1959 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained

1959 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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Header1:Championship details
Label2:Dates
Label3:Teams
Header4:All-Ireland Champions
Label5:Winning team
Data5:Dublin (7th 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:Dublin
Label15:Ulster
Data15:Cavan
Label16:Connacht
Data16:Galway

The 1959 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 28th 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.

On 27 September 1959, Dublin won the championship following an 0-11 to 1-4 defeat of Cavan in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession. It was also a fifth All-Ireland title in six championship seasons for Dublin.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Mayo 4-15 Sligo 1-5 Quarter FinalMayo 3-9 Leitrim 4-4 Semi FinalGalway 2-5 Roscommon 1-4Galway 3-9- Mayo 1-8 Final

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Cavan 2-3 Galway 0-8

Final

Notes and References

  1. News: All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour. RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2011. 19 November 2012.