All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
CodeFootball
Founded1929
RegionIreland (GAA)
TrophyTom Markham Cup
Title holdersDerry (6th title)
Most titlesKerry (16 titles)
SponsorsElectric Ireland
TV partner(s)RTÉ/TG4

The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.

The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Football Final being played on the third Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin as the curtain-raiser to the senior final.

The winners received the Tom Markham Cup, which is named in honour of former Clare figure Tom Markham.[1][2]

Overview

The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship features players at under seventeen level (players must be under 17 on 1 January of the year of the competition. The first minor championship was played in 1929 when Clare were crowned the champions. The championship has been held every year since then except for a period during 'The Emergency'.[3]

Kerry are the most successful team in minor football with 16 titles in total, closely followed on the winners list by Dublin on 11 and Cork on 11. Kerry also won an unequalled five-in-a-row from 2014 to 2018. Three teams have achieved three-in-a-rows – Kerry from 1931 to 1933; Cork from 1967 to 1969; and Dublin from 1954 to 1956. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21 and minor titles in the same year has been achieved on just one occasion, by Kerry in 1975.

Because teams will only play together for at most, about two or three years, unlike the senior competition, it is unusual that one county will dominate for periods any longer than this.

The current champions are Derry, who defeated Monaghan on 9 July 2023 to win 2023 All Ireland Minor Championship.

Wins listed by county

Team Wins Years won Runners-up Years runners-up
1 Kerry 16 1931, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 13 1936, 1938, 1949, 1954, 1965, 1970, 1979, 1982, 1990, 1996, 2004, 2006, 2020
2 Cork 11 1961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2019 9 1960, 1964, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2010
Dublin 11 1930, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1982, 1984, 2012 7 1946, 1948, 1978, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2011
4 Tyrone 8 1947, 1948, 1973, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010 5 1972, 1975, 1997, 2013, 2021
5 Mayo 7 1935, 1953, 1966, 1971, 1978, 1985, 2013 15 1930, 1933, 1940, 1947, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1974, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2022
6 Galway 7 1952, 1960, 1970, 1976, 1986, 2007, 2022 4 1994, 2016, 2018, 2019
7 Derry 6 1965, 1983, 1989, 2002, 2020, 2023 6 1969, 1980, 1981, 1995, 2007, 2017
8 Meath 4 1957, 1990, 1992, 2021 4 1977, 1993, 2002, 2012
Down 4 1977, 1987, 1999, 2005 1 1966
Roscommon 4 1939, 1941, 1951, 2006 0
11 Laois 3 1996, 1997, 2003 3 1932, 1967, 1998
12 Tipperary 2 1934, 2011 4 1935, 1955, 1984, 2015
Armagh 2 1949, 2009 3 1951, 1957, 1992
Cavan 2 1937, 1938 2 1952, 1959
Louth 2 1936, 1940 2 1931, 1941
16 Offaly 1 1964 1 1989
Westmeath 1 1995 1 1963
Clare 1 1929 1 1953
19 Wexford 0 2 1937, 1950
Leitrim 0 2 1945, 1956
Monaghan 0 2 1939, 2023
Longford 0 1 1929
Sligo 0 1 1968
Kildare 0 1 1973
Donegal 0 1 2014

Wins listed by province

Province Wins Last Win Biggest Contributor Wins
1 Munster 30 2019 (Cork) Kerry 16
2 Leinster 22 2021 (Meath) Dublin 11
2 Ulster 21 2020 (Derry) Tyrone 8
4 Connacht 18 2022 (Galway) Mayo, Galway 7

The following counties have never won an All Ireland minor football title:

Province County (Last final)
Leinster Kildare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Longford, Carlow, Wicklow
Connacht Leitrim, Sligo
Ulster Antrim, Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan
Munster Limerick, Waterford

