Year: | 1991 |
Dates: | 4 May - 15 September 1991 |
Teams: | 32 |
Connacht: | Mayo |
Munster: | Cork |
Leinster: | Kildare |
Ulster: | Donegal |
Team1: | Cork |
Titles: | 8th |
Captain: | Alan McCarthy |
Manager: | Éamonn Ryan |
Team2: | Mayo |
Captain2: | Ronan Golding |
Manager2: | Martin Carney |
Matches: | 33 |
Topscorer: | Podsie O'Mahony (0-27) |
Previous: | 1990 |
Next: | 1992 |
The 1991 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 60th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1929.[1]
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in a Leinster first round replay.
The All-Ireland final was played on 15 September 1991 between Cork and Mayo, in what was their first meeting in a final in six years. Cork won the match by 1-09 to 1-07 to claim their eighth championship title overall and their first title since 1981.[2] [3] [4]
Cork's Podsie O'Mahony was the championship's top scorer with 0-27.