2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 2019

Championship details
Dates	10 April – 1 September 2019
Teams	32
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Cork (11th win)
Captain	Conor Corbett
Manager	Bobbie O'Dwyer
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Galway
Captain	Jonathan McGrath
Manager	Dónal Ó Fátharta
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Monaghan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
No. matches played	68
Top Scorer	Tomo Culhane
Player of the Year	Conor Corbett
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The 2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under seventeens. Thirty-two county teams from Ireland competed.

2018 was the first minor competition for under 17-year-olds – previously the competition had an under eighteen age limit. The under seventeen championship with a new format was introduced after a vote at the GAA Congress on 26 February 2016.

A league format is followed in Connacht and Leinster. Munster introduced a double league format in 2019 with the winners of an initial Phase 1 league containing weaker teams advancing to a Phase 2 league where they play in a 3-team league with Cork and Kerry. Ulster still plays a knockout championship.

The winners will receive the Tom Markham Cup.

Teams

Thirty-two teams from Ireland contested the championship. New York and London did not participate in this competition.

Competition format

Provincial Championships

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organised provincial championship. Each province decided its own rules for determining their champions. The formats for the 2019 provincial championships are explained in the sections below.

All-Ireland

The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarterfinals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are played in a single knockout format. The minor final is normally played before the All-Ireland senior final.

Provincial championships

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Connacht Format

All five Connacht counties compete in a single round robin format. The top three teams in the round robin table meet again in the Connacht semi-final and final.

The winners receive the Tom Kilcoyne Cup.

Connacht Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Galway	4	3	0	1	90	51	+39	6	Contest Connacht final and advance to All-Ireland quarter finals
2	Sligo	4	3	0	1	74	58	+16	6	Contest Connacht semi-final, winner advances to Connacht final and All-Ireland quarter finals
3	Mayo	4	2	0	2	72	45	+27	4
4	Roscommon	4	2	0	2	74	73	+1	4
5	Leitrim	4	0	0	4	33	116	−83	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition; 3) Scoring difference; 4) Highest total score for; 5) A play-off.

Connacht League Section Rounds 1 to 5

Leitrim v Mayo

17 May 2019 Round 1	Leitrim	0-06 - 1-20	Mayo	Ballinamore, County Leitrim
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Roscommon v Galway

17 May 2019 Round 1	Roscommon	1-17 - 1-15	Galway	Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
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Galway v Sligo

24 May 2019 Round 2

Galway

0-15 -1-10

Sligo

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

Mayo v Roscommon

24 May 2019 Round 2

Mayo

4-14 - 0-05

Roscommon

James Stephens Park Ballina, County Mayo

Roscommon v Leitrim

31 May 2019 Round 3

Roscommon

5-15 - 0-08

Leitrim

Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Sligo v Mayo

31 May 2019 Round 3

Sligo

0-16 - 0-12

Mayo

Markievicz Park, Sligo

Mayo v Galway

14 June 2019 Round 4	Mayo	0-11 - 2-12	Galway	MacHale Park, Castlebar
				Referee: Brendan Healy Roscommon

Leitrim v Sligo

14 June 2019 Round 4

Leitrim

1-09 - 1-21

Sligo

Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

Galway v Leitrim

21 June 2019 Round 5

Galway

5-24 - 1-04

Leitrim

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

Sligo v Roscommon

21 June 2019 Round 5

Sligo

2-15 - 4-07

Roscommon

Markievicz Park, Sligo

Connacht Semi Final

Sligo v Mayo

26 June 2019 19:30 IST (UTC+1) Final

Sligo	1-10 (13) – (22) 5-7	Mayo

MacHale Park, Mayo

Connacht Final

Galway v Mayo

5 July 2019 19:30 IST (UTC+1) Final

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Galway	1-17 (20) – (21) 1-18	Mayo

Tuam Stadium, Galway Referee: Patrick McTiernan (Roscommon)

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Leinster Format

Leinster teams competed in 3 groups, each of 4 teams. Each team in a group plays a single match against the other teams. The first two teams in each group progress to the Leinster semi-finals.

