1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained

1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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Header1:Championship details
Label2:Dates
Label3:Teams
Header4:All-Ireland Champions
Label5:Winning team
Data5:Louth (1st win)
Label6:Captain
Label7:Manager
Header8:All-Ireland Finalists
Label9:Losing team
Data9:Kerry
Label10:Captain
Label11:Manager
Header12:Provincial Champions
Label13:Munster
Data13:Kerry
Label14:Leinster
Data14:Louth
Label15:Ulster
Data15:Antrim
Label16:Connacht
Data16:Mayo

The 1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the eighth 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.

Mayo entered the championship as defending champions.

On 27 September 1936, Louth won the championship following a 5-01 to 1-08 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]

The victorious Louth team included several players from neighbouring counties who were boarding pupils at St. Mary's College, then the dominant side in Louth minor football. One of the boarders was captain Larry 'Lal' McEntee from Nobber, County Meath, whose nephew Dr. Gerry McEntee won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in both 1987 and 1988 with Meath.[2] [3]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Final

Munster Minor Football Championship

Final

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final

GK1Aloysius Lynn (St. Mary's College)
RCB2Pat Tuite (Dundalk Gaels)
FB3Leo Burns (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LCB4Frank Rock (St. Mary's College)
RHB5Peter Killen (Cooley Kickhams)
CHB6Larry Waller (Dowdallshill)
LHB7Vincent O'Dowda (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8Donal Brady (St. Mary's College)
MF9Michael Campbell (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10James Reilly (Wolfe Tones)
CHF11Steve Gaughran (Dundalk Gaels)
LHF12Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) (c)
RCF13Jim Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels)
LCF15Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels)
Substitutes:
16Kevin O'Dowda (St. Mary's College) for Reilly

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Final

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Final (Croke Park, Dublin)

GK1Aloysius Lynn (St. Mary's College)
RCB2Pat Tuite (Dundalk Gaels)
FB3Leo Burns (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LCB4Frank Rock (St. Mary's College)
RHB5Michael Cunningham (Wolfe Tones)
CHB6Larry Waller (Dowdallshill)
LHB7Vincent O'Dowda (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8Donal Brady (St. Mary's College)
MF9Eugene McGrath (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10James Reilly (Wolfe Tones)
CHF11Kevin O'Dowda (St. Mary's College)
LHF12Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) (c)
RCF13Jim Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels)
LCF15Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels)
Substitutes:
16Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) for Michael Cunningham
GK1P. Kennedy (Dingle)
RCB2G. Teehan (Keel)
FB3J. Keohane (Tralee)
LCB4P. Dowling (Ardfert)
RHB5C. O'Sullivan (Tralee)
CHB6W. Casey (Dingle)
LHB7T. Healy (Tralee)
MF8D. Healy (Tralee)
MF9T. O'Connor (Dingle) (c)
RHF10P. Sexton (Killarney)
CHF11T. O'Sullivan (Dingle)
LHF12T. Lyne (Killarney)
RCF13P. Breen (Castleisland)
FF14T. Scannell (Ardfert)
LCF15T. Brosnan (Dingle)
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: 64 years since Louth last won the minor championship. 15 July 2017. Dundalk Democrat.
  3. Web site: Bridie McEntee, Nobber. 9 July 2014. Meath Chronicle.