All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
CodeFootball
Founded1929
Region Ireland (GAA)
TrophyTom Markham Cup
Title holders Derry (7th title)
Most titles Kerry (16 titles)
Sponsors Electric Ireland
TV partner(s)RTÉ/TG4

The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it was replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.

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The series of games is organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and is played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Football Final being played on the third Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin as the curtain-raiser to the senior final.

The winners received the Tom Markham Cup, which is named in honour of former Clare figure Tom Markham. [1] [2]

Overview

The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship features players at under seventeen level (players must be under 17 on 1 January of the year of the competition. The first minor championship was played in 1929 when Clare were crowned the champions. The championship has been held every year since then except for a period during 'The Emergency'. [3]

Kerry are the most successful team in minor football with 16 titles in total, closely followed on the winners list by Dublin on 11 and Cork on 11. Kerry also won an unequalled five-in-a-row from 2014 to 2018. Three teams have achieved three-in-a-rows – Kerry from 1931 to 1933; Cork from 1967 to 1969; and Dublin from 1954 to 1956. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21 and minor titles in the same year has been achieved on just one occasion, by Kerry in 1975.

Because teams will only play together for at most, about two or three years, unlike the senior competition, it is unusual that one county will dominate for periods any longer than this.

The current champions are Derry, who defeated Monaghan on 9 July 2023 to win 2023 All Ireland Minor Championship.

Wins listed by county

TeamWinsYears wonRunners-upYears runners-up
1 Kerry 161931, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018131936, 1938, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1970, 1979, 1982, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2020
2 Cork 111961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1991, 1993, 2000, 201991960, 1964, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2010
Dublin 111930, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1982, 1984, 201271946, 1948, 1978, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2011
4 Tyrone 81947, 1948, 1973, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008, 201051972, 1975, 1997, 2013, 2021
5 Mayo 71935, 1953, 1966, 1971, 1978, 1985, 2013151930, 1933, 1940, 1947, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2022
6 Galway 71952, 1960, 1970, 1976, 1986, 2007, 202241994, 2016, 2018, 2019
7 Derry 71965, 1983, 1989, 2002, 2020, 2023, 202461969, 1980, 1981, 1995, 2007, 2017
8 Meath 41957, 1990, 1992, 202141977, 1993, 2002, 2012
Down 41977, 1987, 1999, 200511966
Roscommon 41939, 1941, 1951, 20060
11 Laois 31996, 1997, 200331932, 1967, 1998
12 Tipperary 21934, 201141935, 1955, 1984, 2015
Armagh 21949, 200941951, 1957, 1992, 2024
Cavan 21937, 193821952, 1959
Louth 21936, 194021931, 1941
16 Offaly 1196411989
Westmeath 1199511963
Clare 1192911953
19 Wexford 021937, 1950
Leitrim 021945, 1956
Monaghan 021939, 2023
Longford 011929
Sligo 011968
Kildare 011973
Donegal 012014

Wins listed by province

ProvinceWinsLast WinBiggest ContributorWins
1 Munster 302019 (Cork) Kerry 16
2 Leinster 222021 (Meath) Dublin 11
2 Ulster 222024 (Derry) Tyrone and Derry 8
4 Connacht 182022 (Galway) Mayo, Galway 7

The following counties have never won an All Ireland minor football title:

ProvinceCounty (Last final)
Leinster Kildare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Longford, Carlow, Wicklow
Connacht Leitrim, Sligo
Ulster Antrim, Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan
Munster Limerick, Waterford

