Leinster Minor Football Championship

The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster.[1] 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.

Leinster Minor Football Championship
Founded1929
RegionLeinster (GAA)
No. of teams11
Title holdersLongford (5th title)
Most titlesDublin (35 titles)
SponsorsElectric Ireland
Official websiteOfficial website

The current Leinster champions are Longford.[2] The Leinster minor football championship is known as Fr. Larry Murray Trophy. The Cup is named after Fr. Larry Murray who was an underage GAA mentor in both Louth and Armagh, hence the Ulster Minor Football Championship is also named after Fr. Larry Murray.[3]

History

The Leinster Minor Football Championship was first played in 1928, however progress stalled at the semi-final stage and the competition was never completed. The first completed Leinster MFC was in 1929 and Longford won the inaugural title beating Dublin in the final in Navan on a scoreline of 3–4 to 1–4 on 10th November 1929. Longford progressed to the All-Ireland final that year (only Leinster and Munster involved) but were beaten by Clare in the All-Ireland final on 1st March 1930.[4] With the exception of 1943 & 1944 the Leinster MFC has been completed every year since 1929.

Roll of honour

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#CountyTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
1 Dublin35161930, 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,[6] 2014, 2017, 2022, 20231929, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2019, 2021
2 Meath13141957, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2020, 20211946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2002, 2011, 2012
3 Kildare9151973, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2016, 20191934, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1980, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2023
Laois971932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 20071933, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2016
5 Louth881931, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 19531932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1958, 1960, 1971, 2017
6 Offaly6131947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 19891948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1985, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020
7 Westmeath551939, 1952, 1963, 1995, 20001951, 1982, 1984, 1992, 2013
8 Longford531929, 1938, 2002, 2010, 20241930, 1974, 2015
9 Wexford371937, 1950, 19691931, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1978, 1994, 1999
10 Wicklow1319741952, 1993, 1997
11 Carlow012007
  • All (1928–1999) Leinster Minor Football Results available here [1].

