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]
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
Semi-Finals
Cavan 2-3 Galway 0-8
Final