Type: | Junior |
Year: | 2011 |
Dates: | 29 April – 20 August 2011 |
Teams: | 21 |
Connacht: | Sligo |
Munster: | Cork |
Leinster: | Kildare |
Team: | Cork |
Titles: | 16th |
Captain: | Cathrach Keane |
Manager: | Niall Kelleher |
Team2: | Kildare |
Captain2: | Ciarán Kelly |
Matches: | 20 |
Totalgoals: | 41 (2.05 per game) |
Totalpoints: | 409 (20.45 per game) |
Previous: | 2010 |
Next: | 2012 |
The 2011 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 81st staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.
Sligo entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.[1] [2]
The All-Ireland final was played on 20 August 2011 at Semple Stadium in Thurles, between Cork and Kildare, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 1–12 to 0–13 to claim their 16th championship title overall and a first titles in two years.[3]