1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Cork (6th win)
Captain Eugene Desmond
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Mayo
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Wicklow
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Mayo

The 1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 43rd 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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Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Ulster Championship.

On 22 September 1974, Cork won the championship following a 1-10 to 1-6 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first in two championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-final

1974Quarter-final Sligo 1-03 - 1-15 Leitrim Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Semi-finals

1974Semi-final Roscommon 2-08 - 1-10 Leitrim Pearse Stadium, Galway
1974Semi-final Mayo 2-15 - 2-05 Galway McHale Park, Castlebar

Final

14 July 1974Final Mayo 4-12 - 2-03 Roscommon McHale Park, Castlebar

Leinster Minor Football Championship

First round

1974First round Dublin 1-07 - 1-06 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
1974First round Carlow 1-03 - 3-08 Louth Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

Second round

1974Second round Carlow 4-11 - 5-06 Kilkenny Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
1974Second round Dublin 1-12 - 0-05 Louth Croke Park, Dublin

Quarter-finals

1974Quarter-final Wicklow 3-11 - 2-12 Laois O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
1974Quarter-final Meath 1-14 - 1-04 Westmeath Páirc Tailteann, Navan
1974Quarter-final Longford 0-12 - 0-06 Kildare Pearse Park, Longford
1974Quarter-final Dublin 1-07 - 1-06 Offaly O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Semi-finals

1974Semi-final Wicklow 3-09 - 1-05 Meath St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
1974Semi-final Dublin 0-06 - 0-12 Longford Croke Park, Dublin

Final

28 July 1974Final Wicklow 5-06 - 1-09 Longford Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-finals

1974Quarter-final Tipperary 2-11 - 3-01 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
1974Quarter-final Limerick 2-06 - 2-08 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Semi-finals

1974Semi-final Kerry 4-18 - 0-00 Waterford Castleisland
1974Semi-final Cork 3-15 - 2-04 Tipperary Mitchelstown

Final

14 July 1974Final Cork 0-13 - 1-06 Kerry Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-final

1974Quarter-final Cavan 2-07 - 2-06 Armagh Athletic Ground, Armagh

Semi-final

1974Semi-final Cavan 1-10 - 1-09 Down St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

28 July 1974Final Cavan 3-09 - 1-04 Derry St Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Quarter-final

4 August 1974Quarter-final Cork 2-23 - 2-04 London Croke Park, Dublin

Semi-finals

11 August 1974Semi-final Cork 0-16 - 1-00 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin
R Kenny 0-7, Diarmuid McCarthy 0-5, T Murphy 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, Don McCarthy 0-1.E Dunne 1-0.Referee: S Murray (Monaghan)
18 August 1974Semi-final Mayo 3-10 - 2-04 Cavan Croke Park, Dublin
J Burke 2-2, K Geraghty 0-4, S Moran 1-0, G Hennigan 0-2, W Nally 0-1, M Burke 0-1.H Conaty 2-0, S Bardy 0-2, O Martin 0-1, P McNamee 0-1.Referee: R Barry (Meath)

Final

22 September 1974Final Cork 1-10 - 1-06 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
Diarmuid McCarthy 1-3, T Murphy 0-3, D McCurtain 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, M O'Regan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1.S Moran 1-0, G Hennigan 0-2, K Geraghty 0-2, J Burke 0-2.Referee: P Collins (Westmeath)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

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