Leinster Minor Football Championship
The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster.[1] 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.
Leinster Minor Football Championship | |
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Founded | 1929 |
Region | Leinster (GAA) |
No. of teams | 11 |
Title holders | Kildare (9th title) |
Most titles | Dublin (33 titles) |
Sponsors | Electric Ireland |
Official website | Official website |
The current Leinster champions are Kildare. The Leinster minor football championship is known as Fr. Larry Murray Trophy. The Cup is named after Fr. Larry Murray who was an underage GAA mentor in both Louth and Armagh, hence the Ulster Minor Football Championship is also named after Fr. Larry Murray.[2]
History
Longford won in the first year of the Leinster Minor Championship in 1929 in Navan, Co. Meath. They beat Dublin in the final by a scoreline of 3–04 to 1–04 in the final. Longford went on to reach the All-Ireland final that year but failed to beat Clare Minor football team in the final of the series.[3]
Performance by county[4]
County | Wins | Years won | Runners-up | Years runner-up | |
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1 | 33 | 1930, 1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, [5] 2014, 2017 |
15 | 1929, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2019. | |
2 | 11 | 1957, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2018 | 14 | 1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2002, 2011, 2012. | |
3= | 9 | 1973, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 | 13 | 1934, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1980, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018 | |
9 | 1932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007 | 7 | 1933, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2016 | ||
5 | 8 | 1931, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1953 | 8 | 1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1958, 1960, 1971, 2017 | |
6 | 6 | 1947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989 | 12 | 1948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1985, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010. | |
7 | 5 | 1939, 1952, 1963, 1995, 2000 | 5 | 1951, 1982, 1984, 1992, 2013 | |
8 | 4 | 1929, 1938, 2002, 2010 | 3 | 1930, 1974, 2015 | |
9 | 3 | 1937, 1950, 1969 | 7 | 1931, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1978, 1994, 1999 | |
10 | 1 | 1974 | 3 | 1952, 1993, 1997 | |
11 | 1 | 2007 |
List of Leinster Finals
The following counties have never won a Leinster minor football title:
County |
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Kilkenny, Carlow |
All-Ireland champions | |
All-Ireland runners-up |
References
- "Leinster G.A.A. M.F.C. 2012". Leinster.gaa.ie. 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://leinster.gaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P140_142_UMinorFootball.pdf%5B%5D
- "Historical Results | Fixtures & Results | GAA". Gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- "Meath no match for Costello and Dublin". [Irish Examiner]. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- "Leinster MFC final: lively Lilies end 22-year wait". Hogan Stand. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- "Con O'Callaghan is on fire as young Dubs down Lilies". Irish Independent. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- "Jimmy Hyland haul sees Kildare reclaim customary position". Irish Examiner. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- http://www.the42.ie/kildare-laois-leinster-minor-football-final-2882214-Jul2016/
- "Leinster MFC: One way traffic as Dubs dispatch Louth". Hogan Stand. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.