1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Championship Details
Dates3 May – 10 September 1989
Teams13
All Ireland Champions
Winners Cork (8th win)
Captain Diarmuid McCarthy
ManagerSeán Ryan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Warwickshire
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kildare
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played12
Total Goals14 (1.16 per game)
Total Points203 (16.91 per game)
Top Scorer Colours of Cork.svg Noel Twomey (1-16)
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The 1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 59th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

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Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster quarter-final. [1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 10 September 1989 in Coventry, between Cork and Warwickshire, in what was their first meeting in the final in two years. Cork won the match by 0–18 to 0–03 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first title since 1987. [2] [3]

Cork's Noel Twomey was the championship's top scorer with 1-16.

Results

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Leinster quarter-finals

3 May 1989Quarter-final Louth 0-10 - 0-05 Dublin Drogheda Park
C O'Hanlon 0-3, L Kelleher 0-2, G Reynolds 0-2, N Browne 0-1, P Butterley 0-1, P O'Connor 0-1.M Barnes 0-4, B Holland 0-1.
3 May 1989Quarter-final Meath 2-04 - 2-06 Kildare Walterstown Grounds
J Henry 1-1, S Reilly 1-0, T Matthews 0-2, L Smith 0-1.S Merrins 1-3, B Farrell 1-1, J Lowry 0-1, T Harris 0-1.

Leinster semi-finals

17 May 1989Semi-final Louth 1-13 - 1-05 Carlow Drogheda Park
A O'Connor 1-2, G Reynolds 0-3, P Gallagher 0-3, Martin Morgan 0-3, D McCarthy 0-1, P Butterly 0-1.J Byrne 1-0, B Murphy 0-3, D Moore 0-1, B Dunne 0-1.
17 May 1989Semi-final Kildare 1-12 - 0-11 Kilkenny St. Conleth's Park
S Dillon 0-5, J Lowry 1-1, J Tynan 0-3, N Corcoran 0-1, S Merrins 0-1, P McConnon 0-1.W Blanchfield 0-4, B Smith 0-3, N Connery 0-2, L Cassin 0-1, M Morrissey 0-1.

Leinster final

11 June 1989 [4] [5] Final Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1-07 - 1-06 Colours of Louth.svg Louth Páirc Tailteann
S Merrins 0-4 (3f), J Lowry 1-0, G Donnelly 0-2 (1f), J Tynan 0-1D McCarthy 1-1, M Malone 0-5 (4f)Referee: P Kavanagh (Meath)
GK1Joe Halligan (Ballykelly)
RCB2Noel Connolly (Grange)
FB3Shay Walsh (Ballyteague)
LCB4Paul Donnelly (Castlemitchell)
RHB5Peter McConnon (Round Towers) (c)
CHB6Michael Behan (Kill)
LHB7Willie Dowling (Eadestown)
MF8Tom Travers (Rathcoffey)
MF9Bernard Salmon (Suncroft)
RHF10Syl Merrins (Nurney)
CHF11Gerard Donnelly (Castlemitchell)
LHF12Joe Tynan (Castlemitchell)
RCF13John Lowry (Clogherinkoe)
FF14Joe Tompkins (Two Mile House)
LCF15Noel Cocoman (Kill)
Substitutes:
16Billy Farrell (Straffan) for Cocoman
17Noel Donlon (Round Towers) for Merrins
GK1Cathal Copas (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB2Gerry Winters (Naomh Máirtín)
FB3Hugh Logue (St Kevin's)
LCB4Fra Fagan (Roche Emmets)
RHB5Stephen Matthews (St Kevin's)
CHB6Tony McCarragher (Cooley Kickhams)
LHB7Mark Gogarty (Naomh Malachi)
MF8Martin Morgan (Naomh Máirtín)
MF9Donal McCarthy (St Patrick's)
RHF10Alan O'Connor (St Joseph's)
CHF11Michael Malone (St Mary's)
LHF12Paul Gallagher (Roche Emmets)
RCF13Gerry Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)
FF14Pat Mulligan (St Joseph's)
LCF15Liam Kelleher (Dreadnots)
Substitutes:
16John McDonald (Cooley Kickhams) for Gallagher


