	Wexford	0		2	1937, 1950
	Leitrim	0		2	1945, 1956
	Monaghan	0		2	1939, 2023
	Longford	0		1	1929
	Sligo	0		1	1968
	Kildare	0		1	1973
	Donegal	0		1	2014

Wins listed by province

More information Province, Wins ...

	Province	Wins	Last Win	Biggest Contributor	Wins
1	Munster	30	2019 (Cork)	Kerry	16
2	Leinster	22	2021 (Meath)	Dublin	11
2	Ulster	21	2023 (Derry)	Tyrone	8
4	Connacht	18	2022 (Galway)	Mayo, Galway	7

The following counties have never won an All Ireland minor football title:

More information Province, County (Last final) ...

Province	County (Last final)
Leinster	Kildare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Longford, Carlow, Wicklow
Connacht	Leitrim, Sligo
Ulster	Antrim, Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan
Munster	Limerick, Waterford

Finals listed by year

More information Under-17 Competition, Year ...

Under-17 Competition
Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2023	Derry	1-13	Monaghan	0-09
2022^[4]	Galway	0-15	Mayo	0-09
2021	Meath	1-12	Tyrone	1-11
2020	Derry	2-12	Kerry	1-14
2019	Cork	3–20	Galway	3–14
2018	Kerry	0–21	Galway	1–14
Under-18 Competition
Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2017	Kerry	6–17	Derry	1–08
2016	Kerry	3–07	Galway	0–09
2015^[5]	Kerry	4–14	Tipperary	0–06
2014^[6]	Kerry	0–17	Donegal	1–10
2013	Mayo	2–13	Tyrone	1–13
2012^[7]	Dublin	0–14	Meath	1–05
2011^[8]	Tipperary	3–09	Dublin	1–14
2010^[9]	Tyrone	1–13	Cork	1–12
2009	Armagh	0–10	Mayo	0–07
2008	Tyrone	0–14, 1–20 (R)	Mayo	0–14, 1–15 (R)
2007	Galway	1–10	Derry	1–09
2006	Roscommon	0–15, 1–10 (R)	Kerry	0–15, 0–09 (R)
2005	Down	1–15	Mayo	0–08
2004	Tyrone	0–12	Kerry	0–10
2003	Laois	1–11, 2–10 (R)	Dublin	1–11, 1–09 (R)
2002	Derry	1–12	Meath	0–08
2001	Tyrone	0–15, 2–11 (R)	Dublin	1–12, 0–06 (R)
2000	Cork	2–12	Mayo	0–13
1999	Down	1–14	Mayo	0–14
1998	Tyrone	2–11	Laois	0–11
1997	Laois	3–11	Tyrone	1–14
1996	Laois	2–11	Kerry	1–11
1995	Westmeath	1–10	Derry	0–11
1994	Kerry	0–16	Galway	1–07
1993	Cork	2–07	Meath	0–09
1992	Meath	2–05	Armagh	0–10
1991	Cork	1–09	Mayo	1–07
1990	Meath	2–11	Kerry	2–09
1989	Derry	3–09	Offaly	1–06
1988	Kerry	2–05	Dublin	0–05
1987	Down	1–12	Cork	1–05
1986	Galway	3–08	Cork	2–07
1985	Mayo	3–03	Cork	0–09
1984	Dublin	1–09	Tipperary	0–04
1983	Derry	0–08	Cork	1–03
1982	Dublin	1–11	Kerry	1–05
1981	Cork	4–09	Derry	2–07
1980	Kerry	3–12	Derry	0–11
1979	Dublin	0–10	Kerry	1–06
1978	Mayo	4–09	Dublin	3–08
1977	Down	2–06	Meath	0–04
1976	Galway	1–10	Cork	0–06
1975	Kerry	1–10	Tyrone	0–04
1974	Cork	1–10	Mayo	1–06
1973	Tyrone	2–11	Kildare	1–06
1972	Cork	3–11	Tyrone	2–11
1971	Mayo	2–15	Cork	2–07
1970	Galway	1–08, 1–11 (R)	Kerry	2–05, 1–10 (R)
1969	Cork	2–07	Derry	0–11
1968	Cork	3–05	Sligo	1–10
1967	Cork	5–14	Laois	2–03
1966	Mayo	1–12	Down	1–08
1965	Derry	2–08	Kerry	2–04
1964	Offaly	0–15	Cork	1–11
1963	Kerry	1–10	Westmeath	0–02
1962	Kerry	6–05	Mayo	0–07
1961	Cork	3–07	Mayo	0–05
1960	Galway	4–09	Cork	1–05
1959	Dublin	0–11	Cavan	1–04
1958	Dublin	2–10	Mayo	0–08
1957	Meath	3–09	Armagh	0–04
1956	Dublin	5–14	Leitrim	2–02
1955	Dublin	4–04	Tipperary	2–07
1954	Dublin	3–03	Kerry	1–08
1953	Mayo	2–11	Clare	1–06
1952	Galway	2–09	Cavan	1–06
1951	Roscommon	2–07	Armagh	1–05
1950	Kerry	3–06	Wexford	1–04
1949	Armagh	1–07	Kerry	1–05
1948	Tyrone	0–11	Dublin	1–05
1947	Tyrone	4–04	Mayo	4–03
1946	Kerry	3–07	Dublin	2–03
1945	Dublin	4–07	Leitrim	0–04
1944	No Championship
1943	No Championship
1942	No Championship
1941	Roscommon	3–06	Louth	0–07
1940	Louth	5–05	Mayo	2–07
1939	Roscommon	1–09	Monaghan	1–07
1938	Cavan	3–03	Kerry	0–08
1937	Cavan	1–11	Wexford	1–05
1936	Louth	5–01	Kerry	1–08
1935	Mayo	1–06	Tipperary	1–01
1934	Tipperary *
1933	Kerry	4–01	Mayo	0–09
1932	Kerry	3–08	Laois	1–03
1931	Kerry	3–04	Louth	0–04
1930	Dublin	1–03	Mayo	0–05
1929	Clare	5–03	Longford	3–05

1934 Semi-finalists Dublin and Tyrone were disqualified – Tipperary were awarded the title

References

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"Cups & Trophies". GaaWeb. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
[2]
"New Tom Markham Cup commissioned". Hogan Stand. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
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"Cups & Trophies | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
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"Galway defeat Mayo to lift All-Ireland minor football title". RTÉ Sport. 8 July 2022.
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"All-Ireland MFC final: classy Kingdom cruise past Tipp". Hogan Stand. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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"Kerry win first minor title in 20 years". RTÉ.ie. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
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"Dublin 0–14 Meath 1–5". RTÉ News. 23 September 2012.
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"Tipp beat Dubs in minor football final". RTÉ Sport. 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
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"Tyrone hold out in face of fierce Cork finale". Irish Times. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.

Sources

Roll of Honour on www.gaainfo.com
Complete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible Archived 18 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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