Connacht Minor Football Championship Explained

The Connacht Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18 until 2017, now under-17) in the province of Connacht in Ireland. It is currently sponsored by Electric Ireland and therefore officially known as the Electric Ireland Connacht GAA Football Minor Championship.

The series of games are played during the summer months with the Connacht final currently being played in July. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final.

The Connacht Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. The winners of the Connacht final, like their counterparts in the other provincial championships, are rewarded by advancing to the quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Connacht final also enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final stage.

Top winners

TeamWinsYears wonRunners upYears runners up
1Mayo411930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022,2023, 2024.211932, 1937, 1939, 1959, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2016
2Galway291932, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 211934, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2022
3Roscommon141939, 1941, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1992, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2020261931, 1933, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1990, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021,2024.
4Leitrim31945, 1956, 199881938, 1940, 1948, 1957, 1977, 1982, 1991, 2002
Sligo31949, 1968, 2021141930, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1961, 1976, 1996, 1998, 2015, 2017, 2020

List of finals

All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up
YearWinnerScoreRunners-upScore
2022MayoGalway
2021[1] Sligo0-19Roscommon0-11
2020Roscommon1-05Sligo1-02
2019Mayo1-18Galway1-17
2018bgcolor=silverGalway2–13Roscommon2-09
2017[2] Galway3–11Sligo0–10
2016[3] bgcolor=silverGalway1–09 (12)Mayo0–06 (6)
2015[4] [5] [6] Galway0–07 (7) 4–12 (24)Sligo1–04 (7) 1–08 (11)
2014[7] Mayo2–16Roscommon0–14
2013[8] Mayo3–07Roscommon1–10
2012[9] Roscommon0–10Mayo0–08
2011Roscommon1–09Galway0–06
2010Mayo3–09Galway1–10
2009Mayo1–05, 1–08 (R)Roscommon0–08, 0–05 (R)
2008Mayo0–10Roscommon0–07
2007Galway2–07Roscommon0–09
2006Roscommon0–12Mayo0–09
2005Mayo0–09Galway0–10
2004Galway3–10Roscommon2–10
2003Galway1–09Mayo0–09
2002Galway1–12Leitrim0–06
2001 Mayo0–15Galway0–11
2000Mayo1–12Roscommon1–08
1999Mayo3–03Galway1–06
1998Leitrim0–08Sligo0–07
1997Mayo0–13Roscommon0–09
1996Mayo0–10, 2–03 (R)Sligo0–10, 0–08 (R)
1995Galway2–14Mayo2–11
1994Galway2–11Mayo0–09
1993Galway0–11 3–08 (R)Mayo1–08 1–10 (R)
1992Roscommon0–10Mayo0–09
1991Mayo4–09Leitrim0–06
1990Galway1–18Roscommon2–03
1989Roscommon0–13, 2–11 (R)Galway2-08, 0–15 (R)
1988Galway2–09Mayo3–04
1987Galway2–08Mayo2–04
1986 Galway1–09Mayo2–01
1985Mayo0–06Galway1–01
1984Roscommon1–11, 3–09 (R)Mayo2–08, 2–08 (R)
1983Galway2–10Roscommon2–05
1982Galway1–07Leitrim0–07
1981Roscommon2–08Mayo3–04
1980Mayo3–08Roscommon2–09
1979Mayo5–11Galway3–07
1978Mayo2–06Galway0–04
1977Mayo2–20Leitrim0–07
1976Galway6–16Sligo3–03
1975Roscommon1–15Galway0–05
1974Mayo4–12Roscommon2–03
1973Mayo3–07Galway0–03
1972Galway4–11Roscommon1–11
1971Mayo2–12Roscommon1–08
1970Galway2–11Mayo1–06
1969Galway3–03Mayo0–08
1968Sligo1–08Galway0–07
1967Roscommon2–05Mayo1–05
1966Mayo1–09Roscommon0–07
1965Roscommon2–10Mayo1–10
1964Mayo2–07Galway1–03
1963Mayo3–05Roscommon1–05
1962Mayo7–08Galway0–10
1961Mayo5–08Sligo0–05
1960Galway4–11Roscommon0–03
1959Galway3–09Mayo1–08
1958Mayo1–08Roscommon1–04
1957Mayo4–04Leitrim2–05
1956Leitrim2–07Roscommon1–06
1955Mayo2–05Galway1–05
1954Mayo9–16Sligo0–04
1953Mayo1–09Roscommon1–03
1952Galway4–11Sligo0–03
1951Roscommon2–04Galway1–08
1950Mayo3–07Roscommon1–04
1949Sligo1–07, 2–07 (R)Roscommon2–04, 3–10 (R)
1948Galway3–04Leitrim0–05
1947Mayo3–06Sligo2–05
1946Mayo4–09Galway1–05
1945Leitrim1–05, 2–06 (R)Sligo2–02, 1–05 (R)
1944No competition
1943No competition
1942No competition
1941Roscommon2–06Galway0–06
1940Mayo8–05Leitrim1–06
1939Roscommon1–10Mayo1–03
1938Galway6–05Leitrim1–06
1937Galway2–08Mayo1–03
1936Mayo4–09Sligo1–08
1935Mayo2–02Sligo1–03
1934Mayo2–13Galway0–05
1933Mayo5–07Roscommon0–06
1932Galway3–05Mayo1–04
1931Mayo2–10Roscommon3–02
19303–041–01

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sligo bridge 53-year gap to become Connacht minor football champions . 21 August 2021 . . 6 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Connacht MFC: Tribesmen make it three-in-a-row . 10 July 2017 . . 9 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Connacht MFC: O Conghaile points Tribesmen to title . 28 July 2016 . . 10 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Connacht MFC final: Galway comeback denies Sligo . 27 July 2015 . . 19 July 2015.
  5. Web site: Connacht MFC final replay: Tribe trounce Yeats boys . 27 July 2015 . . 24 July 2015.
  6. News: Galway trounce Sligo to end eight-year wait for provincial honours. The42.ie. 24 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Rossies run champions close before Reape seals final victory . 14 July 2014 . . 14 July 2014.
  8. Web site: Connacht MFC final: Mayo hang on . 21 July 2013 . . 21 July 2013.
  9. Web site: Connacht Minor Football Championship: Roscommon survive late fightback to down Mayo . https://archive.today/20130615222242/http://www.thescore.ie/connacht-minor-football-championship-roscommon-survive-late-fightback-to-down-mayo-521574-Jul2012/ . dead . 15 June 2013 . 13 June 2013 . www.thescore.ie . 15 July 2012 .

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