1970 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 1970
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Galway (3rd win)
CaptainJoe Corcoran
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kerry
Captain Ger Power
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Derry
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
1969
1971

The 1970 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 39th 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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Cork entered the championship as defending champions in search of a record-breaking fourth successive All-Ireland title, however, they were defeated by Kerry on a scoreline of 4–9 to 1–11 in the Munster final.

On 25 October 1970, Galway won the championship following a 1–11 to 1–10 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. [1] [2] This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons.

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

1970Semi-final Galway 4-12 – 2-06 Sligo Fr O'Hara Park, Charlestown
1970Semi-final Roscommon 2-05 – 3-08 Mayo Pearse Stadium, Galway

Final

12 July 1970Final Galway 2-11 – 1-6 Mayo Pearse Stadium, Galway
Referee: Paddy O'Connor (Roscommon)

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-finals

1970Quarter-final Laois 3-12 – 0-02 Westmeath O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1970Quarter-final Dublin 3-12 – 0-02 Longford Cusack Park, Mullingar
1970Quarter-final Wicklow 0-11 – 0-05 Kildare Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
1970Quarter-final replay Wicklow 0-12 – 1-06 Kildare Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

Semi-finals

1970Semi-final Meath 0-12 – 1-06 Kildare Páirc Tailteann, Navan
1970Semi-final Offaly 1-05 – 3-09 Dublin Cusack Park, Mullingar

Final

19 July 1970Final Meath 0-13 – 2-08 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-finals

1970Quarter-final Tyrone 5-13 – 1-03 Monaghan Dean McGlinchey Park, Irvinestown
1970Quarter-final Donegal 1-08 – 0-04 Cavan Bundoran

Semi-final

1970Semi-final Derry 2-11 – 0-06 Tyrone MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Final

26 July 1970Final Derry 1-14 – 0-11 Fermanagh St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-final

1970Quarter-final Limerick 4-09 – 0-06 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Semi-finals

5 July 1970Semi-final Cork 4-14 – 0-04 Tipperary Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
5 July 1970Semi-final Kerry 2-10 – 0-04 Limerick Páirc na nGael, Askeaton

Final

26 July 1970Final Kerry 4-09 – 1-11 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-finals

9 August 1970Semi-final Galway 3-12 - 0-10 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
J Tobin 2-8, M Burke 1-1, M Rooney 0-2, I Barrett 0-1.P Hickey 0-3, PJ Reid 0-2, D Clarke 0-2, P Byrne 0-2, S McCarthy 0-1.Referee: P Greene (Antrim)
23 August 1970Semi-final Kerry 2-10 - 0-11 Derry Croke Park, Dublin
PB Brosnan 1-2, J Murphy 0-5, G Power 1-0, P Lynch 0-2, G O'Keeffe 0-1.S Mullan 0-5, M O'Neill 0-2, B Kelly 0-2, P Lennon 0-1, E Laverty 0-1.Referee: M Connaughton (Mayo)

Finals

27 September 1970Final Galway 1-08 - 2-05 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
S Tobin 0-5, I Barrett 1-1, M Rooney 0-2.G O'Keeffe 1-0, C O'Connell 1-0, J Murphy 0-2, M O'Sullivan 0-1, P Lynch 0-1, J Long 0-1.Referee: L Maguire (Monaghan)
25 October 1970Final replay Galway 1-11 - 1-10 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
J Lardner 1-3, J Tobin 0-3, M Walsh 0-2, M Rooney 0-2, P Silke 0-1.J Long 0-6, G Power 1-1, D Moore 0-2, J Egan 0-1.Referee: P Greene (Antrim)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. Carney, Jim (8 December 2010). "40th anniversary of Galway Minor football team's stunning All-Ireland Final victory over Kerry". The Tuam Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Kenny, Tom (9 June 2011). "Galway minors, All Ireland champions 1970". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 7 July 2017.