1945 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1945 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Dublin (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Mayo
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Monaghan
Connacht Leitrim

The 1945 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 14th 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. As a result of the Emergency this was the first championship to be staged since 1941.

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

On 23 September 1945, Dublin won the championship following a 4-7 to 0-4 defeat of Leitrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title and their first in twelve championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Munster Minor Football Championship

Ulster Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Final

23 September 1945Final Dublin 4-07 - 0-04 Leitrim Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.