1952 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship | |
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Label2: | Dates |
Label3: | Teams |
Header4: | All-Ireland Champions |
Label5: | Winning team |
Data5: | Galway (1st win) |
Label6: | Captain |
Label7: | Manager |
Header8: | All-Ireland Finalists |
Label9: | Losing team |
Data9: | Cavan |
Label10: | Captain |
Label11: | Manager |
Header12: | Provincial Champions |
Label13: | Munster |
Data13: | Cork |
Label14: | Leinster |
Data14: | Westmeath |
Label15: | Ulster |
Data15: | Cavan |
Label16: | Connacht |
Data16: | Galway |
The 1952 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 21st 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.
Roscommon entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.
On 29 September 1952, Galway won the championship following a 2-9 to 1-6 defeat of Cavan in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]
Quarter-final
Galway 2-11 Leitrim 0-3.
Semi-finals
Sligo 3-5 Mayo 1-5.
Galway 2-3 Roscommon 1-3.
Final
Galway 4-11 Sligo 0-3 Castlebar.
Semi-Finals
Final