1976 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1976 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Galway (4th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Galway

The 1976 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 45th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under 18.

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

On 26 September 1976, Galway won the championship following a 1–10 to 0–6 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first in six championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

1976Quarter-Final Leitrim 0-09 — 1-12 Mayo Ballyhaunis

Semi-Finals

1976Semi-Final Galway 0-18 — 2-07 Mayo Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
1976Semi-Final Roscommon 3-07 — 4-07 Sligo Corran Park, Ballymote

Final

4 July 1976Final Galway 6-16 — 0-03 Sligo St Jarlath's Park, Tuam

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

1976Preliminary Round Meath 1-15 — 0-07 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin
1976Preliminary Round Westmeath 1-11 — 1-03 Wexford Geraldine Park, Athy
1976Preliminary Round Laois 1-12 — 1-03 Carlow Geraldine Park, Athy
1976Preliminary Round Longford 4-08 — 0-02 Kilkenny O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Quarter-Finals

1976Quarter-Final Louth 1-07 — 0-08 Wexford Croke Park, Carlow
1976Quarter-Final Kildare 0-09 — 0-09 Laois Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
1976Quarter-Final Dublin 2-11 — 2-06 Longford Cusack Park, Mullingar
1976Quarter-Final Offaly 1-09 — 1-06 Meath Cusack Park, Mullingar

Semi-Finals

1976Semi-Final Dublin 0-10 — 0-09 Kildare O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1976Semi-Final Louth 1-07 — 1-19 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin

Final

25 July 1976Final Dublin 2-08 — 0-13 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

May 1976Quarter-Final Limerick 1-08 — 0-07 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
May 1976Quarter-Final Waterford 4-06 — 3-07 Tipperary Fraher Field, Dungarvan
May 1976Quarter-Final Kerry 4-18 — 1-03 New York Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Semi-Finals

June 1976Semi-Final Kerry 3-10 — 3-07 Waterford Cappoquin
June 1976Semi-Final Cork 0-14 — 1-07 Limerick Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Final

11 July 1976Final Cork 0-10 — 1-05 Kerry Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

May 1976Preliminary Round Armagh 2-19 — 1-03 Fermanagh Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Quarter-Finals

June 1976Quarter-Final Cavan 4-13 — 1-02 Donegal Breffni Park, Cavan
June 1976Quarter-Final Tyrone 1-11 — 1-07 Monaghan Dungarvan
June 1976Quarter-Final Down 0-14 — 0-09 Antrim Casement Park, Belfast
June 1976Quarter-Final Derry 1-07 — 2-04 Armagh Healy Park, Omagh

Semi-Finals

June 1976Semi-Final Cavan 1-05 — 1-04 Down St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney
June 1976Semi-Final Armagh 1-09 — 2-11 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

18 July 1976Final Cavan 1-09 — 5-07 Tyrone St Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

8 August 1976Semi-Final Cork 3-08 — 1-04 Tyrone Croke Park, Dublin
29 August 1976Semi-Final Galway 2-08 — 2-07 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin

Final

26 September 1976Final Galway 1-10 — 0-06 Cork 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.