Munster Junior Football Championship

Munster quarter-finals

14 May 1989Quarter-final Limerick 1-06 - 0-12 Waterford Páirc na nGael
E McDaid 0-4, M O'Doherty 1-0, W Hanley 0-1, A Shanahan 0-1.L O'Brien 0-6, C McGrath 0-3, P Ferncombe 0-2, J Dunne 0-1.
14 May 1989Quarter-final Tipperary 0-09 - 1-07 Clare Clonmel GAA Ground
C Coen 0-3, P Hallissey 0-3, L Connolly 0-2, J Lowry 0-1.J O'Gorman 0-5, F Carrig 1-1, J Fennell 0-1.

Munster semi-finals

17 June 1989Semi-final Kerry 2-12 - 0-04 Waterford Mitchelstown Grounds
S Geaney 2-2, K Culhane 0-4, S McElligott 0-2, S Fitzgerald 0-2, C Walsh 0-1, T Brosnan 0-1.T Goff 0-2, L O'Brien 0-1, C McCraith 0-1.Referee: J O'Leary (Na Piarsaigh)
25 June 1989Semi-final Cork 0-16 - 0-04 Clare Páirc Uí Chaoimh
N Twomey 0-4, J Ring 0-3, K Creed 0-3, N O'Connor 0-3, W O'Riordan 0-2, M Murphy 0-1.J O'Gorman 0-1, JJ Rouine 0-1, K O'Mahony 0-1, O Downes 0-1.Referee: P Lonergan (Tipperary)

Munster final

28 June 1989Final Kerry 0-09 - 0-10 Cork Austin Stack Park
T Brosnan 0-2, K Culhane 0-2, S Stack 0-1, F Ashe 0-1, S McElligott 0-1, C Walsh 0-1, S Geaney 0-1.W O'Riordan 0-5, N Twomey 0-2, T Buckley 0-1, G Ring 0-1, G Casey 0-1.

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland home final

16 July 1989Home final Cork 1-11 - 0-03 Kildare Semple Stadium
N Twomey 1-4, W O'Riordan 0-2, G Casey 0-2, M Murphy 0-1, S Dineen 0-1, N O'Connor 0-1.S Merrins 0-3.Referee: J Carney (Roscommon)

All-Ireland final

10 September 1989Final Cork 0-18 - 0-03 Warwickshire Coventry
W O'Riordan 0-7, N Twomey 0-6, N O'Connor 0-3, T Buckley 0-1, P Buckley 0-1.G Butler 0-2, D Cook 0-1.Referee: M Cranny (Down)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Noel Twomey Cork 1-161944.75
2William O'Riordan Cork 0-161644.00
3Syl Merrins Kildare 1-111443.50
4 Sean Geaney Kerry 2-03924.50
5John Lowry Kildare 2-02842.00
In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1 Sean Geaney Kerry 2-028 Waterford
2 Noel Twomey Cork 1-047 Kildare
William O'Riordan Cork 0-077Warwickshire
4Syl Merrins Kildare 1-036 Meath
Noel Twomey Cork 0-066Warwickshire
Liam O'Brien Waterford 0-066 Limerick
7Alan O'Connor Louth 1-025 Carlow
Donal McCarthy Louth 1-025 Kildare
Séamus Dillon Kildare 0-055 Kilkenny
Johnny O'Gorman Clare 0-055 Tipperary

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References

  1. ↑ "9th October 1988: A great day for Meath football". Hogan Stand. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Juniors Take Leinster Title". Leinster Express . 17 June 1989.
  5. ↑ "Louth's Poor Show in Junior Final". Dundalk Democrat . 17 June 1989.
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