1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Mayo (3rd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Down
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Laois
Ulster Down
Connacht Mayo

The 1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 35th 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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Derry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Down in the Ulster final.

On 25 September 1966, Mayo won the championship following a 1–12 to 1–8 defeat of Down in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first title in 13 championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

1966Quarter-Final Leitrim Lost – Won Roscommon St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Semi-Finals

1966Semi-Final Mayo 4-01 – 0-07 Sligo Markievicz Park, Sligo
1966Semi-Final Galway Lost – Won Roscommon St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Final

17 July 1966Final Mayo 1-09 – 0-07 Roscommon MacHale Park, Castlebar

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

1966Preliminary round Kildare 2-12 – 1-01 Wicklow Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
1966Preliminary round Wexford 3-12 – 0-07 Wicklow Páirc Uí Shíocháin, Gorey
1966Preliminary round Carlow 3-06 – 1-05 Westmeath St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
1966Preliminary round Longford 3-03 – 0-04 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Quarter-Finals

1966Quarter-Final Meath 1-04 – 0-08 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
1966Quarter-Final Offaly 0-10 – 0-04 Kildare O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
1966Quarter-Final Laois 4-10 – 0-07 Carlow O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
1966Quarter-Final Dublin 4-02 – 3-09 Longford O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Semi-Finals

1966Semi-Final Offaly 2-10 – 1-06 Longford Páirc Tailteann, Navan
1966Semi-Final Wexford 3-01 – 2-05 Laois St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy

Final

24 July 1966Final Laois 1-10 – 0-07 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

1966Preliminary round Tyrone 3-11 – 0-04 Cavan

Quarter-Finals

1966Quarter-Final Antrim 2-04 – 1-09 Cavan O'Neill Park, Dungannon
1966Quarter-Final Tyrone 1-18 – 0-07 Armagh Pairc Esler, Newry
1966Quarter-Final Derry 1-18 – 0-06 Donegal St. Brendan's Park, Birr

Semi-Finals

1966Semi-Final Derry 1-09 – 1-07 Tyrone Casement Park, Dungannon
1966Semi-Final Down 5-11 – 3-07 Cavan O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Final

31 July 1966Final Down 1-12 – 1-09 Derry Casement Park, Belfast

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

1966Quarter-Final Cork 2-12 – 1-02 Clare Cusack Park, Ennis
1966Quarter-Final Waterford 4-05 – 1-02 Tipperary Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Semi-Finals

1966Semi-Final Cork 6-20 – 1-02 Limerick Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
1966Semi-Final Kerry 4-12 – 0-06 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Final

17 July 1966Final Kerry 1-07 – 5-12 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

21 August 1966Semi-Final Mayo 5-06 - 2-06 Cork Croke Park, Dublin
21 August 1966Semi-Final Laois 2-08 - 1-11 Down Croke Park, Dublin
27 August 1966Semi-Final Replay Laois 2-04 - 3-08 Down Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Final

25 September 1966Final Mayo 1-12 - 1-08 Down Croke Park, Dublin

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References

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