1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Cork (1st win)
Captain Donal Hunt
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Fermanagh
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Louth
Ulster Fermanagh
Connacht Mayo

The 1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Antrim entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Derry in the Ulster quarter-final.

On 4 October 1970, Cork won the championship following a 2-11 to 0-9 defeat of Fermanagh in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their first All-Ireland title.

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Miscellaneous

  • In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts as Fermanagh and Louth win the respective Ulster and Leinster titles for the first time in their history.
  • The All-Ireland semi-final between Louth and Fermanagh remains their only championship meeting.

References

  1. "Ultra-marathoner Goes the Distance for Croí". croi.ie. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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