Leinster Group 1 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Laois	2	1	1	0	25	25	0	3	Advance to Leinster Semi-Final
2	Westmeath	2	1	0	1	28	23	+5	2
3	Longford	2	1	0	1	19	23	−4	2
4	Carlow	2	0	1	1	20	22	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition; 3) Scoring difference; 4) Highest total score for; 5) A play-off.

Leinster Group 1 Rounds 1 to 3

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Leinster Group 2 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dublin	2	2	0	0	43	29	+14	4	Advance to Leinster Quarter-Final
2	Meath	2	1	0	1	24	27	−3	2
3	Offaly	2	1	0	1	18	20	−2	2
4	Wexford	0	0	0	0	25	34	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition; 3) Scoring difference; 4) Highest total score for; 5) A play-off.

Leinster Group 2 Rounds 1 to 3

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Dublin v Meath

April 2019 Round 1	Dublin	4-10 - 2-10	Meath	Parnell Park, Dublin
	R O’Dwyer 1-2, F Murray 0-4 (0-3f), S Kinsella, L Swan 1-1 each, R Bolger 1-0, A Rogers, D O’Dowd 0-1.	[https://www.dublingaa.ie/news/minor-footballers-finish-strong-to-edge-out-meath	D Bell 1-1, N Finnerty 0-3, A Chinchilla 1-0, P Sheridan, E Frayne (0-2f), B Thompson (0-2f) 0-2 each.	Referee: A Coyne (Westmeath).

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Dublin v Wexford

April 2019 Round 2	Dublin	3-12 - 1-10	Wexford	Bellefield, Enniscorthy.
	F Murray 2-6 (0-6f), R Bolger 1-3, D Fagan, S Kinsella, L Curran 0-1 each.	Report	J O'Leary 0-4 (0-2f, 0-1 '45'), J Curtis 1-1, L Whelan 0-3 (0-1f), R O'Connor, R Connolly 0-1 each.	Referee: K Harris (Kildare).

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Dublin v Offaly

April 2019 Round 3	Dublin	2-13 - 0-13	Offaly	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
	R Bolger 1-3, F Murray 1-1 (0-1 ‘45’), L Swan 0-3, C Monaghan 0-2, D O’Dowd, S Kinsella, D Fagan, R Keogh 0-1 each	[https://www.dublingaa.ie/news/minor-footballers-progress-to-leinster-quarter-finals-1	C Delaney 0-6 (0-4f, 0-1 ’45’), M Tynan 0-4 (0-3f), D Flynn 0-2, J Sheerin 0-1.	Referee: N Ward (Westmeath)

Leinster Group 3 table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kildare	2	2	0	0	40	0	+40	4	Advance to Leinster Semi-Final
2	Wicklow	2	1	0	1	0	28	−28	2
3	Louth	2	1	0	1	41	38	+3	2
4	Kilkenny	2	0	0	2	26	72	−46	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) League points; 2) Where only two teams are involved, the outcome of the meeting of the two teams in the competition; 3) Scoring difference; 4) Highest total score for; 5) A play-off.

Leinster Group 3 Rounds 1 to 3

Louth v Kildare

8 May 2019 Round 1

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Leinster Quarter-Finals

1 June 2018 15:00 Quarter-Final 1	Wicklow	1-9 - 0-20	Dublin	Joule Park, Aughrim Referee: Seamus Mulhare (Laois)
	Shane Daly 0-4, Joe Prendergast 1-1, Matthew Ging 0-3 (0-2f), Tom Keogh 0-1	Report	Fionn Murray 0-6 (0-3f, 1 '45), Alex Rogers 0-4, Ryan O'Dwyer 0-3 (0-2f), Luke Curran 0-2, Luke Murphy-Guinane, Sean Kinsella, Robbie Bolger, Luke Swan, Ross Keogh 0-1 each

