1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

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1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Roscommon (1st win)
CaptainColm Shine
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kildare
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Kildare
Ulster Donegal
Connacht Roscommon

The 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Contents

Kildare entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 2 October 1966, Roscommon won the championship following a 2–10 to 1–12 defeat of Kildare in the All-Ireland final. [1] This was their first All-Ireland title.

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

28 August 1966Semi-final Donegal 0-05 - 2-02 Roscommon MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
28 August 1966Semi-final Kildare 2-14 - 0-09 Kerry St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Final

2 October 1966Final Roscommon 2-10 - 1-12 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: J Martin (Tyrone)

Statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. Dooner, Dan (7 July 2016). "Class of 1966 – Roscommon's All-Ireland U-21 winners..." Roscommon People. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2017.