All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 2

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GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship Tier 2
Current season or competition:
Current event clock.svg 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 2
Irish Craobh Peile Mionúr na hÉireann Sraith 2
Code Gaelic football
Founded2024
Region Ireland (GAA)
TrophyPaul McGirr Cup
No. of teams11
Title holders Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare (1st title)
First winner Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare
Sponsors Electric Ireland
Official website http://www.gaa.ie/

The GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship Tier 2 is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the second tier inter-county Gaelic football competition for male players under the age of 17 in Ireland.

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Teams that are eliminated from the early provincial stages of the GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship qualify for this championship. 11 teams currently participate.

The final serves as the culmination of a series of games played during the summer months, and the results determine which team receives the Paul McGirr Cup. The All-Ireland Championship is played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.

Kildare are the current champions after beating Cavan by 2-12 to 1-10 in the 2024 final.

History

The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was created in 1929. [1] Various formats were used in the provincial competitions, however, the All-Ireland series was, for many years, confined to the four provincial champions. A change in format resulted in the four provincial runners-up also being allowed entry to the All-Ireland series. A decision at GAA Congress in 2023 allowed for the creation of additional tiered All-Ireland competitions for counties that do not reach the provincial final stage. [2] [3] [4]

Format

Qualification

ProvinceChampionshipTeams progressing
Connacht Connacht Minor Football Championship 2: 3rd and 4th-placed teams
Leinster Leinster Minor Football Championship 4: Beaten quarter and semi-finalists
Munster Munster Minor Football Championship 1: 3rd-placed team
Ulster Ulster Minor Football Championship 4: Beaten quarter and semi-finalists

Championship

There are 11 teams in the All-Ireland Championship. During the course of a championship season nine games are played comprising three preliminary quarter-finals, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final. The championship is played as a single-elimination tournament. Each game is played as a single leg.

Trophy

The Paul McGirr Cup is the current prize for winning the championship. Paul McGirr of Tyrone suffered a fatal injury in an accidental collision in an Ulster Minor Championship game between Tyrone and Armagh in June 1997. [5] The trophy, donated by the McGirr family in 1998, was previously awarded to the winners of the All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship before being repurposed as the prize for the winners of the All-Ireland U16.5 Championship. The cup was once again repurposed in 2024. [6]

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-upVenueCaptain(s)
CountyScoreCountyScore
2024 Cavan 2-12 Kildare 1-10 Páirc Tailteann Evan Boyle
Ruaidhrí Lawlor		 [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Congress: Structural changes made to All-Ireland minor championships". Hogan Stand. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Revealed: how next year's three-tier All-Ireland minor football championship will look". Irish Examiner. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "EXPLAINED: How the new All-Ireland Minor football championship Tier 1, 2 and 3 competitions will work". Laois Today. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  5. ↑ "Tyrone teenager dies after football injury". Irish Times. 16 June 1997. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Paul McGirr and Seamus Heaney Cups". GAA website. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Second-half goals steer Kildare to All-Ireland MFC Tier 2 title". Hogan Stand. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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