The 1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the eighth 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 | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Louth (1st win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kerry |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Mayo |
Mayo entered the championship as defending champions.
On 27 September 1936, Louth won the championship following a 5-01 to 1-08 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]
The victorious Louth team included several players from neighbouring counties who were boarding pupils at St. Mary's College, then the dominant side in Louth minor football. One of the boarders was captain Larry 'Lal' McEntee from Nobber, County Meath, whose nephew Dr. Gerry McEntee won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in both 1987 and 1988 with Meath.[2][3]
Results
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Final
Final
| GK | 1 | Aloysius Lynn (St. Mary's College) |
| RCB | 2 | Pat Tuite (Dundalk Gaels) |
| FB | 3 | Leo Burns (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| LCB | 4 | Frank Rock (St. Mary's College) |
| RHB | 5 | Peter Killen (Cooley Kickhams) |
| CHB | 6 | Larry Waller (Dowdallshill) |
| LHB | 7 | Vincent O'Dowda (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| MF | 8 | Donal Brady (St. Mary's College) |
| MF | 9 | Michael Campbell (Cooley Kickhams) |
| RHF | 10 | James Reilly (Wolfe Tones) |
| CHF | 11 | Steve Gaughran (Dundalk Gaels) |
| LHF | 12 | Larry McEntee (St. Mary's College) (c) |
| RCF | 13 | Jim Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| FF | 14 | Jim McArdle (Dundalk Gaels) |
| LCF | 15 | Gerry Hall (Dundalk Gaels) |
| Substitutes: | ||
| 16 | Kevin O'Dowda (St. Mary's College) for Reilly | |
Final
Semi-Finals
Final (Croke Park, Dublin)
27 September 1936
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 Louth
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5–01 – 1–08 |  Kerry
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| (HT: 3–0 - 0–04) | ||
| Gls: Jim McArdle (2-0), Larry McEntee (1-0), Jim Cunningham (1-0), Gerry Hall (1-0) Pts: Donal Brady (0-01) |
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Referee: Tom Shevlin (Roscommon) |
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References
edit- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ "64 years since Louth last won the minor championship". Dundalk Democrat. 15 July 2017.
- ^ "Bridie McEntee, Nobber". Meath Chronicle. 9 July 2014.