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1 June 2018 16:00 Quarter-Final 2	Westmeath	2-15 - 1-14 AET	Meath	Cusack Park (Mullingar) Referee: David Fedigan (Louth) Man of the Match: Fionn O'Hara (St. Loman's Mullingar)
	Ben McGauran 0-6 (0-3f), Fionn O'Hara 1-2, Shane Reid 1-1, Luke Buckley 0-3 (0-1f), Eamonn Martin, Dan Leech, Cillian Lawlor 0-1 each	Report	Eoghan Frayne 0-9 (0-6f, 1 '45), Niall Finnerty 1-3 (0-2f), Josh Carolan and Barry Thompson 0-1 each

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Leinster Semi-Finals

21 June 2019 20:00 Semi-Final 1	Laois	1-6 - 0-12	Kildare	O'Moore Park Referee: David Fedigan (Louth)
	Oisin Hooney 1-0, Conor Goode and Brian Whelan (0-2f) 0-2 each, Sean Greene and Colin Dunne 0-1 each	Report	Eoin Bagnall 0-8 (0-7f), Aaron Browne 0-2, Shane Flynn and Oisin Milmoe 0-1 each

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22 June 2019 15:45 Semi-Final 2	Westmeath	1-11 - 0-18	Dublin	Cusack Park Referee: David Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Ross Keogh (St. Sylvesters)
	Ben McGauran 1-4, Fionn O'Hara and Dan Leech 0-2 each, Luke Buckley (1 '45), Devin Hill, Shane Reid 0-1 each	Report	Fionn Murray 0-6 (0-3f, 1 '45), Alex Rogers 0-4, Ross Keogh 0-3, Senan Forker, Conor Archer, Ryan O'Dwyer (0-1f), Robbie Bolger, Luke Murphy-Guinane 0-1 each

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Leinster Final

6 July 2019 14:00 Final	Kildare	2-21 - 1-19 AET	Dublin	Páirc Tailteann, Navan Referee: David Hickey (Carlow) Man of the Match: Aaron Browne (Celbridge)
	Eoin Bagnall 1-7 (0-6f), Aaron Browne 1-7, Shane Flynn 0-3, Eoin Meehan 0-2, Kevin Eustace and Mikey Delahunty 0-1 each	Report[2]	Fionn Murray 0-10 (0-8f, 1 '45), Luke Swan 1-1, Ryan O'Dwyer 0-4 (0-2f, 0-1 pen), Luke Curran 0-2, Alex Rogers and Ross Keogh 0-1 each

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Munster Minor Football Championship

Munster Format

The four weakest Munster teams compete in a league known as Phase 1.

The winner of Phase 1 competes in a further league known as Phase 2

Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4

Clare v Limerick

10 April 2019 Round 1	Clare	3-15 - 1-10	Limerick	Newcastlewest, Limerick
		Report		Referee: Brendan Griffin Kerry

Phase 1 Round 1 Clare 3-15 Limerick 0-10 10/4 Newcastlewest Brendan Griffin (Kerry)

Phase 1 Round 1 Tipperary 4-13 Waterford 0-7 10/4 Sean Treacy Park Tipperary Town John Ryan (Cork)

Phase 1 Round 2 Clare 1-10 Tipperary 0-6 17/4 Cusack Park Ennis Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)

Phase 1 Round 2 Waterford 1-7 Limerick 0-10 17/4 Fraher Field Dungarvan Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)

Phase 1 Round 3 Tipperary 0-10 Limerick 0-10 24/4 Sean Treacy Park Tipperary Town Chris Maguire (Clare)

Phase 1 Round 3 Waterford 2-7 Clare 1-9 24/4 Fraher Field Dungarvan Jonathan Hayes (Limerick)

Phase 1 Final Clare 3-12 Tipperary 0-6 8/5 LIT Gaelic Grounds Sean Joy (Kerry)

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Scores For Scores Against Score Difference Points

