1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained

1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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Header1:Championship details
Label2:Dates
Label3:Teams
Header4:All-Ireland Champions
Label5:Winning team
Data5:Kerry (1st win)
Label6:Captain
Data6:Jimmy O'Gorman
Label7:Manager
Header8:All-Ireland Finalists
Label9:Losing team
Data9:Louth
Label10:Captain
Label11:Manager
Header12:Provincial Champions
Label13:Munster
Data13:Kerry
Label14:Leinster
Data14:Louth
Label15:Ulster
Data15:Tyrone
Label16:Connacht
Data16:Mayo

The 1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Louth in the Leinster quarter-final.

On 20 September 1931, Kerry won the championship following a 3–04 to 0–04 defeat of Louth in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]

The final had been arranged for 6 September but Kerry failed to fulfil the fixture. The match was subsequently rescheduled to be played a fortnight later, with Louth awarded home advantage.[2]

Results

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final (Croke Park, Dublin)

GK1Peter McDonnell (Ardee minors)
RCB2Jim Tiernan (Dowdallshill)
FB3Gerard Hearty (Clan Na Gael)
LCB4Jimmy Beirne (Ardee)
RHB5Larry Dyas (Wolfe Tones)
CHB6Chris Marley (Dromiskin Unknowns)
LHB7Jack Kelly (O'Connells)
MF8James Caffrey (O'Connells)
MF9Kevin McArdle (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10Peter Collier (St Bride's)
CHF11Ambrose Woods (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF12Arthur Dempsey (Ardee minors)
RCF13Gerard Dillon (Clan Na Gael)
FF14John Harlin (Ardee minors) (c)
LCF15Gerard Watters (Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers)

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Final (Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda)

GK1Brendan Reidy (Austin Stacks)
RCB2Frank O'Neill (Austin Stacks)
FB3Paddy Walsh (St Mary's)
LCB4Ned O'Mahony (Firies)
RHB5D.J. McCarthy (John Mitchel's)
CHB6Jack O'Keeffe (Dr Crokes)
LHB7Tim O'Sullivan (Austin Stacks)
MF8Jimmy O'Gorman (Austin Stacks) (c)
MF9Paddy McMahon (John Mitchel's)
RHF10Tommy Murphy (John Mitchel's)
CHF11P.J. O'Sullivan (St Mary's)
LHF12Michael Buckley (Tarbert)
RCF13Ted Chute (Listowel Emmets)
FF14Charlie O'Sullivan (Kerins O'Rahilly's)
LCF15Bernard Healy (Kerins O'Rahilly's)
Substitutes:
GK1Peter McDonnell (Ardee minors)
RCB2Jim Tiernan (Dowdallshill)
FB3Gerard Hearty (Clan Na Gael)
LCB4Jimmy Beirne (Ardee)
RHB5Larry Dyas (Wolfe Tones)
CHB6Chris Marley (Dromiskin Unknowns)
LHB7James Fearon (Cooley Kickhams)
MF8James Caffrey (O'Connells)
MF9Kevin McArdle (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10Peter Collier (St Bride's)
CHF11Arthur Bradley (Ardee minors)
LHF12Arthur Dempsey (Ardee minors)
RCF13Jack Kelly (O'Connells)
FF14John Harlin (Ardee minors) (c)
LCF15Gerard Watters (Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers)
Substitutes:

Notes and References

  1. News: All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour. RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2011. 19 November 2012.
  2. Web site: Joe Carroll: 'Kerry unlikely to miss the bus'. . 15 February 2023.