1997 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Laois (2nd win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tyrone |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Laois |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Mayo |
The 1997 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 66th 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.
Laois entered the championship as defending champions.
On 28 September 1997, Laois won the championship following a 3-11 to 1-14 defeat of Tyrone in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.<ref>"All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
Results
Quarter-Final
1997 CT MR FB Castlebar Galway 0-06 Mayo 0-09 View Details
Semi-Finals
1997 CT MR FB Semi-F Castlebar Mayo 2-15 Leitrim 1-09 View Details 1997 CT MR FB Semi-F Sligo Sligo 1-08 Roscommon 2-07 View Details
Final
| 3 August 1997 Final | Mayo | 0-13 - 0-9 | Roscommon | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon |
Preliminary Round
1997 LR MR FB Gorey Wexford 1-08 Wicklow 2-11 View Details 1997 LR MR FB Portlaoise Kildare 0-13 Louth 0-08 View Details 1997 LR MR FB Pearse Park Longford 0-16 Westmeath 1-07 View Details 1997 LR MR FB Portlaoise Laois 0-09 Offaly 0-08 View Details
Quarter-Finals
1997 LR MR FB Aughrim Wicklow 2-09 Carlow 0-05 View Details 1997 LR MR FB Newbridge Kildare 0-13 Dublin 2-08 View Details 1997 LR MR FB Longford Longford 0-09 Meath 1-16 View Details 1997 LR MR FB Portlaoise Laois 2-14 Kilkenny 4-05 View Details
Semi-Finals
1997 LR MR FB Semi-F Navan Dublin 0-10 Wicklow 2-06 View Details 1997 LR MR FB Semi-F Croke Park Laois 1-12 Meath 0-07 View Details
Final
| 16 August 1997 Final | Laois | 4-12 - 1-7 | Wicklow | Croke Park, Dublin |
Quarter-Finals
1997 MR MR FB Clonmel Tipperary 2-16 Waterford 1-04 View Details 1997 MR MR FB Clonmel Limerick 3-09 Tipperary 3-07 View Details
Semi-Finals
1997 MR MR FB Semi-F Tralee Kerry 0-12 Cork 0-05 View Details 1997 MR MR FB Semi-F Ennis Clare 0-07 Limerick 1-06 View Details
Final
| 20 July 1997 Final | Kerry | 4-12 - 1-7 | Limerick | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
Preliminary Round
1997 UR MR FB Clones Tyrone 2-10 Down 1-08 View Details
Quarter-Finals
1997 UR MR FB Ballybofey Donegal 0-14 Antrim 4-03 View Details 1997 UR MR FB (Draw) Irvinestown Fermanagh 0-00 Cavan 0-00 View Details 1997 UR MR FB Clones Monaghan 2-10 Derry 2-06 View Details 1997 UR MR FB Clones Cavan 3-16 Fermanagh 2-05 View Details 1997 UR MR FB Omagh Tyrone 1-10 Armagh 0-09 View Details
Semi-Finals
1997 UR MR FB Semi-F Clones Cavan 0-09 Antrim 1-09 View Details
| June 1997 Semi-Final | Monaghan | 3-7 - 4-14 | Tyrone | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Final
| 20 July 1997 Final | Antrim | 2-10 - 3-13 | Tyrone | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Semi-Finals
| 24 August 1997 Semi-Final | Kerry | 1-11 - 1-11 | Tyrone | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 31 August 1997 Semi-Final | Laois | 3-8 - 1-9 | Mayo | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 6 September 1997 Semi-Final Replay | Kerry | 0-21 - 0-23 | Tyrone | Parnell Park, Dublin |
Final
| 28 September 1997 Final | Laois | 3-11 - 1-14 | Tyrone | Croke Park, Dublin |