The 1974 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 43rd 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 | Cork (6th win) |
| Captain | Eugene Desmond |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Mayo |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Wicklow |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Mayo |
Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Ulster Championship.
On 22 September 1974, Cork won the championship following a 1-10 to 1-6 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first in two championship seasons.[1]
Results
editQuarter-final
| 1974 Quarter-final | Sligo | 1-03 - 1-15 | Leitrim | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon |
Semi-finals
| 1974 Semi-final | Roscommon | 2-08 - 1-10 | Leitrim | Pearse Stadium, Galway |
| 1974 Semi-final | Mayo | 2-15 - 2-05 | Galway | McHale Park, Castlebar |
Final
| 14 July 1974 Final | Mayo | 4-12 - 2-03 | Roscommon | McHale Park, Castlebar |
First round
| 1974 First round | Dublin | 1-07 - 1-06 | Wexford | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 1974 First round | Carlow | 1-03 - 3-08 | Louth | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
Second round
| 1974 Second round | Carlow | 4-11 - 5-06 | Kilkenny | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
| 1974 Second round | Dublin | 1-12 - 0-05 | Louth | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-finals
| 1974 Quarter-final | Wicklow | 3-11 - 2-12 | Laois | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| 1974 Quarter-final | Meath | 1-14 - 1-04 | Westmeath | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
| 1974 Quarter-final | Longford | 0-12 - 0-06 | Kildare | Pearse Park, Longford |
| 1974 Quarter-final | Dublin | 1-07 - 1-06 | Offaly | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Semi-finals
| 1974 Semi-final | Wicklow | 3-09 - 1-05 | Meath | St Conleth's Park, Newbridge |
| 1974 Semi-final | Dublin | 0-06 - 0-12 | Longford | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
| 28 July 1974 Final | Wicklow | 5-06 - 1-09 | Longford | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-finals
| 1974 Quarter-final | Tipperary | 2-11 - 3-01 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
| 1974 Quarter-final | Limerick | 2-06 - 2-08 | Waterford | Fraher Field, Dungarvan |
Semi-finals
| 1974 Semi-final | Kerry | 4-18 - 0-00 | Waterford | Castleisland |
| 1974 Semi-final | Cork | 3-15 - 2-04 | Tipperary | Mitchelstown |
Final
| 14 July 1974 Final | Cork | 0-13 - 1-06 | Kerry | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney |
Quarter-final
| 1974 Quarter-final | Cavan | 2-07 - 2-06 | Armagh | Athletic Ground, Armagh |
Semi-final
| 1974 Semi-final | Cavan | 1-10 - 1-09 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Final
| 28 July 1974 Final | Cavan | 3-09 - 1-04 | Derry | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Quarter-final
| 4 August 1974 Quarter-final | Cork | 2-23 - 2-04 | London | Croke Park, Dublin |
Semi-finals
| 11 August 1974 Semi-final | Cork | 0-16 - 1-00 | Wicklow | Croke Park, Dublin |
| R Kenny 0-7, Diarmuid McCarthy 0-5, T Murphy 0-1, D Murphy 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, Don McCarthy 0-1. | E Dunne 1-0. | Referee: S Murray (Monaghan) |
| 18 August 1974 Semi-final | Mayo | 3-10 - 2-04 | Cavan | Croke Park, Dublin |
| J Burke 2-2, K Geraghty 0-4, S Moran 1-0, G Hennigan 0-2, W Nally 0-1, M Burke 0-1. | H Conaty 2-0, S Bardy 0-2, O Martin 0-1, P McNamee 0-1. | Referee: R Barry (Meath) |
Final
| 22 September 1974 Final | Cork | 1-10 - 1-06 | Mayo | Croke Park, Dublin |
| Diarmuid McCarthy 1-3, T Murphy 0-3, D McCurtain 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1, M O'Regan 0-1, D Murphy 0-1. | S Moran 1-0, G Hennigan 0-2, K Geraghty 0-2, J Burke 0-2. | Referee: P Collins (Westmeath) |
Championship statistics
editMiscellaneous
edit- Wicklow win the Leinster Championship for the first and only time in their history.
- Cork achieve the double for the third time in their history, after earlier winning the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. Finbarr Delaney, Tom Cashman, Dermot McCurtain, Johnny Crowley, Tadhg Murphy and Declan Murphy claim winners' medals in both All-Ireland victories.
References
edit- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.