1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Down (1st win)
Captain Ned King
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Cork
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Down
Connacht Galway

The 1979 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 16th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Roscommon entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.[1]

On 23 September 1979, Down won the championship following a 1-9 to 0-7 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.

The final was refereed by Gerry Mc Cabe from Clonoe in Co Tyrone

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Miscellaneous

  • The All-Ireland semi-final between Cork and Offaly is the first ever championship meeting between the two teams.
  • The All-Ireland final between Cork and Down is the first ever championship meeting between the two teams.

References

  1. ↑ "Hayden: Kerry scalp in '78 was 'mighty'". Roscommon People. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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