2006 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship Explained

Type:Junior
Year:2006
Connacht:Roscommon
Munster:Kerry
Leinster:Meath
Team:Kerry
Captain:Seán Hegarty
Manager:Buddy O'Grady
Team2:Roscommon
Captain2:Ronan Cox
Manager2:Eamonn McManus
Previous:2005
Next:2007

The 2006 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 76th staging of the competition since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Traditionally the four provincial championship winners face each other at the All-Ireland semi-final stage.

As the Ulster GAA council did not hold a provincial championship, the fourth semi-final spot was filled by overseas representatives Warwickshire, winners of the 2006 All-Britain Junior Football Championship.

Kerry's victory in the final, against Roscommon on 30 July, was the county's 14th in the history of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.[1]

Results

Leinster Junior Football Championship

GK1John Curry (Ballinabrackey)
RCB2Trevor Bannon (Ballinabrackey)
FB3Brian O'Reilly (Nobber)
LCB4Paddy Nugent (Carnaross) (c)
RHB5Barry Kieran (Meath Hill)
CHB6Thomas Dillon (Syddan)
LHB7John Bruton (Kilbride)
MF8Brian Meade (Rathkenny)
MF9Jim Gallagher (Gaeil Colmcille)
RHF10Richie Kealy (Dunshaughlin)
CHF11Stephen Dillon (Syddan)
LHF12Tony Cunningham (Duleek)
RCF13Rory Maguire (Longwood)
FF14Brian Dillon (Syddan)
LCF15Trevor Dowd (Dunshaughlin)
Substitutes:
16Ian McManus (Curraha) for B. Dillon
17Dean Barrett (Na Fianna) for Gallagher

Manager:
Dessie Hamilton
GK1Seán Connor (St Patrick's)
RCB2Derek Shevlin (Dreadnots)
FB3Dessie Finnegan (St Patrick's)
LCB4Fergal McGuigan (Dreadnots)
RHB5J.J. Quigley (Clan na Gael)
CHB6Gavin Long (Cooley Kickhams)
LHB7Ronan Greene (Naomh Malachi)
MF8Seán O'Neill (Cooley Kickhams)
MF9John Doyle (Naomh Fionnbarra)
RHF10Francis McCullough (Naomh Máirtín)
CHF11David Hughes (Cooley Kickhams)
LHF12David Reid (Mattock Rangers)
RCF13Cormac McArdle (Dundalk Gaels)
FF14Shane Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets)
LCF15Colm Judge (Newtown Blues)
Substitutes:
16Nicky McDonnell (Naomh Máirtín) for McCullough
17Stephen Fitzpatrick (Clan na Gael) for McGuigan
18Peter Osborne (Seán McDermott's) for Long
19Nigel Shevlin (Dreadnots) for McArdle
20David Bracken (Glen Emmets) for Doyle

Manager:
Eamonn McEneaney

All-Ireland Final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kingdom revel in first junior success in 12 years. 31 July 2006. Irish Examiner.