The 1931 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the third 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.
| Championship details | |
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| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Kerry (1st win) |
| Captain | Jimmy O'Gorman |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Louth |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Mayo |
Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Louth in the Leinster quarter-final.
On 20 September 1931, Kerry won the championship following a 3–04 to 0–04 defeat of Louth in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]
The final had been arranged for 6 September but Kerry failed to fulfil the fixture. The match was subsequently rescheduled to be played a fortnight later, with Louth awarded home advantage.[2]
Results
editFinal (Croke Park, Dublin)
| GK | 1 | Peter McDonnell (Ardee minors) |
| RCB | 2 | Jim Tiernan (Dowdallshill) |
| FB | 3 | Gerard Hearty (Clan na Gael) |
| LCB | 4 | Jimmy Beirne (Ardee) |
| RHB | 5 | Larry Dyas (Wolfe Tones) |
| CHB | 6 | Chris Marley (Dromiskin Unknowns) |
| LHB | 7 | Jack Kelly (O'Connells) |
| MF | 8 | James Caffrey (O'Connells) |
| MF | 9 | Kevin McArdle (Cooley Kickhams) |
| RHF | 10 | Peter Collier (St Bride's) |
| CHF | 11 | Ambrose Woods (Cooley Kickhams) |
| LHF | 12 | Arthur Dempsey (Ardee minors) |
| RCF | 13 | Gerard Dillon (Clan na Gael) |
| FF | 14 | John Harlin (Ardee minors) (c) |
| LCF | 15 | Gerard Watters (Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers) |
Semi-Finals
| 30 August 1931 | Kerry | - | Mayo | Tuam Stadium |
Final (Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda)
20 September 1931
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 Kerry
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3–04 – 0–04 |  Louth
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| (HT: 2–01 - 0–01) | ||
| Gls: Healy (1-0), P.J. O'Sullivan (1-0), Chute (1-0) Pts: McMahon (0-02), Murphy (0-01) P.J. O'Sullivan (0-01) |
Pts: Collier (0-02), Caffrey (0-01), Dempsey (0-01) | |
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References
edit- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "Joe Carroll: 'Kerry unlikely to miss the bus'". Dundalk Democrat. 15 February 2023.