1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Roscommon (3rd win) |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Armagh |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Louth |
Ulster | Armagh |
Connacht | Roscommon |
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.
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
(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
Final[6]
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Final
Final
Semi-Finals
(Armagh/Kerry went to a replay)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Colours_of_Roscommon.svg/20px-Colours_of_Roscommon.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Colours_of_Cork.svg/20px-Colours_of_Cork.svg.png)
25 November 1951[7][8] | ![]() | 2–05 - 1–03 | ![]() | CBS Roscommon |
Final
(Croke Park, Dublin)[9]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Colours_of_Roscommon.svg/20px-Colours_of_Roscommon.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Colours_of_Armagh.svg/20px-Colours_of_Armagh.svg.png)
16 December 1951 |
![]() | 2–07 – 1–05 | ![]() |
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(HT: 1–04 - 1–03) |
Referee: Peter McDermott (Meath) |
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References
- ^ "Last-minute goal gave Armagh victory". Frontier Sentinel. 29 September 1951.
- ^ "ON THIS DAY: ROSCOMMON CROWNED ALL-IRELAND MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS 70 YEARS AGO". Roscommon Herald. 16 December 2021.
- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Roscommon profile". Hogan Stand.
- ^ "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Louth Minors win Leinster Title". The Argus. 28 July 1951.
- ^ "Louth Minors go down fighting". The Argus. 1 December 1951.
- ^ "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Surprise defeat of Armagh Minors". The Derry People. 22 December 1951.
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All-Ireland Minor Football Championship | |
Championships |
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- Connacht Championship
- Leinster Championship
- Munster Championship
- Ulster Championship