Leinster Minor Football Championship

The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster.[1] 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.

Leinster Minor Football Championship
Founded1929
RegionLeinster (GAA)
No. of teams11
Title holdersKildare (9th title)
Most titlesDublin (33 titles)
SponsorsElectric Ireland
Official websiteOfficial website

The current Leinster champions are Kildare. The Leinster minor football championship is known as Fr. Larry Murray Trophy. The Cup is named after Fr. Larry Murray who was an underage GAA mentor in both Louth and Armagh, hence the Ulster Minor Football Championship is also named after Fr. Larry Murray.[2]

History

Longford won in the first year of the Leinster Minor Championship in 1929 in Navan, Co. Meath. They beat Dublin in the final by a scoreline of 3–04 to 1–04 in the final. Longford went on to reach the All-Ireland final that year but failed to beat Clare Minor football team in the final of the series.[3]

Performance by county[4]
County Wins Years won Runners-up Years runner-up
1 Dublin 33 1930, 1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956,
1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981,
1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011,
2012, [5] 2014, 2017		 15 1929, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2019.
2 Meath 11 1957, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2018 14 1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2002, 2011, 2012.
3= Kildare 9 1973, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 13 1934, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1980, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018
Laois 9 1932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007 7 1933, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2016
5 Louth 8 1931, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1953 8 1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1958, 1960, 1971, 2017
6 Offaly 6 1947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989 12 1948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1985, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010.
7 Westmeath 5 1939, 1952, 1963, 1995, 2000 5 1951, 1982, 1984, 1992, 2013
8 Longford 4 1929, 1938, 2002, 2010 3 1930, 1974, 2015
9 Wexford 3 1937, 1950, 1969 7 1931, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1978, 1994, 1999
10 Wicklow 1 1974 3 1952, 1993, 1997
11 Carlow 1 2007
  • All (1928–1999) Leinster Minor Football Results available here .

List of Leinster Finals

The following counties have never won a Leinster minor football title:

