All-Ireland Minor Football Championship


The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 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.
The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Football Final being played on the third Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin as the curtain-raiser to the senior final.
The winners received the Tom Markham Cup, which is named in honour of former Clare figure Tom Markham.

Overview

The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship features players at under seventeen level (players must be under 17 on 1 January of the year of the competition. The first minor championship was played in 1929 when Clare were crowned the champions. The championship has been held every year since then except for a period during 'The Emergency'.
Kerry are the most successful team in minor football with 16 titles in total, closely followed on the winners list by Dublin on 11 and Cork on 11. Kerry also won an unequalled five-in-a-row from 2014 to 2018. Three teams have achieved three-in-a-rows – Kerry from 1931 to 1933; Cork from 1967 to 1969; and Dublin from 1954 to 1956. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21 and minor titles in the same year has been achieved on just one occasion, by Kerry in 1975.
Because teams will only play together for at most, about two or three years, unlike the senior competition, it is unusual that one county will dominate for periods any longer than this.
The current champions are Cork who defeated Galway by 3–20 to 3–14 in the final on 1 September 2019.

Wins listed by county

TeamWinsYears wonRunners-upYears runners-up
1Kerry161931, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018121936, 1938, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1970, 1979, 1982, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2006
2Dublin111930, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1982, 1984, 201271946, 1948, 1978, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2011
3Cork111961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1991, 1993, 2000, 201991960, 1964, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2010
4Tyrone81947, 1948, 1973, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008, 201041972, 1975, 1997, 2013
5Mayo71935, 1953, 1966, 1971, 1978, 1985, 2013141930, 1933, 1940, 1947, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009
6Galway61952, 1960, 1970, 1976, 1986, 200741994, 2016, 2018, 2019
7Down41977, 1987, 1999, 200511966
7Roscommon41939, 1941, 1951, 20060
7Derry41965, 1983, 1989, 200261969, 1980, 1981, 1995, 2007, 2017
8Laois31996, 1997, 200331932, 1967, 1998
8Meath31957, 1990, 199241977, 1993, 2002, 2012
9Tipperary21934, 201141935, 1955, 1984, 2015
9Louth21936, 194021931, 1941
9Cavan21937, 193821952, 1959
9Armagh21949, 200931951, 1957, 1992
10Offaly1196411989
10Westmeath1199511963
10Clare1192911953
11Wexford021937, 1950
11Longford011929
11Monaghan011939
11Leitrim021945, 1956
11Sligo011968
11Kildare011973
11Donegal012014

Wins listed by province

ProvinceWinsLast WinBiggest ContributorWins
1Munster302019 Kerry16
2Leinster212012 Dublin11
3Ulster202010 Tyrone8
4Connacht172013 Mayo7

The following counties have never won an All Ireland minor football title:
ProvinceCounty
LeinsterKildare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Longford, Carlow, Wicklow
ConnachtLeitrim, Sligo
UlsterAntrim, Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan
MunsterLimerick, Waterford

Finals listed by year

Under 17 CompetitionUnder 17 CompetitionUnder 17 Competition
YearWinnerOpponent
2019Cork 3–20Galway 3–14
2018Kerry 0–21Galway 1–14

Under 18 CompetitionUnder 18 CompetitionUnder 18 Competition
YearWinnerOpponent
2017Kerry 6–17Derry 1–8
2016Kerry 3–7Galway 0–9
2015Kerry 4–14Tipperary 0–6
2014Kerry 0–17Donegal 1–10
2013Mayo 2–13Tyrone 1–13
2012Dublin 0–14Meath 1–5
2011Tipperary 3–9Dublin 1–14
2010Tyrone 1–13Cork 1–12
2009Armagh 0–10Mayo 0–7
2008Tyrone 0–14 1–20 Mayo 0–14 1–15
2007Galway 1–10Derry 1–9
2006Roscommon 1–10 Kerry 0–9
2005Down 1–15Mayo 0–8
2004Tyrone 0–12Kerry 0–10
2003Laois 2–10 Dublin 1–9
2002Derry 1–12Meath 0–8
2001Tyrone 2–11 Dublin 0–6
2000Cork 2–12Mayo 0–13
1999Down 1–14Mayo 0–14
1998Tyrone 2–11Laois 0–11
1997Laois 3–11Tyrone 1–14
1996Laois 2–11Kerry 1–11
1995Westmeath 1–10Derry 0–11
1994Kerry 0–16Galway 1–7
1993Cork 2–7Meath 0–9
1992Meath 2–5Armagh 0–10
1991Cork 1–9Mayo 1–7
1990Meath 2–11Kerry 2–9
1989Derry 3–9Offaly 1–6
1988Kerry 2–5Dublin 0–5
1987Down 1–12Cork 1–5
1986Galway 3–8Cork 2–7
1985Mayo 3–3Cork 0–9
1984Dublin 1–9Tipperary 0–4
1983Derry 0–8Cork 1–3
1982Dublin 1–11Kerry 1–5
1981Cork 4–9Derry 2–7
1980Kerry 3–12Derry 0–11
1979Dublin 0–10Kerry 1–6
1978Mayo 4–9Dublin 3–8
1977Down 2–6Meath 0–4
1976Galway 1–10Cork 0–6
1975Kerry 1–10Tyrone 0–4
1974Cork 1–10Mayo 1–6
1973Tyrone 2–11Kildare 1–6
1972Cork 3–11Tyrone 2–11
1971Mayo 2–15Cork 2–7
1970Galway 1–11 Kerry 1–10
1969Cork 2–7Derry 0–11
1968Cork 3–5Sligo 1–10
1967Cork 5–14Laois 2–3
1966Mayo 1–12Down 1–8
1965Derry 2–8Kerry 2–4
1964Offaly 0–15Cork 1–11
1963Kerry 1–10Westmeath 0–2
1962Kerry 6–5Mayo 0–7
1961Cork 3–7Mayo 0–5
1960Galway 4–9Cork 1–5
1959Dublin 0–11Cavan 1–4
1958Dublin 2–10Mayo 0–8
1957Meath 3–9Armagh 0–4
1956Dublin 5–14Leitrim 2–2
1955Dublin 4–4Tipperary 2–7
1954Dublin 3–3Kerry 1–8
1953Mayo 2–11Clare 1–6
1952Galway 2–9Cavan 1–6
1951Roscommon 2–7Armagh 1–5
1950Kerry 3–6Wexford 1–4
1949Armagh 1–7Kerry 1–5
1948Tyrone 0–11Dublin 1–5
1947Tyrone 4–4Mayo 4–3
1946Kerry 3–7Dublin 2–3
1945Dublin 4–7Leitrim 0–4
1944No championship
1943No championship
1942No championship
1941Roscommon 3–6Louth 0–7
1940Louth 5–5Mayo 2–7
1939Roscommon 1–9Monaghan 1–7
1938Cavan 3–3Kerry 0–8
1937Cavan 1–11Wexford 1–5
1936Louth 5–1Kerry 1–8
1935Mayo 1–6Tipperary 1–1
1934Tipperary *
1933Kerry 4–1Mayo 0–9
1932Kerry 3–8Laois 1–3
1931Kerry 3–4Louth 0–4
1930Dublin 1–3Mayo 0–5
1929Clare 5–3Longford 3–5