1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamRoscommon (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMonaghan
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWestmeath
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtRoscommon

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

Final

Westmeath[3]1-02–0-02 Louth
GK1Harry Dunne (Kinnegad)
RCB2Tom Beirne (Multyfarnham Franciscan College)
FB3Jack Casserly (Milltown)
LCB4Ned Martin (Rosemount)
RHB5Dessie Delaney (St Finian's College)
CHB6Ted Casey (Drumraney)
LHB7Anthony Coady (Moate All Whites)
MF8Michael Reynolds (Multyfarnham Franciscan College)
MF9Tom Maher (Multyfarnham Franciscan College)
RHF10Kevin Boland (Rosemount)
CHF11Michael Farrelly (St Finian's College)
LHF12Dinny Fox (St Finian's College)
RCF13Eddie O'Reilly (St Finian's College)
FF14Donie O'Donovan (Multyfarnham Franciscan College)
LCF15Billy Cashin (Ballynacargy)
GK1Colm Browne (Cooley Kickhams)
RCB2Brendan Burke (St. Mary's College)
FB3Joey Meade (St Magdalene's)
LCB4P.J. White (Seán O'Mahony's)
RHB5Gerard Kenny (St. Mary's College)
CHB6Ned Reay (St Magdalene's) (c)
LHB7Teddy McArdle (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF8Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels)
MF9Petie McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF10Jackie Kiernan (St Magdalene's)
CHF11Plunkett O'Callaghan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHF12Phil McCourt (Castlebellingham)
RCF13Paddy Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF14Brian Ward (Round Towers, Dromiskin)
LCF15Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
16James 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 were a number of firsts as Cork, Roscommon and Westmeath won 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.
  3. ↑ "When Westmeath Almost Made The Minor All-Ireland". Westmeath Independent. 22 September 1995.
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