1940 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1940 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Louth (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Mayo
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Louth
Ulster Monaghan
Connacht Mayo

The 1940 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 12th 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.

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Roscommon entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.

On 22 September 1940, Louth won the championship following a 5–05 to 2–07 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title and their first in four championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Final

Mayo 8–05 – 1–06 Leitrim

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final (Croke Park, Dublin)

4 August 1940
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 3–05 1-06 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare
(HT: 1-05 - 1-03)
GK1Colm Browne (Cooley Kickhams)
RCB2Brendan Breen (Ardee minors)
FB3Brendan Burke (St. Mary's College) (c)
LCB4Kevin Flanagan (Ramblers)
RHB5Benny Fretwell (Cooley Kickhams)
CHB6Ned Reay (St Magdalene's)
LHB7Oliver Mohan (Ardee minors)
MF8Larry Murphy (Dowdallshill)
MF9Paddy Kelly (Ardee minors)
RHF10Gus Cahill (St. Mary's College)
CHF11Séamie McGivern (Ardee minors)
LHF12 Peter Corr (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCF13Phil McCourt (Castlebellingham)
FF14Jackie Kiernan (St Magdalene's)
LCF15George Brennan (Lann Léire)

Munster Minor Football Championship

Final

Kerry 1–03 – 1–02 Clare

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Final

Monaghan 0–08 – 0–04 Antrim

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

1 September 1940 Mayo 3–12 – 2–05 Kerry MacHale Park, Castlebar
18 August 1940 Louth 3–08 – 0–03 Monaghan Croke Park


Final (Croke Park, Dublin)

22 September 1940
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 5–05 2–07 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
(HT: 3–01 – 1–05 [2] )

Referee: Patrick Dunne (Dublin)
GK1Colm Browne [3] (Cooley Kickhams)
RCB2Brendan Breen (Ardee minors)
FB3Brendan Burke (St. Mary's College) (c)
LCB4Kevin Flanagan (Ramblers)
RHB5Benny Fretwell (Cooley Kickhams)
CHB6Ned Reay (St Magdalene's)
LHB7Oliver Mohan (Ardee minors)
MF8Larry Murphy (Dowdallshill)
MF9Paddy Kelly (Ardee minors)
RHF10Gus Cahill (St. Mary's College)
CHF11Séamie McGivern (Ardee minors)
LHF12 Peter Corr (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCF13Phil McCourt [4] (Castlebellingham)
FF14Jackie Kiernan (St Magdalene's)
LCF15George Brennan (Lann Léire)
Substitutes:
GK1A. Breslin
RCB2M. Galvin
FB3C. Long
LCB4J. McLaughlin
RHB5T. Acton
CHB6F. Mongey
LHB7S. Durkin
MF8M. Langan
MF9J. Ralph
RHF10J. Forkin
CHF11J.J. McGowan
LHF12A. McNally
RCF13J. Jennings
FF14T. Byrne
LCF15D. Loughrey
Substitutes:
16P. Browne for McNally

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References

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. "Minor Honours for Louth", Irish Independent , 23 September 1940
  3. "GAA star couldn't get out of barracks or into Croker". Drogheda Independent . 10 December 2004.
  4. "The death of a Louth great", The Argus , 14 January 1983