County
Kilkenny, Carlow
All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up
Year Winners Score Runners-up Score Venue Winning Captain
19291 Longford 3–04 Dublin 1–04 Navan
1930 Dublin 1–06 Longford 0–04 Mullingar
1931 Louth 1–05 Wexford 0–03 Croke Park, Dublin
1932 Laois 3–02 Louth 1–07 Croke Park, Dublin
1933 Dublin 3–07 Laois 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1934 Dublin 0–05 Kildare 0–02 Naas
1935 Louth 1–07 Dublin 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1936 Louth 3–06 Wexford 2–01 Croke Park, Dublin
1937 Wexford 2–07 Louth 2–05 Croke Park, Dublin
1938 Longford 3–06 Louth 2–08 Croke Park, Dublin
1939 Westmeath 1–02 Louth 0–02 Croke Park, Dublin
1940 Louth 3–05 Kildare 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1941 Louth 4–04 Wexford 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1942 Louth 5–10 Kildare 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1943 No competition
1944 No competition
1945 Dublin 3–05 Wexford 1–00 Portlaoise
1946 Dublin 4–06 Meath 0–03 Navan
1947 Offaly 1–07, 1–07 (R) Dublin 1–07, 1–05 (R) Croke Park, Dublin R Mullingar
1948 Dublin 2–05 Offaly 1–06 Naas
1949 Dublin 3–10 Kildare 1–05 Portlaoise
1950 Wexford 3–06 Dublin 2–08 Croke Park, Dublin
1951 Louth 3–09 Westmeath 2–05 Croke Park, Dublin
1952 Westmeath 3–14 Wicklow 3–03 Croke Park, Dublin
1953 Louth 1–06 Kildare 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1954 Dublin 2–07 Meath 0–11 Croke Park, Dublin
1955 Dublin 2–11 Meath 1–04 Croke Park, Dublin
1956 Dublin 1–10 Meath 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin
1957 Meath 0–08 Offaly 0–05 Mullingar
1958 Dublin 2–10 Louth 1–06 Navan
1959 Dublin 3–13 Offaly 1–07 Tullamore
1960 Offaly 1–12 Louth 1–05 Croke Park, Dublin
1961 Dublin 2–08 Offaly 1–08 Portlaoise
1962 Offaly 2–08 Dublin 1–04 Croke Park, Dublin
1963 Westmeath 2–14 Dublin 3–07 Tullamore
1964 Offaly 1–07 Laois 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1965 Offaly 2–11 Kildare 1–05 Croke Park, Dublin
1966 Laois 1–10 Offaly 0–07 Croke Park, Dublin
1967 Laois 1–08 Dublin 2–04 Newbridge
1968 Dublin 1–11 Laois 0–08 Croke Park, Dublin
1969 Wexford 0–11 Dublin 0–07 Carlow
1970 Dublin 2–08 Meath 0–13 Croke Park, Dublin
1971 Dublin 2–07 Louth 0–04 Croke Park, Dublin
1972 Meath 3–08 Dublin 1–10 Croke Park, Dublin
1973 Kildare 4–11 Laois 0–10 Croke Park, Dublin
1974 Wicklow 5–06 Longford 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin
1975 Kildare 2–09 Meath 3–05 Croke Park, Dublin
1976 Dublin 2–08 Offaly 0–13 Croke Park, Dublin
1977 Meath 1–07 Dublin 0–09 Croke Park, Dublin
1978 Dublin 3–12 Wexford 0–11 Croke Park, Dublin
1979 Dublin 2–13 Meath 0–08 Croke Park, Dublin
1980 Meath 1–12 Kildare 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin
1981 Dublin 1–08 Meath 0–09 Croke Park, Dublin
1982 Dublin 0–10 Westmeath 0–04 Croke Park, Dublin
1983 Kildare 1–11 Meath 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1984 Dublin 0–12 Westmeath 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1985 Meath 0–11 Offaly 1–04 Croke Park, Dublin
1986 Dublin 2–16 Meath 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1987 Kildare 0–13 Dublin 2–05 Croke Park, Dublin
1988 Dublin 4–06 Meath 0–08 Croke Park, Dublin
1989 Offaly 2–11 Kildare 0–07 Croke Park, Dublin
1990 Meath 1–19 Kildare 1–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1991 Kildare 2–08 Dublin 0–12 Croke Park, Dublin
1992 Meath 1–08 Westmeath 1–05 Tullamore
1993 Meath 1–16 Wicklow 3–03 Croke Park, Dublin
1994 Dublin 2–12 Wexford 2–06 Croke Park, Dublin
1995 Westmeath 0–12, 3–12, 3–06, 1–10 (3R) Laois 1–09, 2–15, 2–09, 0–09 (3R) Croke Park, Dublin R in Tullamore
1996 Laois 0–15, 2–18 (R) Dublin 2–09, 1–08 (R) Croke Park, Dublin R in Tullamore Martin Delaney
1997 Laois 2–11 Wicklow 0–10 Croke Park, Dublin Kieran Kelly
1998 Laois 2–09 Dublin 0–12 Croke Park, Dublin Johnny Behan
1999 Dublin 1–13, 2–13 (R) Wexford 2–10, 1–12 (R) Croke Park, Dublin Carlow Nicky Cleere
2000 Westmeath 2–09 Dublin 1–10 Croke Park, Dublin
2001 Dublin 1–19 Offaly 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin
2002 Longford 3–08 Meath 3–05 Croke Park, Dublin
2003 Dublin 1–11 Laois 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin
2004 Laois 0–10 Kildare 0–06 Croke Park, Dublin Craig Rogers
2005 Laois 1–12 Offaly 1–07 Croke Park, Dublin Richie Ryan
2006 Meath 1–16 Offaly 2–05 Croke Park, Dublin
2007 Laois 3–08 Carlow 1–12 Croke Park, Dublin Sean Ramsbottom
2008 Meath 1–14 Offaly 2–10 Croke Park, Dublin
2009 Dublin 1–10, 1–15 (R) Kildare 1–10, 1–10 (R) Croke Park, Dublin Carlow
2010 Longford 0–14 Offaly 0–08 Croke Park, Dublin
2011 Dublin 2–18 Meath 1–11 Croke Park, Dublin
2012 Dublin 3–17 Meath 1–11 Croke Park, Dublin
2013[6] Kildare 2–15 Westmeath 2–07 Croke Park, Dublin
2014[7] Dublin 3–16 Kildare 1–12 Croke Park, Dublin Con O'Callaghan
2015[8] Kildare 2–15 Longford 1–09 Croke Park, Dublin
2016[9] Kildare 1–18 Laois 0–10 Croke Park, Dublin Brian McLoughlin
2017[10] Dublin 2–19 Louth 0–12 Croke Park, Dublin Donal Ryan
2018 Meath 1–15 Kildare 1–07 O'Connor Park, Tullamore Matthew Costello 1st year as U17 Competition
2019 Kildare 2–21 Dublin 1–19 Pairc Tailteann, Navan Kevin Eustace, Aaron Browne

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