1946 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1946 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (4th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Dublin
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Mayo

The 1946 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 15th 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.

Contents

Dublin entered the championship as defending champions.

On 6 October 1946, Kerry won the championship following a 3-7 to 2-3 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title and their first in ten championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Munster Minor Football Championship

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Ulster Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Final

6 October 1946Final Kerry 3-07 - 2-03 Dublin 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.