1999 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship Explained

Type:Junior
Year:1996
Connacht:Roscommon
Munster:Waterford
Leinster:Meath
Team:Waterford
Titles:1st
Captain:Alfie Kirwan
Team2:Meath
Captain2:Enda Grogan
Previous:1998
Next:2000

The 1999 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kerry in the Munster quarter-final.[1] [2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 7 August 1999 at O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, between Waterford and Meath, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Waterford won the match by 2–12 to 2–11 to claim their first ever championship title.[3] [4] [5]

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who fears to speak of ’98? The story of the Tipperary junior football team, Munster and All-Ireland champions 1998. 26 April 2018. Friends of Tipperary Football. 14 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Tipperary profile. Hogan Stand website. 18 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Waterford profile. Hogan Stand website. 18 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Junior football. 29 May 2009. Munster GAA website. 18 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Meath and Waterford's football history. 30 June 2009. Munster GAA website. 18 August 2021.