List of finals

All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up
YearWinnersRunners-upVenueWinning Captain
CountyScoreCountyScore
19291Longford3–04Dublin1–04NavanPaddy Keenan
1930Dublin1–06Longford0–04Mullingar
1931Louth1–05Wexford0–03Croke Park, DublinJohn Harlin
1932Laois3–02Louth1–07Croke Park, Dublin
1933Dublin3–07Laois0–06Croke Park, Dublin
1934Dublin0–05Kildare0–02Naas
1935Louth1–07Dublin1–06Croke Park, Dublin
1936Louth3–06Wexford2–01Croke Park, DublinLarry McEntee
1937Wexford2–07Louth2–05Croke Park, DublinNick Butler
1938Longford3–06Louth2–08Croke Park, Dublin
1939Westmeath1–02Louth0–02Croke Park, Dublin
1940Louth3–05Kildare1–06Croke Park, DublinBrendan Burke
1941Louth4–04Wexford1–06Croke Park, DublinMick O'Grady
1942Louth5–10Kildare0–06Croke Park, DublinBrendan O'Dowda
1943No competition
1944No competition
1945Dublin3–05Wexford1–00Portlaoise
1946Dublin4–06Meath0–03Navan
1947Offaly1–07, 1–07 (R)Dublin1–07, 1–05 (R)Croke Park, Dublin R Mullingar
1948Dublin2–05Offaly1–06Naas
1949Dublin3–10Kildare1–05Portlaoise
1950Wexford3–06Dublin2–08Croke Park, Dublin
1951Louth3–09Westmeath2–05Croke Park, DublinMichael Brennan
1952Westmeath3–14Wicklow3–03Croke Park, Dublin
1953Louth1–06Kildare0–06Croke Park, DublinJohn McArdle
1954Dublin2–07Meath0–11Croke Park, Dublin
1955Dublin2–11Meath1–04Croke Park, Dublin
1956Dublin1–10Meath1–09Croke Park, Dublin
1957Meath0–08Offaly0–05Mullingar
1958Dublin2–10Louth1–06NavanDes Foley
1959Dublin3–13Offaly1–07Tullamore
1960Offaly1–12Louth1–05Croke Park, Dublin
1961Dublin2–08Offaly1–08Portlaoise
1962Offaly2–08Dublin1–04Croke Park, Dublin
1963Westmeath2–14Dublin3–07Tullamore
1964Offaly1–07Laois1–06Croke Park, Dublin
1965Offaly2–11Kildare1–05Croke Park, Dublin
1966Laois1–10Offaly0–07Croke Park, Dublin
1967Laois1–08Dublin2–04Newbridge
1968Dublin1–11Laois0–08Croke Park, Dublin
1969Wexford0–11Dublin0–07Carlow
1970Dublin2–08Meath0–13Croke Park, Dublin
1971Dublin2–07Louth0–04Croke Park, Dublin
1972Meath3–08Dublin1–10Croke Park, Dublin
1973Kildare4–11Laois0–10Croke Park, Dublin
1974Wicklow5–06Longford1–09Croke Park, Dublin
1975Kildare2–09Meath3–05Croke Park, Dublin
1976Dublin2–08Offaly0–13Croke Park, Dublin
1977Meath1–07Dublin0–09Croke Park, Dublin
1978Dublin3–12Wexford0–11Croke Park, Dublin
1979Dublin2–13Meath0–08Croke Park, Dublin
1980Meath1–12Kildare1–09Croke Park, Dublin
1981Dublin1–08Meath0–09Croke Park, Dublin
1982Dublin0–10Westmeath0–04Croke Park, Dublin
1983Kildare1–11Meath1–06Croke Park, Dublin
1984Dublin0–12Westmeath1–06Croke Park, Dublin
1985Meath0–11Offaly1–04Croke Park, Dublin
1986Dublin2–16Meath0–06Croke Park, Dublin
1987Kildare0–13Dublin2–05Croke Park, Dublin
1988Dublin4–06Meath0–08Croke Park, Dublin
1989Offaly2–11Kildare0–07Croke Park, Dublin
1990Meath1–19Kildare1–06Croke Park, Dublin
1991Kildare2–08Dublin0–12Croke Park, Dublin
1992Meath1–08Westmeath1–05Tullamore
1993Meath1–16Wicklow3–03Croke Park, Dublin
1994Dublin2–12Wexford2–06Croke Park, Dublin
1995Westmeath0–12, 3–12, 3–06, 1–10 (3R)Laois1–09, 2–15, 2–09, 0–09 (3R)Croke Park, Dublin R in Tullamore
1996Laois0–15, 2–18 (R)Dublin2–09, 1–08 (R)Croke Park, Dublin R in TullamoreMartin Delaney
1997Laois2–11Wicklow0–10Croke Park, DublinKieran Kelly
1998Laois2–09Dublin0–12Croke Park, DublinJohnny Behan
1999Dublin1–13, 2–13 (R)Wexford2–10, 1–12 (R)Croke Park, Dublin CarlowNicky Cleere
2000Westmeath2–09Dublin1–10Croke Park, Dublin
2001Dublin1–19Offaly0–06Croke Park, Dublin
2002Longford3–08Meath3–05Croke Park, Dublin
2003Dublin1–11Laois1–09Croke Park, Dublin
2004Laois0–10Kildare0–06Croke Park, DublinCraig Rogers
2005Laois1–12Offaly1–07Croke Park, DublinRichie Ryan
2006Meath1–16Offaly2–05Croke Park, Dublin
2007Laois3–08Carlow1–12Croke Park, DublinSean Ramsbottom
2008Meath1–14Offaly2–10Croke Park, Dublin
2009Dublin1–10, 1–15 (R)Kildare1–10, 1–10 (R)Croke Park, Dublin Carlow
2010Longford0–14Offaly0–08Croke Park, Dublin
2011Dublin2–18Meath1–11Croke Park, Dublin
2012Dublin3–17Meath1–11Croke Park, Dublin
2013[7]Kildare2–15Westmeath2–07Croke Park, Dublin
2014[8]Dublin3–16Kildare1–12Croke Park, DublinCon O'Callaghan
2015[9]Kildare2–15Longford1–09Croke Park, Dublin
2016[10]Kildare1–18Laois0–10Croke Park, DublinBrian McLoughlin
2017[11]Dublin2–19Louth0–12Croke Park, DublinDonal Ryan
2018Meath1–15Kildare1–07O'Connor Park, TullamoreMathew Costello
2019Kildare2–21Dublin1–19Pairc Tailteann, NavanKevin Eustace, Aaron Browne
2020Meath1–07Offaly1–06Cusack Park, MullingarEoghan Frayne
2021Meath3–08Dublin1–03O'Connor Park, TullamoreLiam Kelly
2022Dublin2–10Kildare0–08O'Moore Park, PortlaoiseDaniel McCarthy, Clyde Burke
2023Dublin0–19Kildare2–08Portlaoise
2024[12]Longford0–15Dublin1–10O'Connor Park, TullamoreMark Cooney

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