2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 74th 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.

2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDown (4th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMayo
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterLaois
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtMayo

Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Down in the Ulster quarter-final.

On 25 September 2005, Down won the championship following a 1-15 to 0-8 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first title in six championship seasons.[1]

Results

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Final

25 September 2005 Final Down 1-15 - 0-08 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Down become the second team to win the All-Ireland title via the "back door". They had earlier been defeated by Armagh in the Ulster final.

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