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1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Roscommon (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Monaghan
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Westmeath
Ulster Monaghan
Connacht Roscommon

The 1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 11th 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.

Cavan entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Monaghan in a replay of the Ulster final.

On 24 September 1939, Roscommon won the championship following a 1-9 to 1-7 defeat of Monaghan in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title. [1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Munster Minor Football Championship

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final

Westmeath1-02–0-02 Louth
GK 1 H. Dunne
RCB 2 T. O'Byrne
FB 3 S. Casserley
LCB 4 E. Martin
RHB 5 J.F. Connolly
CHB 6 E. Casey
LHB 7 A. Coady
MF 8 M. Reynolds
MF 9 M. Meagher
RHF 10 J. Delaney
CHF 11 M. Farrelly
LHF 12 D. Fox
RCF 13 E. O'Rahilly
FF 14 S. Cashin
LCF 15 D. Lynam
GK 1 Colm Browne ( Cooley Kickhams)
RCB 2 Brendan Burke ( St. Mary's College)
FB 3 Joey Meade (St Magdalene's)
LCB 4 P.J. White ( Seán O'Mahony's)
RHB 5 M.G. Kenny ( St. Mary's College)
CHB 6 Ned Reay (St Magdalene's) ( c)
LHB 7 E. McArdle ( Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Jack Regan ( Dundalk Gaels)
MF 9 Petie McKevitt ( Cooley Kickhams)
RHF 10 Jackie Kiernan (St Magdalene's)
CHF 11 Plunkett O'Callaghan ( Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHF 12 Phil McCourt (Castlebellingham)
RCF 13 Paddy Cunningham ( Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 B. Ward (Round Towers, Dromiskin)
LCF 15 Frank Fagan ( Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
16 J. Coburn ( Dundalk Young Irelands) for Ward

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-finals

13 August 1939 Semi-final Roscommon 0-10 - 1-04 Cork Croke Park, Dublin
20 August 1939 Semi-final Monaghan 0-05 - 1-01 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin

Final

24 September 1939 Final Roscommon 1-09 - 1-07 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts as Cork, Roscommon and Westmeath win the respective Munster, Connacht and Leinster titles for the first time.

References

  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Louth Minors Beaten". Dundalk Democrat. 5 August 1939.