1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained

1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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The 1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 29th 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, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.

On 25 September 1960, Galway won the championship following a 4-9 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first title in eight championship season.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

Galway 2-6 Mayo 0-4 Tuam.

Semi-Finals

Rosocmmon 5-9 Leitrim 2-5.

Galway 3-5 Sligo 0-7.

Final

Galway 4-11 Roscommon 0-3.

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final

GK1Mick Sherlock (Baile Philib)
RCB2Benny Grogan (Baile Philib)
FB3Pat Hanlon (Clann Mhuire)
LCB4Frank McArdle (Baile Philib)
RHB5Mick Foster (Clann Mhuire)
CHB6Willie Daly (Clan na Gael)
LHB7Val Murphy (Newtown Blues)
MF8Mick Briscoe (Newtown Blues)
MF9Muckle McKeown (O'Raghallaighs)
RHF10Seán Ryan (Clan na Gael)
CHF11Anthony Campbell (O'Raghallaighs)
LHF12Séamus Savage (Clann Mhuire)
RCF13Séamus Mohan (Pioneers)
FF14Séamus Dolan (O'Raghallaighs)
LCF15Seán McVeigh (Clann Mhuire)
Substitutes:
16Jack McAuley (Newtown Blues) for McKeown

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Galway 2-12 Offaly 2-3 Croke Park.

Final

Notes and References

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