1964 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

The 1964 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.

1964 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (1st win)
CaptainDom O'Donnell
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLaois
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLaois
UlsterDonegal
ConnachtGalway

Kerry won the championship following a 1-10 to 1-3 defeat of Laois in the All-Ireland final.[1]

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

30 August 1964 Semi-final Laois 1-11 - 0-10 Donegal O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
J Fennell 0-5, C O'Connor 1-1, D Brennan 0-3, M Fennell 0-1, P Delaney 0-1. F Campbell 0-6, F McFeely 0-2, D O'Carroll 0-1, M McLoone 0-1.
30 August 1064 Semi-final Galway 1-05 - 3-07 Kerry Dunlo Grounds, Ballinasloe
C Tyrrell 1-3, T Keenan 0-1, P Crisham 0-1. P Griffin 1-1, D O'Shea 1-1, D O'Donnell 0-4, S Burrows 1-0, D O'Sullivan 0-1. Referee: F Tierney (Cavan)

Final

13 September 1964 Final Kerry 1-10 - 1-03 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
13:45 A McKinney 1-0, D O'Shea 0-2, D O'Donnell 0-2, L Barrett 0-2, P Griffin 0-2, T Barrett 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1. J Fennell 1-0, M Fennell 0-2, D Brennan 0-1. Referee: J Martin (Roscommon)

Statistics

Miscellaneous

  • The All-Ireland final was played as part of a triple-header at Croke Park. It provided a curtain-raiser to the All-Ireland junior finals in both hurling and football.

References

  1. O'Riordan, Ian (27 April 2017). "Magnificent 7: A look back at the most memorable U21 finals". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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