1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship | |
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Header1: | Championship details |
Label2: | Dates |
Label3: | Teams |
Header4: | All-Ireland Champions |
Label5: | Winning team |
Data5: | Down (2nd win) |
Label6: | Captain |
Label7: | Manager |
Header8: | All-Ireland Finalists |
Label9: | Losing team |
Data9: | Cork |
Label10: | Captain |
Label11: | Manager |
Header12: | Provincial Champions |
Label13: | Munster |
Data13: | Cork |
Label14: | Leinster |
Data14: | Kildare |
Label15: | Ulster |
Data15: | Down |
Label16: | Connacht |
Data16: | Galway |
The 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 56th 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.
Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 20 September 1987, Down won the championship following a 1-12 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons.[1]
Future Comedian Patrick Kielty was on the Down team.
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Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
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