1935 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1935 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Mayo (1st win)
Captain	Billy Durkin
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Tipperary
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Declared void
Connacht	Mayo

The 1935 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the seventh 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.

Tipperary entered the championship as defending champions.

On 22 September 1935, Mayo won the championship following a 1–6 to 1–1 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title. ^[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Mayo v Sligo

Final

Mayo

2-02 – 1-04

Sligo

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Louth v Dublin

14 July 1935 [2] Final	Louth	1-07 – 1-06	Dublin	Croke Park
	J. McKeever 1-0, P. Dwyer (2f), L. McEntee 0-2 each, G. Hall, J. Duffy, J. McArdle 0-1 each		P. Daly 1-0, T. McCallion 0-2, J. Carey, W. Reyburn, J. Delaney (f), J. Fogarty 0-1 each	Referee: P. Ratty (Meath)

GK 1 Tom Butler (St. Mary's College) RCB 2 Leo Burns (Dundalk Young Irelands) FB 3 Brendan Corcoran (St. Mary's College) LCB 4 James Callaghan (Ardee Defenders) RHB 5 Patsy Dunne (Woodington Rangers, Drogheda) CHB 6 Hugh McNamee (St Bride's) LHB 7 Peter Killen (Cooley Kickhams) MF 8 Eamonn Devlin (St. Mary's College) MF 9 Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) RHF 10 Jim Duffy (Dundalk Gaels) CHF 11 Paddy Dwyer (Woodington Rangers, Drogheda) LHF 12 Jimmy McKeever (Glyde Rangers) RCF 13 Joe Marron (Dundalk Young Irelands) FF 14 Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels) LCF 15 Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels) Substitutes: 16 Pat Tuite (Dundalk Gaels) for Callaghan

GK 1 W. Browne (Peadar Mackens) RCB 2 G. Diffney (St Vincent's) FB 3 M. Tobin (Peadar Mackens) LCB 4 W. Reburn (St Sylvester's) RHB 5 M. O'Callaghan (O'Toole's) CHB 6 J. Barnes (Innisfails) LHB 7 J. Fagan (O'Toole's) MF 8 T. McCann (St Vincent's) MF 9 J. Delaney (Peadar Mackens) RHF 10 A. Doyle (St Michael's) CHF 11 T. McCallion (O'Toole's) LHF 12 J. Fogarty (St Marnock's) RCF 13 P. Daly (O'Toole's) FF 14 C. O'Connor (St Vincent's) LCF 15 J. Carey (Peadar Mackens)

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Tyrone v Donegal

Final

Tyrone

2-02 - 2-01

Donegal

Munster Minor Football Championship

Tipperary v Cork

Final

Tipperary

3-05 - 0-04

Cork

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Mayo v Louth

25 August 1935Draw

Mayo

1-04 - 1-04

Louth

Croke Park

Louth v Mayo

15 September 1935 [3] [4] [5] Replay	Louth	1-02 - 3-05	Mayo	James Stephens Park, Ballina
	L. McEntee 1-1 (1f), P. Dwyer 0-1		P. Judge 2-0, P. Rocke 1-1, M.J. Carney 0-2, D. Egan, T. McNicholas 0-1 each	Attendance: 2,500 Referee: J.V. Kelly (Longford)

GK 1 Tom Butler (St. Mary's College) RCB 2 Patsy Dunne (Woodington Rangers, Drogheda) FB 3 Joe Marron (Dundalk Young Irelands) LCB 4 James Callaghan (Ardee Defenders) RHB 5 Larry Waller (Dowdallshill) CHB 6 Hugh McNamee (St Bride's) LHB 7 Frank Rock (St. Mary's College) MF 8 Eamonn Devlin (St. Mary's College) MF 9 Paddy Dwyer (Woodington Rangers, Drogheda) RHF 10 Jim Duffy (Dundalk Gaels) CHF 11 Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) LHF 12 Patrick Walker (Woodington Rangers, Drogheda) RCF 13 Jimmy McKeever (Glyde Rangers) FF 14 Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels) LCF 15 Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels)

GK 1 Dermot McNamara (Ballycastle) RCB 2 Tommy Hannon (Ballyhaunis) FB 3 Billy Durkin (Swinford) LCB 4 Joe Sammon (Ballyhaunis) RHB 5 Paddy Irwin (Castlebar Mitchels) CHB 6 Paddy O'Malley (Ballintubber) LHB 7 J.J. McLoughlin (Ballina Stephenites) MF 8 Paddy Judge (Bonniconlon) MF 9 Tom McNicholas (Swinford) RHF 10 Denis Egan (Castlebar Mitchels) CHF 11 Michael O'Malley (Louisburgh) LHF 12 John Keane (Claremorris) RCF 13 Michael Joe Carney (Castlebar Mitchels) FF 14 Paddy Rocke (Castlebar Mitchels) LCF 15 Paddy Quinn (Killala)

Final

Mayo v Tipperary

22 September 1935	Mayo	1-06 - 1-01	Tipperary	Croke Park
				Referee: P.J. Masterson (Cavan)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• In the Ulster final, Down defeated Donegal by 2–2 to 2–1, however, an objection to the result was launched by the Donegal County Board. A counter objection was later launched by the Down County Board before the Ulster Council declared the championship null and void. Donegal were later nominated to represent Ulster in the All-Ireland semi-final.

References

1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. "Last-Minute Victory - Louth Just Beat Dublin In Minor Final". Irish Press . 15 July 1935.
3. "Louth Minors Well Beaten At Ballina". The Argus . 21 September 1935.
4. "Louth Lose Interval Lead At Ballina". Connaught Telegraph . 21 September 1935.
5. "Mayo looking for 7th Heaven". Connaught Telegraph . 20 September 2000.