Leinster Minor Football Championship

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Leinster Minor Football Championship
Flag of Leinster.svg
Founded1929
Region Leinster (GAA)
No. of teams11
Title holders Offaly (7th title)
Most titles Dublin (35 titles)
Sponsors Electric Ireland
Official website Official website

The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster. [1] 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA Congress on 26 February 2016. [2]

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The current Leinster champions are Longford. [3] The Leinster minor football championship is known as the Fr. Larry Murray Trophy. The Cup is named after Fr. Larry Murray who was an underage GAA mentor in both Louth and Armagh, hence the Ulster Minor Football Championship is also named after Fr. Larry Murray. [4] [5]

History

The Leinster Minor Football Championship was first played in 1928, however progress stalled at the semi-final stage and the competition was never completed. The first completed Leinster MFC was in 1929 and Longford won the inaugural title beating Dublin in the final in Navan on a scoreline of 3–4 to 1–4 on 10 November 1929. Longford progressed to the All-Ireland final that year (only Leinster and Munster involved) but were beaten by Clare in the All-Ireland final on 1 March 1930. [6] With the exception of 1943 & 1944 the Leinster MFC has been completed every year since 1929.

Roll of honour

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#CountyTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
1 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 35171930, 1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, [8] 2014, 2017, 2022, 20231929, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2019, 2021, 2024
2 Colours of Meath.svg Meath 13141957, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2020, 20211946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2002, 2011, 2012
3 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 9151973, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2016, 20191934, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1980, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2023
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 97 1932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 20071933, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2016
5 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 89 1931, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1953 1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1958, 1960, 1971, 2017, 2025,
6 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 7131947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989, 2025 1948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1985, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020
7 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 55 1939, 1952, 1963, 1995, 20001951, 1982, 1984, 1992, 2013
8 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 531929, 1938, 2002, 2010, 20241930, 1974, 2015
9 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 371937, 1950, 19691931, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1978, 1994, 1999
10 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 1319741952, 1993, 1997
11 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 01—2007