Finals listed by year

Under-17 Competition
Year Winner Score Opponent Score
2023 Derry 1-13 Monaghan 0-09
2022[4] Galway 0-15 Mayo 0-09
2021 Meath 1-12 Tyrone 1-11
2020 Derry 2-12 Kerry 1-14
2019 Cork 3–20 Galway 3–14
2018 Kerry 0–21 Galway 1–14
Under-18 Competition
Year Winner Score Opponent Score
2017 Kerry 6–17 Derry 1–08
2016 Kerry 3–07 Galway 0–09
2015[5] Kerry 4–14 Tipperary 0–06
2014[6] Kerry 0–17 Donegal 1–10
2013 Mayo 2–13 Tyrone 1–13
2012[7] Dublin 0–14 Meath 1–05
2011[8] Tipperary 3–09 Dublin 1–14
2010[9] Tyrone 1–13 Cork 1–12
2009 Armagh 0–10 Mayo 0–07
2008 Tyrone 0–14, 1–20 (R) Mayo 0–14, 1–15 (R)
2007 Galway 1–10 Derry 1–09
2006 Roscommon 0–15, 1–10 (R) Kerry 0–15, 0–09 (R)
2005 Down 1–15 Mayo 0–08
2004 Tyrone 0–12 Kerry 0–10
2003 Laois 1–11, 2–10 (R) Dublin 1–11, 1–09 (R)
2002 Derry 1–12 Meath 0–08
2001 Tyrone 0–15, 2–11 (R) Dublin 1–12, 0–06 (R)
2000 Cork 2–12 Mayo 0–13
1999 Down 1–14 Mayo 0–14
1998 Tyrone 2–11 Laois 0–11
1997 Laois 3–11 Tyrone 1–14
1996 Laois 2–11 Kerry 1–11
1995 Westmeath 1–10 Derry 0–11
1994 Kerry 0–16 Galway 1–07
1993 Cork 2–07 Meath 0–09
1992 Meath 2–05 Armagh 0–10
1991 Cork 1–09 Mayo 1–07
1990 Meath 2–11 Kerry 2–09
1989 Derry 3–09 Offaly 1–06
1988 Kerry 2–05 Dublin 0–05
1987 Down 1–12 Cork 1–05
1986 Galway 3–08 Cork 2–07
1985 Mayo 3–03 Cork 0–09
1984 Dublin 1–09 Tipperary 0–04
1983 Derry 0–08 Cork 1–03
1982 Dublin 1–11 Kerry 1–05
1981 Cork 4–09 Derry 2–07
1980 Kerry 3–12 Derry 0–11
1979 Dublin 0–10 Kerry 1–06
1978 Mayo 4–09 Dublin 3–08
1977 Down 2–06 Meath 0–04
1976 Galway 1–10 Cork 0–06
1975 Kerry 1–10 Tyrone 0–04
1974 Cork 1–10 Mayo 1–06
1973 Tyrone 2–11 Kildare 1–06
1972 Cork 3–11 Tyrone 2–11
1971 Mayo 2–15 Cork 2–07
1970 Galway 1–08, 1–11 (R) Kerry 2–05, 1–10 (R)
1969 Cork 2–07 Derry 0–11
1968 Cork 3–05 Sligo 1–10
1967 Cork 5–14 Laois 2–03
1966 Mayo 1–12 Down 1–08
1965 Derry 2–08 Kerry 2–04
1964 Offaly 0–15 Cork 1–11
1963 Kerry 1–10 Westmeath 0–02
1962 Kerry 6–05 Mayo 0–07
1961 Cork 3–07 Mayo 0–05
1960 Galway 4–09 Cork 1–05
1959 Dublin 0–11 Cavan 1–04
1958 Dublin 2–10 Mayo 0–08
1957 Meath 3–09 Armagh 0–04
1956 Dublin 5–14 Leitrim 2–02
1955 Dublin 4–04 Tipperary 2–07
1954 Dublin 3–03 Kerry 1–08
1953 Mayo 2–11 Clare 1–06
1952 Galway 2–09 Cavan 1–06
1951 Roscommon 2–07 Armagh 1–05
1950 Kerry 3–06 Wexford 1–04
1949 Armagh 1–07 Kerry 1–05
1948 Tyrone 0–11 Dublin 1–05
1947 Tyrone 4–04 Mayo 4–03
1946 Kerry 3–07 Dublin 2–03
1945 Dublin 4–07 Leitrim 0–04
1944 No Championship
1943 No Championship
1942 No Championship
1941 Roscommon 3–06 Louth 0–07
1940 Louth 5–05 Mayo 2–07
1939 Roscommon 1–09 Monaghan 1–07
1938 Cavan 3–03 Kerry 0–08
1937 Cavan 1–11 Wexford 1–05
1936 Louth 5–01 Kerry 1–08
1935 Mayo 1–06 Tipperary 1–01
1934 Tipperary *
1933 Kerry 4–01 Mayo 0–09
1932 Kerry 3–08 Laois 1–03
1931 Kerry 3–04 Louth 0–04
1930 Dublin 1–03 Mayo 0–05
1929 Clare 5–03 Longford 3–05

References

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  4. ^ "Galway defeat Mayo to lift All-Ireland minor football title". RTÉ Sport. 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ "All-Ireland MFC final: classy Kingdom cruise past Tipp". Hogan Stand. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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