1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Down (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Meath
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Meath
Ulster Down
Connacht Mayo

The 1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 46th 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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Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Munster Championship.

On 25 September 1977, Down won the championship following a 2–6 to 0–4 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

Semi-Finals

1977Semi-Final Mayo 1-09 - 1-06 Roscommon Castleblaney

Final

10 July 1977Final Mayo 2-20 - 0-07 Leitrim Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

May 1977Preliminary Round Offaly 5-16 - 1-06 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin
May 1977Preliminary Round Kildare 6-13 - 0-03 Kilkenny Geraldine Park, Athy
May 1977Preliminary Round Louth 3-22 - 0-02 Westmeath Páirc Tailteann, Navan
May 1977Preliminary Round Longford 1-11 - 2-07 Carlow O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Quarter-Finals

June 1977Quarter-Final Dublin 0-12 - 0-08 Kildare Páirc Tailteann, Navan
June 1977Quarter-Final Offaly 4-12 - 1-09 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
June 1977Quarter-Final Louth 3-08 - 1-09 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
June 1977Quarter-Final Meath 2-09 - 0-03 Longford Cusack Park, Mullingar

Semi-Finals

July 1977Semi-Final Dublin 1-16 - 1-03 Offaly Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
July 1977Semi-Final Meath 4-07 - 0-06 Louth Croke Park, Dublin

Final

31 July 1977Final Meath 1-07 - 0-09 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

1977Quarter-Final Limerick 3-07 - 1-03 Tippearary Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
1977Quarter-Final Clare 1-05 - 0-08 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan
1977Quarter-Final Replay Clare 1-11 - 0-06 Waterford Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary

Semi-Finals

1977Semi-Final Cork 0-15 - 0-10 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
1977Semi-Final Limerick 2-07 - 2-08 Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Final

24 July 1977Final Cork 1-07 - 1-03 Kerry Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

1977Preliminary Round Donegal 2-10 - 3-08 Derry MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Quarter-Finals

1977Quarter-Final Antrim 1-10 - 2-07 Monaghan St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney
1977Quarter-Final Armagh 2-15 - 0-04 Cavan Athletic Grounds, Armagh
1977Quarter-Final Down 4-15 - 0-02 Fermanagh Pairc Esler, Newry
1977Quarter-Final Derry 2-06 - 1-06 Armagh The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Semi-Finals

1977Semi-Final Antrim 0-00 - 0-0 won Armagh Pairc Esler, Newry
1977Semi-Final Down 1-09 - 0-05 Derry St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

24 July 1977Final Down 0-08 - 1-05 Armagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones
31 July 1977Final Replay Down 0-11 - 1-06 Armagh St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

14 August 1977Semi-Final Down 2-11 - 1-07 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
21 August 1977Semi-Final Cork 1-05 - 0-12 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

Final

25 September 1977Final Down 2-06 - 0-04 Meath 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.