1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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

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.

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

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Galway v Roscommon
1968 Quarter-final Galway 1-09 – 2-06 Roscommon Dunlo GAA Grounds, Ballinasloe
Galway v Roscommon
1968 Quarter-final replay Galway 2-09 – 1-07 Roscommon St. Comans Park, Roscommon

Semi-finals

Mayo v Sligo
7 July 1968 Semi-final Mayo 3-05 – 1-07 Sligo Markievicz Park, Sligo
Leitrim v Galway
1968 Semi-final Leitrim 0-02 – 2-10 Galway Markievicz Park, Sligo

Final

Sligo v Galway
21 July 1968 Final Sligo 1-08 – 0-07 Galway MacHale Park, Castlebar

Munster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

Tipperary v Waterford
1968 Preliminary round Tipperary 2-10– 2-04 Waterford Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

Quarter-finals

Cork v Finbars
1968 Quarter-final Cork 1-13– 1-10 Finbars
Clare v Waterford
1968 Quarter-final Clare 1-10 – 2-07 Waterford
Tipperary v Limerick
1968 Quarter-final Tipperary 3-11 – 1-06 Limerick Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary
Clare v Waterford
1968 Quarter-final replay Clare 1-08 – 1-07 Waterford Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary

Semi-finals

Cork v Waterford
1968 Semi-final Cork 3-08 – 1-06 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Kerry v Tipperary
1968 Semi-final Kerry 2-13 – 1-08 Tipperary Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Final

Kerry v Cork
14 July 1968 Final Kerry 0-02 – 2-13 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Derry v Antrim
1968 Quarter-final Derry 0-08 – 0-05 Antrim Casement Park, Belfast
Tyrone v Donegal
1968 Quarter-final Tyrone 3-11 – 0-07 Donegal Bundoran
Cavan v Fermanagh
1968 Quarter-final Cavan 6-12 – 0-08 Fermanagh Breffni Park, Cavan

Semi-finals

Derry v Tyrone
1968 Semi-final Derry 0-07 – 1-04 Tyrone
Armagh v Down
1968 Semi-final Armagh 1-10 – 1-07 Down St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

Armagh v Derry
28 July 1968 Final Armagh 4-08 – 1-07 Derry Casement Park, Belfast

Leinster Minor Football Championship

First round

Laois v Wexford
1968 First round Laois 3-14 – 3-06 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
Wicklow v Carlow
1968 First round Wicklow 4-03 – 4-05 Carlow Geraldine Park, Athy

Second round

Laois v Carlow
1968 Second round Laois 8-16 – 0-07 Carlow Geraldine Park, Athy
Kildare v Kilkenny
1968 Second round Kildare 6-17 – 1-02 Kilkenny St Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Quarter-finals

Meath v Westmeath
1968 Quarter-final Meath 4-04 – 1-07 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin
Louth v Kildare
1968 Quarter-final Louth 2-09 – 1-07 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
Laois v Kildare
1968 Quarter-final Laois 2-09 – 1-06 Kildare
Dublin v Longford
1968 Quarter-final Dublin 1-10 – 0-12 Longford

Semi-finals

Laois v Louth
1968 Semi-final Laois 3-07 – 2-09 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin v Meath
1968 Semi-final Dublin 0-09 – 0-08 Meath Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Final

Dublin v Laois
21 July 1968 Final Dublin 1-11 – 0-08 Laois Croke Park, Dublin

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-finals

Cork v Dublin
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)
Sligo v Armagh
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

Cork v Sligo
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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