1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 37th 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.

1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCork (3rd win)
CaptainDonal Aherne
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamSligo
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtSligo

Cork entered the championship as defending champions.

On 22 September 1968, Cork won the championship following a 3-5 to 1-10 defeat of Sligo in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession.[1]

Results

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-finals

4 August 1968 Semi-final Cork 2-10 - 1-06 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
A Murphy 1-8, D Ahern 1-0, D McCarthy 0-1, J Coleman 0-1. V Daly 1-0, J Reilly 0-5, P Gogarty 0-1. Referee: S McLoughlin (Galway)
18 August 1968 Semi-final Sligo 1-06 - 1-03 Armagh Croke Park, Dublin
R Boland 1-1, R Sherlock 0-2, J Quinn 0-2, P Kearins 0-1. M Murphy 1-1, P Loughran 0-1, M Maginn 0-1. Attendance: J Dennigan (Cork)

Final

22 September 1968 Final Cork 3-05 - 1-10 Sligo Croke Park, Dublin
J Coleman 1-1, F Twomey 1-0, B Cummins 1-0, A Murphy 0-2, B Murphy 0-1. D Kearins 0-5, N Kelleher 1-0, H Quinn 0-3, R Henry 0-1, A Richardson 0-1. Referee: L Maguire (Monaghan)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Donal Aherne of Cork becomes the second player after Tyrone's Eddie Devlin to captain a team to two All-Ireland titles.

References

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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