1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details | |
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All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Down (2nd win) |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Cork |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Kildare |
Ulster | Down |
Connacht | Galway |
The 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 56th 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.
Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 20 September 1987, Down won the championship following a 1-12 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons.[1]
Future Comedian Patrick Kielty was on the Down team.
Results
Connacht Minor Football Championship
Semi-Finals
Final
Leinster Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Finals
June 1987 Quarter-Final | Laois | 1-09 - 1-06 | Meath | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Semi-Finals
Final
Munster Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Finals
26 July 1987 Final | Cork | 0-12 - 0-08 | Kerry | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork |
Ulster Minor Football Championship
Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
June 1987 Quarter-Final | Donegal | 2-05 - 1-08 | Armagh | MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey |
Semi-Finals
June 1987 Semi-Final | Antrim | 2-03 - 1-09 | Armagh | St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown |
Final
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Semi-Finals
Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Cork set a new record by becoming the first team to be defeated in three successive All-Ireland finals.
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 | |
Championships |
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- Connacht Championship
- Leinster Championship
- Munster Championship
- Ulster Championship