1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship Explained

Type:Junior
Year:1985
Connacht:Galway
Munster:Kerry
Leinster:Dublin
Ulster:Armagh
Team:Galway
Titles:4th
Captain:Conor O'Dea
Manager:Billy Joyce
Team2:Warwickshire
Previous:1984
Next:1986

The 1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 55th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions but lost to Kerry in the opening round of the Munster Championship.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played in Tuam on 6 October 1985 between Galway and Warwickshire, in what was the first ever meeting in a final between the two counties. Galway won the match by twenty-five points to claim their first title at the grade since 1965 and a fourth overall.

Results

GK1Brian Campbell (Beann Éadair)
RCB2Tomás Mannion (Ballymun Kickhams)
FB3Martin Cooke (Kilmore)
LCB4Peter Nolan (Robert Emmets)
RHB5Ciarán Griffin (Fingal Ravens)
CHB6Tom Byrne (An Caisleán)
LHB7Donal McCarthy (Scoil Uí Chonaill)
MF8Anthony White (Clann Mhuire)
MF9Anthony Costello (Naomh Fionnbarra)
RHF10David Delappe (St Anne's)
CHF11Edward McHugh (An Caisleán)
LHF12Jack Sheedy Lucan Sarsfields)
RCF13Joe Watson (Skerries Harps)
FF14Richie Crean (Lucan Sarsfields)
LCF15Ciarán Richardson (Robert Emmets)
GK1Mal Clarke (Oliver Plunketts)
RCB2Tom Conlon (Naomh Malachi)
FB3Declan Healy (Naomh Máirtín)
LCB4Jim Matthews (Hunterstown Rovers)
RHB5Barry O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's)
CHB6Mickey Rossiter (Oliver Plunketts) (c)
LHB7Stephen Matthews (St Kevin's)
MF8Stephen Melia (John Mitchels)
MF9Brian Gorham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RHF10John O'Donoghue (Oliver Plunketts)
CHF11Denis Kelleher (Dreadnots)
LHF12Vincent O'Connor (Dundalk Young Irelands)
RCF13Gerry Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)
FF14Frank Taaffe (Oliver Plunketts)
LCF15Seán McGahon (Seán McDermott's)
Substitutes:
16Pádraig Califf (Dreadnots) for O'Connor
17Pat Hand (Naomh Fionnbarra) for Reynolds
18Noel Healy (Naomh Máirtín) for Gorham

All-Ireland final

Notes and References

  1. News: Kerry Are Hot Favourites For Junior Title. The Kerryman. 31 May 1985.