1952 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1952 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 21st 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.

1952 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamGalway (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCavan
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWestmeath
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway

Roscommon entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.

On 29 September 1952, Galway won the championship following a 2-9 to 1-6 defeat of Cavan in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-final

Galway 2-11 Leitrim 0-3.

Semi-finals

Sligo 3-5 Mayo 1-5.

Galway 2-3 Roscommon 1-3.

Final

Galway 4-11 Sligo 0-3 Castlebar.

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Final

29 September 1952 Final Galway 2-09 - 1-06 Cavan Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • In three of the provincial championships there are wins for teams after long absences. Cork and Westmeath win the respective Munster and Leinster titles for the first time since 1939, while Cavan claim the Ulster title for the first time since 1938.

References
  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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