1989 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

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1989 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Cork (8th win)
Captain Steven O'Brien
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Galway
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Meath
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Galway

The 1989 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 26th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

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Offaly entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Kildare in a replay of the Leinster semi-final.

On 21 May 1989, Cork won the championship following a 2-8 to 1-10 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. [1] This was their eighth All-Ireland title overall and their first in three championship seasons.

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

All-Ireland final

21 May 1989Final Cork 2-08 - 1-10 Galway Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

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