1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

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1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Down (1st win)
CaptainNed King
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Down
Connacht Galway

The 1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 16th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Contents

Roscommon entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship. [1]

On 23 September 1979, Down won the championship following a 1-9 to 0-7 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.

The final was refereed by Gerry Mc Cabe from Clonoe in Co Tyrone

Results

Connacht Under-21 Football Championship

Leinster Under-21 Football Championship

15 July [2] Final Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 4-14 - 5-04 Colours of Louth.svg Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Connor 2-3, Owens 0-6, B. Lowry 1-3, Scally 1-0, Henry 0-1, Currams 0-1Lennon 1-1, Lynch 1-1, Short 1-0, Wiseman 1-0, Judge 1-0, Carroll 0-1, McDonnell 0-1Referee: P. Kavanagh (Meath)
GK1Noel Fitzpatrick (Bracknagh)
RCB2Michael Darby (Rhode)
FB3Ernie McGuire (Tullamore)
LCB4Joe Slevin (Na Piarsaigh)
RHB5Larry Lynam (Tullamore)
CHB6Christy McGlynn (Edenderry)
LHB7 Mick Lowry (Ferbane)
MF8 Johnny Mooney (Rhode)
MF9 Gerry Carroll (Edenderry)
RHF10 Liam Currams (Na Piarsaigh)
CHF11Vincent Henry (Clara)
LHF12Ollie Scally (Ballycommon)
RCF13 Brendan Lowry (Ferbane) (c)
FF14 Matt Connor (Walsh Island)
LCF15Danny Owens (Na Piarsaigh)
Substitutes:
16Pat Maher (Ferbane) for McGuire
17Niall O'Dea (Tullamore) for Slevin
GK1Michael Ward (Mattock Rangers)
RCB2Paul Matthews (Newtown Blues)
FB3Brendan Byrne (St Mochta's)
LCB4Ray Faulkner (Newtown Blues)
RHB5Gary O'Callaghan (Clan na Gael)
CHB6Aidan Wiseman (Clan na Gael)
LHB7Noel Cluskey (Seán McDermott's)
MF8Jim Lynch (Kilkerley Emmets)
MF9Frank Short (Naomh Malachi)
RHF10Jimmy McDonnell (Geraldines)
CHF11Eugene Judge (Newtown Blues)
LHF12Seán Reid (Mattock Rangers)
RCF13Kevin Carroll (Seán McDermott's)
FF14Paul Reneghan (Geraldines)
LCF15Pat Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets) (c)
Substitutes:
16Jim Tenanty (St Mary's) for Faulkner
17Paddy Matthews (Oliver Plunketts) for Cluskey
18Seán McGahon (Seán McDermott's) for Lynch

Munster Under-21 Football Championship

Ulster Under-21 Football Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

26 August 1979Semi-final Cork 1-08 - 1-07 Offaly Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
26 August 1979Semi-final Down 0-11 - 0-09 Galway Páirc Esler, Newry

Final

23 September 1979Final Down 1-09 - 0-07 Cork Croke Park, Dublin

Statistics

Miscellaneous

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References

  1. ↑ "Hayden: Kerry scalp in '78 was 'mighty'". Roscommon People. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Louth bid farewell to Leinster U-21 title". The Argus . 20 July 1979.
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