1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Louth (1st win)
Captain	Larry McEntee
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Tom O'Connor
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Mayo

The 1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the eighth 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.

Mayo entered the championship as defending champions.

On 27 September 1936 Louth won the championship following a 5-01 to 1-08 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final, after leading by five points at the interval. This was their first All-Ireland title. ^[1]

The victorious Louth team included several players from neighbouring counties who were boarding pupils at St. Mary's College, then the dominant side in Louth minor football. One of the boarders was captain Larry 'Lal' McEntee from Nobber, County Meath, whose nephew Dr. Gerry McEntee won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in both 1987 and 1988 with Meath. ^{[2] [3]}

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Mayo v Sligo

Final

Mayo

4-09 - 1-08

Sligo

Munster Minor Football Championship

Kerry v Tipperary

Final

Kerry

1-05 - 1-02

Tipperary

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Louth v Wexford

19 July 1936 [4] [5] Final	Louth	3-06 - 2-00	Wexford	Croke Park
	J. McArdle 1-3, L. McEntee 1-2, J. Cunningham 1-0, D. Brady 0-1		J. Lacey, J. Gethings 1-0 each	Referee: Seán O'Neill (Dublin)

GK 1 Aloysius Lynn (St. Mary's College) RCB 2 Pat Tuite (Dundalk Gaels) FB 3 Leo Burns (Dundalk Young Irelands) LCB 4 Frank Rock (St. Mary's College) RHB 5 Peter Killen (Cooley Kickhams) CHB 6 Larry Waller (Dowdallshill) LHB 7 Vincent O'Dowda (Dundalk Young Irelands) MF 8 Donal Brady (St. Mary's College) MF 9 Michael Campbell (Cooley Kickhams) RHF 10 James Reilly (Wolfe Tones) CHF 11 Steve Gaughran (Dundalk Gaels) LHF 12 Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) (c) RCF 13 Jim Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands) FF 14 Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels) LCF 15 Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels) Substitutes: 16 Kevin O'Dowda (St. Mary's College) for Reilly

GK 1 D. Sheehan (Starlights) RCB 2 N. Butler (St John's Volunteers) FB 3 B. Corish (St John's Volunteers) (c) LCB 4 A. Hendrick (Starlights) RHB 5 T. Hurley (St John's Volunteers) CHB 6 T. Donnelly (Starlights) LHB 7 W. Dobbs (Starlights) MF 8 M. Kilby (Good Counsel College) MF 9 J. Murphy (Starlights) RHF 10 P. Dunbar (Starlights) CHF 11 W. Howlin (St John's Volunteers) LHF 12 J. Lacey (Cassagh) RCF 13 T. Roche (St John's Volunteers) FF 14 E. Roice (St John's Volunteers) LCF 15 J. Gethings (St John's Volunteers)

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Antrim v Tyrone

Final

Antrim

2-07 - 2-04

Tyrone

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Kerry v Mayo

9 August 1936Semi-Final

Kerry

1-01 - 0-03

Mayo

Roscommon

Louth v Antrim

30 August 1936Semi-Final

Louth

3-08 - 1-03

Antrim

Athletic Grounds, Dundalk

Louth v Kerry

27 September 1936 [6] Final	Louth	5–01 - 1–08	Kerry	Croke Park
	J. McArdle 2-0, L. McEntee, J. Cunningham, G. Hall 1-0 each, D. Brady 0-1		T. Scannell 1-1, P. Sexton 0-3, T. O'Sullivan, P. Breen, T. Brosnan, T. O'Connor 0-1 each	Referee: Tom Shevlin (Roscommon)

GK 1 Aloysius Lynn (St. Mary's College) RCB 2 Pat Tuite (Dundalk Gaels) FB 3 Leo Burns (Dundalk Young Irelands) LCB 4 Frank Rock (St. Mary's College) RHB 5 Michael Cunningham (Wolfe Tones) CHB 6 Larry Waller (Dowdallshill) LHB 7 Vincent O'Dowda (Dundalk Young Irelands) MF 8 Donal Brady (St. Mary's College) MF 9 Eugene McGrath (Cooley Kickhams) RHF 10 James Reilly (Wolfe Tones) CHF 11 Kevin O'Dowda (St. Mary's College) LHF 12 Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) (c) RCF 13 Jim Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands) FF 14 Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels) LCF 15 Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels) Substitutes: 16 Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) for Michael Cunningham

GK 1 P. Kennedy (Dingle CBS) RCB 2 G. Teehan (Keel) FB 3 J. Keohane (John Mitchels) LCB 4 P. Dowling (Ardfert St Brendan's) RHB 5 C. O'Sullivan (Tralee CBS) CHB 6 W. Casey (Dingle CBS) LHB 7 T. Healy (John Mitchels) MF 8 D. Healy (John Mitchels) MF 9 T. O'Connor (Dingle CBS) (c) RHF 10 P. Sexton (Dr Crokes) CHF 11 T. O'Sullivan (Dingle CBS) LHF 12 T. Lyne (Killarney Legion) RCF 13 P. Breen (Castleisland Desmonds) FF 14 B. Scannell (Coláiste na Mumhan, Mallow) LCF 15 T. Brosnan (Dingle CBS) Substitutes:

References

1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat . 15 July 2017.
3. "Bridie McEntee, Nobber". Meath Chronicle . 9 July 2014.
4. "Wexford's Minor Footballers". New Ross Standard . 17 July 1936.
5. "Louth Minors Retain Leinster Championship". Dundalk Democrat . 25 July 1936.
6. "Kerry Fall To Louth Minors". Cork Examiner . 28 September 1936.