Championship details | |
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All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Donegal (1st win) |
Captain | Brian Tuohy |
Manager | Tom Conaghan [1] |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Roscommon |
Manager | Martin McDermott [2] |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Laois |
Ulster | Donegal |
Connacht | Roscommon |
The 1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 19th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Roscommon in the All-Ireland semi-final.
Donegal won the championship following an 0–8 to 0–5 defeat of Roscommon in the All-Ireland final. [3] This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their second in successive seasons.
The following players won the Sam Maguire Cup with their county in 1992: Paul Carr, Matt Gallagher, Martin McHugh, Joyce McMullan, Sylvester Maguire, Anthony Molloy, Charlie Mulgrew and Donal Reid. [4]
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Before that, he had served his apprenticeship as manager of the Under 21 side, leading them to the Under 21 All-Ireland final in 1982, where they were beaten by Donegal in Carrick-on-Shannon on, what McDermott mournfully recalls as, 'a wet and miserable October day'.