Championship details | |
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All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Dublin (7th win) |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Cavan |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Dublin |
Ulster | Cavan |
Connacht | Galway |
The 1959 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 28th 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.
Dublin entered the championship as defending champions.
On 27 September 1959, Dublin won the championship following an 0-11 to 1-4 defeat of Cavan in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession. It was also a fifth All-Ireland title in six championship seasons for Dublin. [1]
Mayo 4-15 Sligo 1-5 Quarter Final Mayo 3-9 Leitrim 4-4 Semi Final Galway 2-5 Roscommon 1-4 Galway 3-9- Mayo 1-8 Final
Semi-Finals
Cavan 2-3 Galway 0-8
Final
27 September 1959Final | Dublin | 0-11 - 1-04 | Cavan | Croke Park, Dublin |
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