1967 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

The 1967 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the fourth staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

1967 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMayo (1st win)
CaptainWillie Loftus
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterDerry
ConnachtMayo

Roscommon entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Mayo in the Connacht final.

On 8 October 1967, Mayo won the championship following a 4-9 to 1-7 defeat of Kerry in a replay of the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their first All-Ireland title.

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

27 August 1967 Semi-final Kerry 3-09 - 1-07 Kildare Austin Stack Park, Tralee
27 August 1967 Semi-final Mayo 3-09 - 1-08 Derry Fr. O'Hara Park, Charlestown

Finals

10 September 1967 Final Mayo 2-10 - 2-10 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
8 October 1967 Final Mayo 4-09 - 1-07 Kerry Dunlo Grounds, Ballinasloe

Statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Derry win the Ulster title for the first time in their history.
  • Kildare become the first team to win three successive Leinster titles.
  • The All-Ireland final ends in a draw and goes to a replay for the first time.
  • J. J. Cribbin, one of the earliest seminarians to receive permission to play football, played for Mayo in the final.[2]

References
  1. "Such a perfect day". The Mayo News. 9 October 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  2. Rooney, Declan (8 May 2020). "Mayo mourns death of League winner Fr JJ Cribbin". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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