1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 20th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamRoscommon (3rd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamArmagh
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtRoscommon

Kerry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Armagh in the All-Ireland semi-final.[1]

On 23 September 1951, Roscommon won the championship following a 2-7 to 1-5 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in seven championship seasons.[3][4]


Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

(Roscommon awarded title after objection)[5]

Quarter-final

Mayo 1-4 Sligo 0-5 Ballymote.

Semi-finals

Roscommon 3-5 Mayo 0-2

Galway 2-8 Leitrim 2-5

Final

Roscommon 2–04 - 1–08 Galway

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final[6]

22 July 1951 Louth 3–09 - 2–05 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin
GK1Pat McMahon (Dowdallshill)
RCB2George Carroll (St Dominic's)
FB3Fintan Wynne (St Bride's)
LCB4Brendan Donohue (Dundalk Gaels)
RHB5Eugene King (St Dominic's)
CHB6Michael Brennan (Ardee Minors) (c)
LHB7Peter Judge (Newtown Blues)
MF8Benny Toal (Clan Na Gael)
MF9Pat McKevitt (Clan Na Gael)
RHF10Harry Rogers (Ardee Minors)
CHF11Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHF12Kevin Beahan (Ardee Minors)
RCF13Niall Craven (Roche Emmets)
FF14Peter McDonnell (Ardee Minors)
LCF15Phil Hearty (Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
GK1J. Reynolds
RCB2P. Hughes
FB3L. Moran
LCB4E. Cahill
RHB5D. Egan
CHB6J. Clarke
LHB7G. Burke
MF8J. Butler
MF9F. Eivers
RHF10M. Gunning
CHF11P. Dunne
LHF12J. Kirrane
RCF13D. O'Sullivan
FF14J. Quinn
LCF15P. Walsh
Substitutes:
16A. Kiernan

Munster Minor Football Championship

Final

Kerry 0–07 - 0–03 Cork

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Final

Armagh 3–01 - 1–04 Cavan

Semi-Finals

(Armagh/Kerry went to a replay)

23 September 1951 Armagh 2–03 - 0–07 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
25 November 1951[7][8] Roscommon 2–05 - 1–03 Louth CBS Roscommon


Final

(Croke Park, Dublin)[9]

16 December 1951
Roscommon 2–07 – 1–05 Armagh
(HT: 1–04 - 1–03)
GK1P. Muldoon
RCB2O. Murray
FB3J. Lynch
LCB4E. O'Connor
RHB5B. Molloy (c)
CHB6T. Finnegan
LHB7G. Healey
MF8H. Connolly
MF9J. Rafferty
RHF10J. O'Brien
CHF11J. Campbell
LHF12E. Duignan
RCF13L. Duffy
FF14M. Shivnan
LCF15H. Penny
Substitutes:
16M. Kelly
GK1G. Murphy
RCB2G. Donnelly
FB3B. Seeley
LCB4T. Moore
RHB5D. Skelton
CHB6E. Quinn
LHB7M. Grimley
MF8S. McCreesh
MF9B. O'Neill
RHF10T. Dillon
CHF11J. Hanratty
LHF12J. Crossey
RCF13J. Kiernan
FF14P. McArdle
LCF15D. McCorry
Substitutes:

References
  1. "Last-minute goal gave Armagh victory". Frontier Sentinel. 29 September 1951.
  2. "ON THIS DAY: ROSCOMMON CROWNED ALL-IRELAND MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS 70 YEARS AGO". Roscommon Herald. 16 December 2021.
  3. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  4. "Roscommon profile". Hogan Stand.
  5. "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
  6. "Louth Minors win Leinster Title". The Argus. 28 July 1951.
  7. "Louth Minors go down fighting". The Argus. 1 December 1951.
  8. "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
  9. "Surprise defeat of Armagh Minors". The Derry People. 22 December 1951.
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