1966 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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1966 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners London (2nd win)
CaptainNoel O'Reilly
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Cork
Captain Donal Sheehan [1]
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Louth
Ulster Down
Connacht Galway
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1967 →

The 1966 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 45th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

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Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Down in the All-Ireland semi-final. [2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 23 October 1966 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between London and Cork, in what was their second ever meeting in the final. London won the match by 1–06 to 0–08 to claim their second championship title overall and a first tile in 28 years. [3] [4]

Results

Leinster Junior Football Championship

10 August 1966 [5] [6] [7] [8] Final (After Extra-time) Colours of Louth.svg Louth 3-14 - 3-12 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Croke Park
Lynch (1-6), Nugent (1-2), Duff (1-2), Judge (0-3), McCarthy (0-1)J. Kane (1-9), Gleeson (1-2), Dillon (1-0), Conway (0-1)Referee: K. Kenworthy (Dublin)
GK1Dickie Kieran (St Kevin's)
RCB2Dermot Drumgoole (St Joseph's)
FB3 Séamus Kirk (St Bride's)
LCB4Jim Mooney (Naomh Máirtín)
RHB5Benny Grogan (St Kevin's)
CHB6Larry Geraghty (Mattock Rangers)
LHB7Joe Gogarty (Geraldines)
MF8Donal Matthews (Mattock Rangers)
MF9Ollie Geraghty (Mattock Rangers)
RHF10Harry McCarthy (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11Kevin Lynch (Geraldines)
LHF12Peter Shevlin (Naomh Fionnbarra)
RCF13 Danny Nugent (Newtown Blues)
FF14Jim Judge (Newtown Blues)
LCF15Patrick Duff (St Fechin's) (c)
Substitutes:
16Peter Donnelly (Stabannon Parnells) for Grogan
17Derry Maguire (St Bride's) for Shevlin
18Peter Shevlin for O. Geraghty
19Gerry McFadden (O'Connells) for Gogarty
20Liam Smith (Wolfe Tones) for Matthews
21Paddy McGlew (St Fechin's) for Mooney
GK1Willie Hennessy (Ballymore)
RCB2Tom Kane (Sallins)
FB3Tom Foley (Rheban)
LCB4Willie Harris (Rheban)
RHB5J.J. Cahill (Eadestown)
CHB6John Murphy (Milltown)
LHB7Seán Brennan (Ballyteague)
MF8John Kane (Sallins)
MF9Pat Brereton (Ballykelly)
RHF10Jimmy Dalton (Sallins)
CHF11Mick Nugent (Ballyteague)
LHF12John Donoghue (Grange)
RCF13Ollie Harrington (Ardclough)
FF14Jim Dillon (Suncroft)
LCF15Liam Gleeson (Monasterevan)
Substitute:
16Paddy Conway (Ballymore) for Harrington

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

14 August 1966 [9] Colours of Cork.svg Cork 0-10 - 0-06 Colours of Louth.svg Louth Cork Athletic Grounds
T. Bourke (0-5), Sheehan (0-1), Kelleher (0-1), White (0-1), Evans (0-1), Roche (0-1)Lynch (0-3), McCarthy (0-2), Nugent (0-1)
GK1George McCarthy (St Finbarr's)
RCB2 Johnny O'Flynn (Kilshannig)
FB3 Tom Bermingham (Grange)
LCB4Andy Burke (Bandon)
RHB5Johnny O'Leary (Nemo Rangers)
CHB6 John O'Halloran (UCC)
LHB7Mick Healy (St Finbarr's)
MF8 Jim Downing (Urhan)
MF9 Donal Sheehan (Na Piarsaigh)
RHF10 Tommy Burke (Millstreet)
CHF11John Murphy (Douglas)
LHF12Con Roche (St Finbarr's)
RCF13Con Kelleher (Millstreet)
FF14 Bob Honohan (Mitchelstown)
LCF15John White (Nemo Rangers)
Substitutes:
16Denis McCarthy (Kilmurry) for Murphy
17Robert Evans (O'Donovan Rossa) for Downing
GK1Dickie Kieran (St Kevin's)
RCB2Dermot Drumgoole (St Joseph's)
FB3 Séamus Kirk (St Bride's)
LCB4Jim Mooney (Naomh Máirtin)
RHB5Peter Donnelly (Stabannon Parnells)
CHB6Larry Geraghty (Mattock Rangers)
LHB7Gerry McFadden (O'Connells)
MF8Benny Grogan (St Kevin's)
MF9Ollie Geraghty (Mattock Rangers)
RHF10Harry McCarthy (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF11Kevin Lynch (Geraldines)
LHF12Peter Shevlin (Naomh Fionnbarra)
RCF13 Danny Nugent (Newtown Blues)
FF14Jim Judge (Newtown Blues)
LCF15Patrick Duff (St Fechin's) (c)
Substitutes:
16Danny Culligan (St Joseph's) for Kirk
17Gerry Kelly (St Bride's) for Drumgoole
18Donal Matthews (Mattock Rangers) for Grogan
14 August 1966 Colours of Down.svg Down 0-10 - 1-04 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Páirc Esler

All-Ireland home final

11 September 1966Home final Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2-12 - 0-10 Colours of Down.svg Down Croke Park

All-Ireland final

23 October 1966 [10] Final Colours of London.svg London 1-06 - 0-08 Colours of Cork.svg Cork Gaelic Grounds
Referee: T. Cunningham (Galway)

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References

  1. ↑ "Convincing Win for Cork Juniors in 'Home' Final". The Southern Star . 17 September 1966.
  2. ↑ "Galway profile". Hogan Stand . Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Cork profile". Hogan Stand . Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Junior football". Munster GAA . Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "1966 was last win for the Louth men". Drogheda Independent . 18 July 1997.
  6. ↑ "Special night for men of 66". The Argus . 27 September 2006.
  7. ↑ "Louth through to All-Ireland Semi-Final". The Argus . 13 August 1966.
  8. ↑ "Kildare's second-raters go down fighting". The Nationalist and Leinster Times . 12 August 1966.
  9. ↑ "Leg-Weary Louth fall to Lively Cork in Junior Semi-Final". The Argus . 20 August 1966.
  10. ↑ "Glenflesk / London GAA Link-Up to Honour 1966 Heroes". Maine Valley Post. 8 June 2017.
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