Clare 3 2 0 1 5-34 (49) 2-23 (29) +20 4

Tipperary 3 1 1 1 4-29 (41) 1-27 (30) +11 3

Waterford 3 1 1 1 3-21 (30) 5-32 (47) -17 3

Limerick 3 0 2 1 0-30 (30) 4-32 (44) -14 2

Munster Phase 2

Phase 2 Round 1 Kerry 3-19 Cork 1-9 7/5 Páirc Uí Rinn Alan Kissane (Waterford)

Phase 2 Round 2 Cork 3-9 Clare 0-14 15/5 Cusack Park Ennis Brendan Griffin (Kerry)

Phase 2 Round 3 Kerry 1-16 Clare 0-11 23/5 Austin Stack Park Tralee Donnacha O’Callaghan (Limerick)

2019 Munster Minor Football Championship Table Phase 2

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Scores For Scores Against Score Difference Points

Kerry 2 2 0 0 4-35 (47) 1-20 (23) +24 4

Cork 2 1 0 1 4-18 (30) 3-33 (42) -12 2

Clare 2 0 0 2 0-25 (25) 4-25 (37) -12 0

Munster Final

Kerry v Cork

22 June 2019 18:00 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Kerry	3-14 (23) – (20) 2-14	Cork

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: Seán Lonergan (Tipperary)

Ulster Minor Football Championship

For official fixtures and results see Ulster Minor Football Championship at ulstergaa.ie

Ulster Format

In 2018 the Ulster Championship changed to a double-elimination format, which replaced the straight knockout style of previous years. Every team who lost a match before the semi-finals re-entered the competition via the Qualifiers Round 1 (R1), Qualifiers Round 2 (R2) or Qualifiers Round 3 (R3). This ensured that all teams played at least two games. The semi-finals and final were knockout.

The winners received the Father Murray Cup.

Ulster Direct Route

Ulster Preliminary Round

Two of the nine teams were drawn to play in the preliminary round.

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The seven teams who avoided the preliminary round plus the winners of the preliminary round competed in four matches in round 1.

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The four winning teams from round 1 met in two matches.

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Ulster Qualifier Route

Ulster Qualifiers R1

Two of the five teams beaten in the preliminary round or round 1 met in a playoff match. The losing team was eliminated from the competition.

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Ulster Qualifiers R2

The four remaining teams who lost only one match in the preliminary round or round 1 met in two matches with the two losing teams being eliminated,

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Ulster Qualifiers R3

The two losing teams from round 2 (who lost only one match) met the two winning teams from the qualifiers R2. The two losing teams were eliminated from the competition.

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Ulster Knockout Stage

Ulster Semi-Finals

The two winning teams from round 2 met the two winning teams from the qualifiers R3. The two losing teams were eliminated from the competition.

Derry v Tyrone

21 June 2019 (2019-06-21) Semi-Final	Derry	0-10 (10) – (17) 1-14	Tyrone	Armagh
20:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Athletic Grounds
				Referee: Sean Laverty (Antrim)

Monaghan v Donegal

21 June 2019 (2019-06-21) Semi-Final	Monaghan	5-10 (25) – (17) 2-11	Donegal	Enniskillen
20:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Brewster Park
				Referee: James Lewis (Fermanagh)

Ulster Final

Monaghan v Tyrone

14 July 2019 (2019-07-14) 16:00 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report

Monaghan	1-13 (16) – (14) 1-11	Tyrone
(HT: 0-09 – 0-08)
Gls: M Hamill Pts: D Dempsey (5, 1f, 1 '45), J Irwin (2), M Hamill, S Slevin, E Duffy, K Gallagher, K Connolly, D Marron		Gls: M McGleenan Pts: L Donnelly (4, 2f), M Devlin (3, 1 '45), D Fullerton, C Daly, S O'Donnell, M McGleenan

Athletic Grounds, Armagh Referee: Dan Mullan (Derry)

All-Ireland

For official fixtures and results see All Ireland Minor Football Championship @ gaa.ie

