1981 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (7th win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Derry |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Derry |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
The 1981 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 50th 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.
Kerry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the Munster final.
On 20 September 1981, Cork won the championship following a 4-9 to 2-7 defeat of Derry in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their first in seven championship seasons.[1]
Results
Quarter-Final
Galway 1-13 Leitrim 1-6 Castlebar.
Semi-Finals
Roscommon 2-6 Mayo 1-6 Roscommon.
Mayo 2-8 Galway 0-5 Tuam.
Final
| 12 July 1981 Final | Roscommon | 2-08 - 3-04 | Mayo | McHale Park, Castlebar |
Quarter-Finals
1981 MR MR FB Cork Cork 7-22 Waterford 1-02 View Details 1981 MR MR FB Finuge Kerry 1-09 Clare 0-03 View Details
Semi-Finals
1981 MR MR FB Semi-F Buttevant Cork 5-11 Limerick 3-04 View Details 1981 MR MR FB Semi-F Killorglin Kerry 2-13 Tipperary 1-03 View Details
Final
| 19 July 1981 Final | Kerry | 1-05 - 0-09 | Cork | Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney |
Preliminary Round
1981 UR MR FB Castleblaney Monaghan 3-06 Tyrone 4-04 View Details
Quarter-Finals
1981 UR MR FB Casement Park Antrim 0-06 Cavan 1-08 View Details 1981 UR MR FB Armagh Armagh 2-08 Donegal 0-07 View Details 1981 UR MR FB Ballinascreen Derry 3-07 Fermanagh 1-02 View Details 1981 UR MR FB Newry Down 0-10 Tyrone 0-08 View Details
Semi-Finals
1981 UR MR FB Semi-F Castleblaney Armagh 3-08 Cavan 1-07 View Details 1981 UR MR FB Semi-F Clones Derry 3-06 Down 2-08 View Details
Final
| 19 July 1981 Final | Derry | 0-11 - 1-02 | Armagh | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Preliminary Round
981 LR MR FB Longford Longford 2-03 Westmeath 2-06 View Details 1981 LR MR FB Athy Carlow 1-04 Wicklow 1-09 View Details 1981 LR MR FB Kilkenny Kilkenny 0-01 Wexford 3-19 View Details 1981 LR MR FB Croke Park Laois 1-07 Louth 0-08 View Details
Quarter-Finals
1981 LR MR FB Knockbridge Dublin 0-12 Wicklow 2-05 View Details 1981 LR MR FB Mullingar Westmeath 0-03 Offaly 0-11 View Details 1981 LR MR FB Kildare 0-10 Laois 1-06 View Details 1981 LR MR FB Meath 1-08 Wexford 0-03 View Details
Semi-Finals
1981 LR MR FB Semi-F Croke Park Offaly 1-09 Meath 3-07 View Details 1981 LR MR FB Semi-F Dublin 2-09 Kildare 1-04 View Details
| 1981 Semi-Final | Dublin | 2-09 - 1-04 | Kildare | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
Final
| 26 July 1981 Final | Dublin | 1-08 - 0-09 | Meath | Croke Park, Dublin |
Semi-Finals
| 9 August 1981 Semi-Final | Cork | 5-11 - 3-05 | Roscommon | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 16 August 1981 Semi-Final | Dublin | 0-06 - 0-08 | Derry | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
| 20 September 1981 Final | Cork | 4-09 - 2-07 | Derry | Croke Park, Dublin |
References
- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.