1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship | |
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Label2: | Dates |
Label3: | Teams |
Header4: | All-Ireland Champions |
Label5: | Winning team |
Data5: | Roscommon (3rd win) |
Label6: | Captain |
Label7: | Manager |
Header8: | All-Ireland Finalists |
Label9: | Losing team |
Data9: | Armagh |
Label10: | Captain |
Label11: | Manager |
Header12: | Provincial Champions |
Label13: | Munster |
Data13: | Kerry |
Label14: | Leinster |
Data14: | Louth |
Label15: | Ulster |
Data15: | Armagh |
Label16: | Connacht |
Data16: | Roscommon |
The 1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 20th 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.
Kerry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Armagh in the All-Ireland semi-final.[1]
On 23 September 1951, Roscommon won the championship following a 2-7 to 1-5 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in seven championship seasons.[3] [4]
(Roscommon awarded title after objection)[5]
Quarter-final
Mayo 1-4 Sligo 0-5 Ballymote.
Semi-finals
Roscommon 3-5 Mayo 0-2
Galway 2-8 Leitrim 2-5
Final
Final[6]
Final
Final
(Armagh/Kerry went to a replay)