Leinster Minor Football Championship
Leinster Minor Football Championship | |
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Founded | 1929 |
Region | Leinster (GAA) |
No. of teams | 10 |
Title holders | Kildare (8th title) |
First winner | Longford |
Most titles | Dublin (32 titles) |
Sponsors | Electric Ireland |
Official website | Official website |
The Leinster Minor Football Championship is a Gaelic football tournament in the province of Leinster.[1] The current Leinster champions are Kildare. The Leinster minor football championship is known as Fr. Larry Murphy Trophy. The Cup is named after Fr. Larry Murphy who was an underage GAA mentor in both Louth and Armagh, hence the Ulster Minor Football Championship is also named after Fr. Larry Murphy.[2]
History
Longford won in the first year of the Leinster Minor Championship in 1929 in Navan, Co. Meath. They beat Dublin in the final by a scoreline of 3–04 to 1–04 in the final. Longford went on to reach the All-Ireland final that year but failed to beat Clare Minor football team in the final of the series.[3]
Performance by county[4]
County | Wins | Years won | Runners-up | Years runner-up | |
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1 | Dublin | 32 | 1930, 1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, [5] 2014 |
14 | 1929, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000. |
2 | Meath | 10 | 1957, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008 | 14 | 1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2002, 2011, 2012. |
3 | Laois | 9 | 1932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007 | 7 | 1933, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2016 |
4 | Louth | 8 | 1931, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1953 | 7 | 1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1958, 1960, 1971 |
4 | Kildare | 8 | 1973, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2016 | 12 | 1934, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1980, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2014. |
6 | Offaly | 6 | 1947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989 | 12 | 1948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1985, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010. |
7 | Westmeath | 5 | 1939, 1952, 1963, 1995, 2000 | 5 | 1951, 1982, 1984, 1992, 2013 |
8 | Longford | 4 | 1929, 1938, 2002, 2010 | 3 | 1930, 1974, 2015 |
9 | Wexford | 3 | 1937, 1950, 1969 | 7 | 1931, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1978, 1994, 1999 |
10 | Wicklow | 1 | 1974 | 3 | 1952, 1993, 1997 |
11 | Carlow | 1 | 2007 |
List of Leinster Finals
The following counties have never won a Leinster minor football title:
County |
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Kilkenny, Carlow |
All-Ireland champions | |
All-Ireland runners-up |
References
- ↑ "Leinster G.A.A. M.F.C. 2012". Leinster.gaa.ie. 5 February 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ↑
- ↑ http://leinster.gaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P140_142_UMinorFootball.pdf
- ↑ "Historical Results | Fixtures & Results | GAA". Gaa.ie. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ↑ "Meath no match for Costello and Dublin". [Irish Examiner]. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "Leinster MFC final: lively Lilies end 22-year wait". Hogan Stand. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ↑ "Con O'Callaghan is on fire as young Dubs down Lilies". Irish Independent. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ↑ "Jimmy Hyland haul sees Kildare reclaim customary position". Irish Examiner. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ↑ http://www.the42.ie/kildare-laois-leinster-minor-football-final-2882214-Jul2016/