1941 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1941 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamRoscommon (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLouth
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtRoscommon

The 1941 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 13th staging of the

inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18. As a result of the Emergency it was the last championship to be staged until 1945
.

Louth entered the championship as defending champions.

Roscommon won the championship following a 3-6 to 0-7 defeat of Louth in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title and their first in two championship seasons.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Final

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final (Croke Park, Dublin)

20 July 1941
Louth 4-04 1-06 Wexford
(HT: 2-02 - 0-03)
GK 1 Jackie Allen (Ardee minors)
RCB 2 P.J. Grist (Cooley Kickhams)
FB 3 Tom Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LCB 4 Willie Piggott (Owen Roe's)
RHB 5 Joe Mulvihill (Geraldines)
CHB 6 Mick O'Grady (
St. Mary's College) (c
)
LHB 7 Joey Clarke (
St. Mary's College
)
MF 8 Brendan O'Dowda (De La Salle)
MF 9 Phil McCourt (Castlebellingham)
RHF 10 Joe MacArtain (
St. Mary's College
)
CHF 11 Peter Corr (Seán O'Mahony's)
LHF 12 Gus Cahill (
St. Mary's College
)
RCF 13 Éamonn Boyle (Cooley Kickhams)
FF 14 Mick Hardy (Cooley Kickhams)
LCF 15 Gerry O'Reilly (
St. Mary's College
)
Substitutes:
16 Paddy Kelly (St Magdalene's) for Mulvihill

Munster Minor Football Championship

Final

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Final

Antrim 2-05 - 1-07 Cavan

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

31 August 1941 (replay)
Roscommon
31 August 1941 Louth 4-07 - 0-04 Antrim Athletic Grounds, Dundalk


Final (Pearse Park, Longford)

21 September 1941
Roscommon 3-06 0-07 Louth
(HT: 1-03 - 0-05)

Referee: Seán Kennedy (Donegal)
GK 1 G. Dolan
RCB 2 T. Bannon
FB 3 T. Lynch
LCB 4 L. Kelly
RHB 5 P. Donnelly
CHB 6 B. Lynch
LHB 7 P. Hoare
MF 8 W. Carlos (c)
MF 9 E. Curran
RHF 10 B. O'Gara
CHF 11 P. Duignan
LHF 12 B. O'Rourke
RCF 13 C. Murray
FF 14 G. Kilduff
LCF 15 P. Hanley
Substitutes:
GK 1 Jackie Allen (Ardee minors)
RCB 2 P.J. Grist (Cooley Kickhams)
FB 3 Tom Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LCB 4 Willie Piggott (Owen Roe's)
RHB 5 Tommy Larkin (De La Salle)
CHB 6 Mick O'Grady (
St. Mary's College) (c
)
LHB 7 Joey Clarke (
St. Mary's College
)
MF 8 Brendan O'Dowda (De La Salle)
MF 9 Phil McCourt (Castlebellingham)
RHF 10 Joe MacArtain (
St. Mary's College
)
CHF 11 Peter Corr (Seán O'Mahony's)
LHF 12 Gus Cahill (
St. Mary's College
)
RCF 13 Éamonn Boyle (Cooley Kickhams)
FF 14 Mick Hardy[2] (Cooley Kickhams)
LCF 15 Gerry O'Reilly (
St. Mary's College
)
Substitutes:
16 Joe Mulvihill (Geraldines) for Piggott

References

  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Sadness at death of former curate". Drogheda Independent. 18 August 2000.