1997 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship Explained

Type:Junior
Year:1997
Connacht:Mayo
Munster:Kerry
Leinster:Meath
Team:Mayo
Captain:Vinny Keane
Manager:Billy Fitzpatrick
Team2:Kerry
Captain2:Diarmuid Murphy
Manager2:Buddy O'Grady
Previous:1996
Next:1998

The 1997 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 67th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, but lost to Clare at the semi-final stage of the Munster Championship.[1]

The 1997 All-Ireland Junior Championship final was played on 23 August 1997 in Ennis, between Mayo and Kerry.

Mayo won the match by 2–08 to 1–10 to claim their fifth championship overall and a second in three years.

Results

Leinster Junior Football Championship

GK1John Curry (Ballinabrackey)
RCB2Diarmuid Kealy (Dunshaughlin)
FB3Conor Woods (Carnaross)
LCB4Alan Meade (Simonstown Gaels)
RHB5Stephen Murphy (Duleek)
CHB6Cormac Murphy (St Patrick's)
LHB7Tommy Hanley (Athboy)
MF8Karl McDonnell (Duleek)
MF9John Henry (Cortown) (c)
RHF10Derek Doonan (Navan O'Mahonys)
CHF11Richie Kealy (Dunshaughlin)
LHF12Mark Crampton (Blackhall Gaels)
RCF13Daithí White (St Patrick's)
FF14Shay Duff (Syddan)
LCF15Francis Callaghan (Meath Hill)
Substitutes:
16Eugene Greville (Enfield) for C. Murphy
17James Mitchell (Longwood) for Crampton
18Timmy O'Regan (Donaghmore/Ashbourne) for Callaghan

Manager:
Eamonn Barry
GK1Séamus Quigley (Kilkerley Emmets)
RCB2Breen Phillips (Newtown Blues)
FB3Brian Keenan (St Mary's
LCB4Gerry Craven (Roche Emmets)
RHB5Paddy McGuigan (Dreadnots)
CHB6Niall Flynn (Glyde Rangers)
LHB7Mark Devlin (Naomh Fionnbarra)
MF8James McDonnell (Naomh Máirtín) (c)
MF9Damien Martin (Newtown Blues)
RHF10Peter O'Kane (Dundalk Gaels)
CHF11Paul Kelly (Newtown Blues)
LHF12Turlough Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets)
RCF13David Reilly (St Joseph's)
FF14Aidan Shevlin (Stabannon Parnells)
LCF15Mark Leavy (Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
16Wayne Carroll (Lann Léire) for Lennon
17Adrian O'Sullivan (St Joseph's) for Martin
18Aidan Delaney (Dundalk Gaels) for Flynn

Manager:
Paul Kenny

All-Ireland final

Notes and References

  1. News: Junior footballers lose out to Clare. The Corkman. 27 June 1997.