1975 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1975 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Kerry (8th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Tyrone
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Kildare
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Roscommon

The 1975 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 44th 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.

Contents

Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Kerry in the Munster final.

On 28 September 1975, Kerry won the championship following a 1–10 to 0–4 defeat of Tyrone in the All-Ireland final. This was their eighth All-Ireland title overall and their first in twelve championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

1975Quarter-Final Galway 1-13 - 0-09 Sligo St Jarlath's Park, Tuam

Semi-Finals

1975Semi-Final Mayo 1-10 - 0-10 Sligo Markievicz Park, Sligo

Final

13 July 1975Final Roscommon 1-13 - 0-05 Galway St Jarlath's Park, Tuam

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

1975Preliminary round Carlow 1-12 - 5-14 Wexford Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
1975Preliminary round Kilkenny 2-08 - 2-12 Westmeath O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
1975Preliminary round Laois 1-12 - 1-04 Wexford O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1975Preliminary round Wicklow 1-11 - 0-12 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin

Quarter-Finals

1975Quarter-Final Dublin 1-12 - 0-08 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
1975Quarter-Final Laois 3-06 - 1-06 Offaly O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1975Quarter-Final Wicklow 1-05 - 2-18 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
1975Quarter-Final Kildare 5-12 - 2-09 Westmeath Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Semi-Finals

1975Semi-Final Meath 2-08 - 0-08 Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan
1975Semi-Final Kildare 2-16 - 2-06 Laois Croke Park, Dublin

Final

27 July 1975Final Kildare 2-09 - 3-05 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

1975Quarter-Final Tipperary 2-05 - 1-04 Limerick Emly Sportsfield, Emly
1975Quarter-Final Clare 0-19 - 0-02 Waterford Seán Tracey Park, Tipperary

Semi-Finals

1975Semi-Final Kerry 6-23 - 0-05 Tipperary Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
1975Semi-Final Cork 3-16 - 0-08 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Final

13 July 1975Final Cork 1-11 - 3-07 Kerry Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

1975Preliminary round Armagh 3-05 - 2-05 Fermanagh St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown

Quarter-Finals

1975Quarter-Final Tyrone 3-11 - 0-08 Monaghan St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney
1975Quarter-Final Donegal 1-08 - 3-15 Cavan MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
1975Quarter-Final Down 0-10 - 0-09 Antrim St. Patrick's Park, Newcastle
1975Quarter-Final Armagh 4-08 - 1-06 Derry Healy Park, Omagh

Semi-Finals

1975Semi-Final Cavan 0-08 - 1-04 Down St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney
1975Semi-Final Tyrone 1-11 - 2-04 Armagh O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Final

27 July 1975Final Tyrone 0-11 - 0-07 Cavan St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

3 August 1975Quarter-Final Kildare 8-17 - 2-02 Warwickshire St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Semi-Finals

10 August 1975Semi-Final Kerry 3-12 - 0-06 Roscommon Croke Park, Dublin
24 August 1975Semi-Final Kildare 2-06 - 4-08 Tyrone Croke Park, Dublin

Final

28 September 1975Final Kerry 1-10 - 0-04 Tyrone Croke Park, Dublin

References

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