List of finals

All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up
YearWinnersRunners-upVenueWinning Captain
CountyScoreCountyScore
19291 Longford 3–04 Dublin 1–04 Navan Paddy Keenan
1930 Dublin 1–06 Longford 0–04 Mullingar Brendan Synnott
1931 Louth 1–05 Wexford 0–03 Croke Park, Dublin John Harlin
1932 Laois 3–02 Louth 1–07 Croke Park, Dublin Joe Hinchin
1933 Dublin 3–07 Laois 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1934 Dublin 0–05 Kildare 0–02 Naas
1935 Louth 1–07 Dublin 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1936 Louth 3–06 Wexford 2–01 Croke Park, Dublin Larry McEntee
1937 Wexford 2–07 Louth 2–05 Croke Park, Dublin Nick Butler
1938 Longford 3–06 Louth 2–08 Croke Park, Dublin
1939 Westmeath 1–02 Louth 0–02 Croke Park, Dublin
1940 Louth 3–05 Kildare 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin Brendan Burke
1941 Louth 4–04 Wexford 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin Mick O'Grady
1942 Louth 5–10 Kildare 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin Brendan O'Dowda
1943No competition-----
1944No competition-----
1945 Dublin 3–05 Wexford 1–00 Portlaoise Seán McEntaggart
1946 Dublin 4–06 Meath 0–03 Navan
1947 Offaly 1–07, 1–07 (R) Dublin 1–07, 1–05 (R) Croke Park, Dublin R Mullingar Paddy Hanamy
1948 Dublin 2–05 Offaly 1–06 Naas Cyril Freaney
1949 Dublin 3–10 Kildare 1–05 Portlaoise
1950 Wexford 3–06 Dublin 2–08 Croke Park, Dublin Bernie McGuinness
1951 Louth 3–09 Westmeath 2–05 Croke Park, Dublin Michael Brennan
1952 Westmeath 3–14 Wicklow 3–03 Croke Park, Dublin Declan O'Sullivan
1953 Louth 1–06 Kildare 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin John McArdle
1954 Dublin 2–07 Meath 0–11 Croke Park, Dublin
1955 Dublin 2–11 Meath 1–04 Croke Park, Dublin Paddy Heron
1956 Dublin 1–10 Meath 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin Lar Foley
1957 Meath 0–08 Offaly 0–05 Mullingar Brendan Cahill
1958 Dublin 2–10 Louth 1–06 Navan Des Foley
1959 Dublin 3–13 Offaly 1–07 Tullamore Mick Kissane
1960 Offaly 1–12 Louth 1–05 Croke Park, Dublin Pat Heffernan
1961 Dublin 2–08 Offaly 1–08 Portlaoise
1962 Offaly 2–08 Dublin 1–04 Croke Park, Dublin Kieran Kenny
1963 Westmeath 2–14 Dublin 3–07 Tullamore Frankie Connaughton
1964 Offaly 1–07 Laois 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin Seán Grogan
1965 Offaly 2–11 Kildare 1–05 Croke Park, Dublin Paddy Byrne
1966 Laois 1–10 Offaly 0–07 Croke Park, Dublin Johnny Lawlor
1967 Laois 1–08 Dublin 2–04 Newbridge Jim Mangan
1968 Dublin 1–11 Laois 0–08 Croke Park, Dublin
1969 Wexford 0–11 Dublin 0–07 Carlow Brendan Murphy
1970 Dublin 2–08 Meath 0–13 Croke Park, Dublin Joe Finucane
1971 Dublin 2–07 Louth 0–04 Croke Park, Dublin
1972 Meath 3–08 Dublin 1–10 Croke Park, Dublin Eamonn O'Brien
1973 Kildare 4–11 Laois 0–10 Croke Park, Dublin Jack Graham
1974 Wicklow 5–06 Longford 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin Pat O'Toole
1975 Kildare 2–09 Meath 3–05 Croke Park, Dublin Ron Mackey
1976 Dublin 2–08 Offaly 0–13 Croke Park, Dublin Larry Broderick
1977 Meath 1–07 Dublin 0–09 Croke Park, Dublin Gerard Cooney
1978 Dublin 3–12 Wexford 0–11 Croke Park, Dublin Pat Canavan
1979 Dublin 2–13 Meath 0–08 Croke Park, Dublin Mick Loftus
1980 Meath 1–12 Kildare 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin Finian Murtagh
1981 Dublin 1–08 Meath 0–09 Croke Park, Dublin Stephen Loftus
1982 Dublin 0–10 Westmeath 0–04 Croke Park, Dublin Liam O'Rourke
1983 Kildare 1–11 Meath 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin Peter Loftus
1984 Dublin 0–12 Westmeath 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin Paul Clarke
1985 Meath 0–11 Offaly 1–04 Croke Park, Dublin Phil Fay
1986 Dublin 2–16 Meath 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin Kevin Fagan
1987 Kildare 0–13 Dublin 2–05 Croke Park, Dublin Fintan Buckley
1988 Dublin 4–06 Meath 0–08 Croke Park, Dublin Ger Regan
1989 Offaly 2–11 Kildare 0–07 Croke Park, Dublin Daragh Scully
1990 Meath 1–19 Kildare 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin Enda McManus
1991 Kildare 2–08 Dublin 0–12 Croke Park, Dublin Niall Buckley
1992 Meath 1–08 Westmeath 1–05 Tullamore Peter Sullivan
1993 Meath 1–16 Wicklow 3–03 Croke Park, Dublin Barry Sheridan
1994 Dublin 2–12 Wexford 2–06 Croke Park, Dublin Ian Robertson
1995 Westmeath 0–12, 3–12, 3–06, 1–10 (3R) Laois 1–09, 2–15, 2–09, 0–09 (3R) Croke Park, Dublin R in Tullamore Damien Gavin
1996 Laois 0–15, 2–18 (R) Dublin 2–09, 1–08 (R) Croke Park, Dublin R in Tullamore Martin Delaney
1997 Laois 2–11 Wicklow 0–10 Croke Park, Dublin Kieran Kelly
1998 Laois 2–09 Dublin 0–12 Croke Park, Dublin Johnny Behan
1999 Dublin 1–13, 2–13 (R) Wexford 2–10, 1–12 (R) Croke Park, Dublin Carlow Nicky Cleere
2000 Westmeath 2–09 Dublin 1–10 Croke Park, Dublin Alan Lambden
2001 Dublin 1–19 Offaly 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin Barry Lyons
2002 Longford 3–08 Meath 3–05 Croke Park, Dublin Enda Williams
2003 Dublin 1–11 Laois 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin Cian Cleere
2004 Laois 0–10 Kildare 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin Craig Rogers
2005 Laois 1–12 Offaly 1–07 Croke Park, Dublin Richie Ryan
2006 Meath 1–16 Offaly 2–05 Croke Park, Dublin Paddy Brady
2007 Laois 3–08 Carlow 1–12 Croke Park, Dublin Seán Ramsbottom
2008 Meath 1–14 Offaly 2–10 Croke Park, Dublin Tommy Johnson
2009 Dublin 1–10, 1–15 (R) Kildare 1–10, 1–10 (R) Croke Park, Dublin Carlow Colm Carr
2010 Longford 0–14 Offaly 0–08 Croke Park, Dublin Dylan Quinn
2011 Dublin 2–18 Meath 1–11 Croke Park, Dublin Robbie McDaid
2012 Dublin 3–17 Meath 1–11 Croke Park, Dublin David Byrne
2013 [9] Kildare 2–15 Westmeath 2–07 Croke Park, Dublin Mark Sherry
2014 [10] Dublin 3–16 Kildare 1–12 Croke Park, Dublin Con O'Callaghan
2015 [11] Kildare 2–15 Longford 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin Shea Ryan/Conor Hartley
2016 [12] Kildare 1–18 Laois 0–10 Croke Park, Dublin Brian McLoughlin
2017 [13] Dublin 2–19 Louth 0–12 Croke Park, Dublin Donal Ryan
2018 Meath 1–15 Kildare 1–07 O'Connor Park, Tullamore Mathew Costello
2019 Kildare 2–21 Dublin 1–19 Pairc Tailteann, Navan Kevin Eustace/Aaron Browne
2020 Meath 1–07 Offaly 1–06 Cusack Park, Mullingar Eoghan Frayne
2021 Meath 3–08 Dublin 1–03 O'Connor Park, Tullamore Liam Kelly
2022 Dublin 2–10 Kildare 0–08 O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Daniel McCarthy/Clyde Burke
2023 Dublin 0–19 Kildare 2–08 O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Cillian Emmett
2024 [14] Longford 0–15 Dublin 1–10 O'Connor Park, Tullamore Mark Cooney
2025 Offaly 2–20 Louth 3–14 St Conleth's Park, Newbridge Cian McNamee


See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Poll: Do you support the changes to the GAA's minor and U21 age grades?". the42.ie . 27 February 2016.
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  6. ↑ "Minor Championship". Longford Gaelic Stats. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
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  12. ↑ "More Leinster minor glory for Kildare as they enjoy 11-point victory over Laois".
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  14. ↑ "Electric Ireland Leinster MFC Final: Longford win after extra-time". www.gaa.ie. 20 May 2024.
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