1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1968 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 37th 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 (3rd win) |
| Captain | Donal Aherne |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Sligo |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Armagh |
| Connacht | Sligo |
Cork entered the championship as defending champions.
On 22 September 1968, Cork won the championship following a 3-5 to 1-10 defeat of Sligo in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession.[1]
Results
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Semi-finals
| 4 August 1968 Semi-final | Cork | 2-10 - 1-06 | Dublin | Croke Park, Dublin |
| A Murphy 1-8, D Ahern 1-0, D McCarthy 0-1, J Coleman 0-1. | V Daly 1-0, J Reilly 0-5, P Gogarty 0-1. | Referee: S McLoughlin (Galway) |
| 18 August 1968 Semi-final | Sligo | 1-06 - 1-03 | Armagh | Croke Park, Dublin |
| R Boland 1-1, R Sherlock 0-2, J Quinn 0-2, P Kearins 0-1. | M Murphy 1-1, P Loughran 0-1, M Maginn 0-1. | Attendance: J Dennigan (Cork) |
Final
| 22 September 1968 Final | Cork | 3-05 - 1-10 | Sligo | Croke Park, Dublin |
| J Coleman 1-1, F Twomey 1-0, B Cummins 1-0, A Murphy 0-2, B Murphy 0-1. | D Kearins 0-5, N Kelleher 1-0, H Quinn 0-3, R Henry 0-1, A Richardson 0-1. | Referee: L Maguire (Monaghan) |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Donal Aherne of Cork becomes the second player after Tyrone's Eddie Devlin to captain a team to two All-Ireland titles.
References
- "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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