1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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.
| 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 |
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
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Semi-finals
| 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) |
| 20 August 1968 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
| 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.
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References
- "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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