All-Ireland Draw

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Mayo		5-12 (27)
	Dublin		2-19 (25)
						Mayo		1-13 (16)
						Cork		4-12 (24)
	Monaghan		2-10 (16)
	Cork		3-19 (28)
											Galway		0-00 (00)
											Cork		0-00 (00)
	Kildare		0-15 (15)
	Galway		2-17 (23)
						Galway		0-14 (14)
						Kerry		0-13 (13)
	Kerry		1-12 (15)
	Tyrone		0-09 (09)

Quarter-finals

Mayo v Dublin

27 July 2019 Quarter-final	Mayo	5-12 - 2-19	Dublin	Pearse Park, Longford
	F Irwin 0-5 (0-3f), R Keane, E Henry (1 '45), C Mylett 1-1 each, P Walsh and R Morrin 1-0 each, D Thornton 0-3, J Grady 0-1	Report	F Murray 0-10 (0-5f, 2 '45), A Rogers 1-3, L Curran 1-2 (0-1f), C Walsh, D Fagan, L Swan, R Keogh 0-1 each	Referee: P Faloon (Down)

Galway v Kildare

27 July 2019 Quarter-final	Galway	2-17 - 0-15	Kildare	Pearse Park, Longford
	E Bagnall (0-4f) and A Browne 0-5 each, A Conneely 0-2, PJ Cullen, A Boyle, C O’Brie 0-1 each	Report	T Culhane 0-6 (0-5f), N Grainger 1-2, J McLaughlin 1-1, D Cox 0-3, E Nolan and W Seoige 0-2 each, N Cunningham 0-1	Referee: S Lonergan (Tipperary)

Kerry v Tyrone

28 July 2019 Quarter-final	Kerry	1-12 - 0-09	Tyrone	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
	J O’Connor 0-5 (2 ’45, 1f), E O’Shea 1-2, D Geaney 0-3, E O’Sullivan 0-1, R O’Grady 0-1.	Report	M Devlin 0-4 (2’45), L Donnelly 0-3 (1f), D Fullerton 0-1, S Browne 0-1.	Referee: B Tiernan (Dublin)

Cork v Monaghan

28 July 2019 Quarter-final	Cork	3-19 - 2-10	Monaghan	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
	P Campbell 1-5 (0-5f), M O’Neill 1-3 (0-2f), C Corbett 1-3 (0-2f), R O’Donovan 0-3 (0-1f), D Linehan 0-2, D Cashman 0-1, K Scannell 0-1, A Walsh Murphy 0-1.	Report	L McDonald 2-0 (2-0 pen), D Dempsey 0-4, J Irwin 0-3 (2f), D Marron 0-1, E Duffy 0-1, A Brennan 0-1.	Referee: L Devenney (Mayo)

Semi-finals

Mayo v Cork

10 August 2019 Semi-final	Mayo	1-13 - 4-12	Cork	Croke Park, Dublin
	C Corbett 2-3, P Campbell 1-2, D Linehan 1-0, R O’Donovan, H Murphy, M O’Neill (0-1f) 0-2 each, J Cahalane 0-1.	Report	P Heneghan 0-4, E Henry 0-3 (0-3f), N Feeney 1-0, F Irwin 0-2, S Dempsey, C Mylett (0-1f), J Grady (0-1f), O McHale 0-1 each.	Referee: N Cullen (Fermanagh)

Galway v Kerry

11 August 2019 Semi-final	Galway	0-14 - 0-13	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
	T Culhane 0-6 (0-4f), W Seoige and D Brady 0-2 each, N Grainger, C Hernon, D Cox and D Kennedy 0-1 each.	Report	D Lynch, D Geaney and E O’Shea 0-3 each, J O’Connor 0-2, S O’Brien and C Crowley 0-1 each.	Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)

Final

Cork v Galway

1 September 2019 Final	Cork	3-20 - 3-14 (aet)	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin
	C Corbett 1-7, M O’Neill 0-6 (3fs), R O’Donovan 1-2, J Cahalane 1-1, D Cashman 0-2, P Campbell and L Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	T Culhane 0-10 (7fs), N Cunningham 2-0, D Cox 1-2, N Grainger 0-2.	Referee: N Mooney (Cavan)

See also

• 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
• 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship