1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (6th win) |
| Captain | Eugene Desmond |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Mayo |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Wicklow |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Mayo |
The 1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 43rd 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.
Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Ulster Championship.
On 22 September 1974, Cork won the championship following a 1-10 to 1-6 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first in two championship seasons.[1]
Results
Connacht Minor Football Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Minor Football Championship
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Wicklow v Laois
| 1974 Quarter-final | Wicklow | 3-11 - 2-12 | Laois | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Dublin v Offaly
| 1974 Quarter-final | Dublin | 1-07 - 1-06 | Offaly | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Minor Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Kerry v Waterford
| 1974 Semi-final | Kerry | 4-18 - 0-00 | Waterford | Castleisland |
Cork v Tipperary
| 1974 Semi-final | Cork | 3-15 - 2-04 | Tipperary | Mitchelstown |
Final
Ulster Minor Football Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Cork v Wicklow
| 11 August 1974 Semi-final | Cork | 0-16 - 1-00 | Wicklow | Croke Park, Dublin |
| R Kenny 0-7, Diarmuid McCarthy 0-5, T Murphy 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, Don McCarthy 0-1. | E Dunne 1-0. | Referee: S Murray (Monaghan) |
Mayo v Cavan
| 18 August 1974 Semi-final | Mayo | 3-10 - 2-04 | Cavan | Croke Park, Dublin |
| J Burke 2-2, K Geraghty 0-4, S Moran 1-0, G Hennigan 0-2, W Nally 0-1, M Burke 0-1. | H Conaty 2-0, S Bardy 0-2, O Martin 0-1, P McNamee 0-1. | Referee: R Barry (Meath) |
Final
Cork v Mayo
| 22 September 1974 Final | Cork | 1-10 - 1-06 | Mayo | Croke Park, Dublin |
| Diarmuid McCarthy 1-3, T Murphy 0-3, D McCurtain 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, M O'Regan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1. | S Moran 1-0, G Hennigan 0-2, K Geraghty 0-2, J Burke 0-2. | Referee: P Collins (Westmeath) |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Wicklow win the Leinster Championship for the first and only time in their history.
- Cork achieve the double for the third time in their history, after earlier winning the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. Finbarr Delaney, Tom Cashman, Dermot McCurtain, Johnny Crowley, Tadhg Murphy and Declan Murphy claim winners' medals in both All-Ireland victories.
References
- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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- Connacht Championship
- Leinster Championship
- Munster Championship
- Ulster Championship
