1985 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1985 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Mayo (6th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Meath
Ulster Donegal
Connacht Mayo

The 1985 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 54th 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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Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.

On 22 September 1985, Mayo won the championship following a 3–3 to 0–9 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first in seven championship seasons. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

June 1985Quarter-Final Leitrim 1-07 - 0-14 Sligo Markievicz Park, Sligo

Semi-Finals

June 1985Semi-Final Galway 1-11 - 0-08 Roscommon St Jarlath's Park, Tuam
June 1985Semi-Final Mayo 3-10 - 5-00 Sligo McHale Park, Castlebar

Final

14 July 1985Final Mayo 0-06 - 1-01 Galway Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

1985Preliminary Round Wicklow 2-02 - 1-11 Kildare St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
1985Preliminary Round Carlow 2-09 - 2-09 Westmeath Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
1985Preliminary Round Replay Carlow 1-09 - 0-11 Westmeath Cusack Park, Mullingar
1985Preliminary Round Wexford 0-12 - 0-07 Longford Pearse Park, Longford
1985Preliminary Round Kilkenny 0-04 - 1-21 Louth

Quarter-Finals

1985Quarter-Final Offaly 1-11 - 3-03 Louth O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1985Quarter-Final Wexford 0-09 - 0-07 Dublin Wexford Park, Wexford
1985Quarter-Final Meath 1-09 - 1-07 Kildare Páirc Tailteann, Navan
1985Quarter-Final Laois 1-09 - 1-10 Carlow Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

Semi-Finals

1985Semi-Final Meath 5-08 - 2-07 Carlow O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1985Semi-Final Wexford 1-06 - 1-08 Offaly O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Final

28 July 1985Final Meath 0-11 - 1-04 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

May 1985Quarter-Final Kerry 3-06 - 1-05 Clare Ballylongford
May 1985Quarter-Final Cork 2-08 - 1-08 Tipperary Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Semi-Finals

June 1985Semi-Final Kerry 3-15 - 3-04 Limerick Páirc na nGael, Askeaton
June 1985Semi-Final Cork 1-12 - 0-00 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Final

21 July 1985Final Cork 1-08 - 0-04 Kerry Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

May 1985Preliminary Round Donegal 1-07 - 0-06 Down MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Quarter-Finals

June 1985Quarter-Final Cavan 0-10 - 0-03 Antrim Breffni Park, Cavan
June 1985Quarter-Final Derry 2-11 - 0-09 Tyrone Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
June 1985Quarter-Final Armagh 3-07 - 0-02 Fermanagh Athletic Grounds, Armagh
June 1985Quarter-Final Donegal 4-11 - 2-03 Monaghan St Mary's Park, Castleblaney

Semi-Finals

June 1985Semi-Final Derry 1-01 - 2-05 Cavan Athletic Grounds, Armagh
June 1985Semi-Final Donegal 1-08 - 0-08 Armagh Breffni Park, Cavan

Final

21 July 1985Final Donegal 2-12 - 1-03 Cavan St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

11 August 1985Semi-Final Cork 2-05 - 0-09 Donegal Croke Park, Dublin
18 August 1985Semi-Final Mayo 2-12 - 2-08 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

Final

22 September 1985Final Mayo 3-03 - 0-09 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.