Finals listed by year

Under-17 Competition
YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
2024 Derry 2-7 Armagh 0-10
2023 Derry 1-13 Monaghan 0-09
2022 [4] Galway 0-15 Mayo 0-09
2021 Meath 1-12 Tyrone 1-11
2020 Derry 2-12 Kerry 1-14
2019 Cork 3–20 Galway 3–14
2018 Kerry 0–21 Galway 1–14
Under-18 Competition
YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
2017 Kerry 6–17 Derry 1–08
2016 Kerry 3–07 Galway 0–09
2015 [5] Kerry 4–14 Tipperary 0–06
2014 [6] Kerry 0–17 Donegal 1–10
2013 Mayo 2–13 Tyrone 1–13
2012 [7] Dublin 0–14 Meath 1–05
2011 [8] Tipperary 3–09 Dublin 1–14
2010 [9] Tyrone 1–13 Cork 1–12
2009 Armagh 0–10 Mayo 0–07
2008 Tyrone 0–14, 1–20 (R) Mayo 0–14, 1–15 (R)
2007 Galway 1–10 Derry 1–09
2006 Roscommon 0–15, 1–10 (R) Kerry 0–15, 0–09 (R)
2005 Down 1–15 Mayo 0–08
2004 Tyrone 0–12 Kerry 0–10
2003 Laois 1–11, 2–10 (R) Dublin 1–11, 1–09 (R)
2002 Derry 1–12 Meath 0–08
2001 Tyrone 0–15, 2–11 (R) Dublin 1–12, 0–06 (R)
2000 Cork 2–12 Mayo 0–13
1999 Down 1–14 Mayo 0–14
1998 Tyrone 2–11 Laois 0–11
1997 Laois 3–11 Tyrone 1–14
1996 Laois 2–11 Kerry 1–11
1995 Westmeath 1–10 Derry 0–11
1994 Kerry 0–16 Galway 1–07
1993 Cork 2–07 Meath 0–09
1992 Meath 2–05 Armagh 0–10
1991 Cork 1–09 Mayo 1–07
1990 Meath 2–11 Kerry 2–09
1989 Derry 3–09 Offaly 1–06
1988 Kerry 2–05 Dublin 0–05
1987 Down 1–12 Cork 1–05
1986 Galway 3–08 Cork 2–07
1985 Mayo 3–03 Cork 0–09
1984 Dublin 1–09 Tipperary 0–04
1983 Derry 0–08 Cork 1–03
1982 Dublin 1–11 Kerry 1–05
1981 Cork 4–09 Derry 2–07
1980 Kerry 3–12 Derry 0–11
1979 Dublin 0–10 Kerry 1–06
1978 Mayo 4–09 Dublin 3–08
1977 Down 2–06 Meath 0–04
1976 Galway 1–10 Cork 0–06
1975 Kerry 1–10 Tyrone 0–04
1974 Cork 1–10 Mayo 1–06
1973 Tyrone 2–11 Kildare 1–06
1972 Cork 3–11 Tyrone 2–11
1971 Mayo 2–15 Cork 2–07
1970 Galway 1–08, 1–11 (R) Kerry 2–05, 1–10 (R)
1969 Cork 2–07 Derry 0–11
1968 Cork 3–05 Sligo 1–10
1967 Cork 5–14 Laois 2–03
1966 Mayo 1–12 Down 1–08
1965 Derry 2–08 Kerry 2–04
1964 Offaly 0–15 Cork 1–11
1963 Kerry 1–10 Westmeath 0–02
1962 Kerry 6–05 Mayo 0–07
1961 Cork 3–07 Mayo 0–05
1960 Galway 4–09 Cork 1–05
1959 Dublin 0–11 Cavan 1–04
1958 Dublin 2–10 Mayo 0–08
1957 Meath 3–09 Armagh 0–04
1956 Dublin 5–14 Leitrim 2–02
1955 Dublin 4–04 Tipperary 2–07
1954 Dublin 3–03 Kerry 1–08
1953 Mayo 2–11 Clare 1–06
1952 Galway 2–09 Cavan 1–06
1951 Roscommon 2–07 Armagh 1–05
1950 Kerry 3–06 Wexford 1–04
1949 Armagh 1–07 Kerry 1–05
1948 Tyrone 0–11 Dublin 1–05
1947 Tyrone 4–04 Mayo 4–03
1946 Kerry 3–07 Dublin 2–03
1945 Dublin 4–07 Leitrim 0–04
1944No Championship
1943No Championship
1942No Championship
1941 Roscommon 3–06 Louth 0–07
1940 Louth 5–05 Mayo 2–07
1939 Roscommon 1–09 Monaghan 1–07
1938 Cavan 3–03 Kerry 0–08
1937 Cavan 1–11 Wexford 1–05
1936 Louth 5–01 Kerry 1–08
1935 Mayo 1–06 Tipperary 1–01
1934 Tipperary *
1933 Kerry 4–01 Mayo 0–09
1932 Kerry 3–08 Laois 1–03
1931 Kerry 3–04 Louth 0–04
1930 Dublin 1–03 Mayo 0–05
1929 Clare 5–03 Longford 3–05

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