1979 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1979 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Dublin (8th win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Kerry Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Kerry Leinster Dublin Ulster Down Connacht Mayo The 1979 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 48th 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. Mayo entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final. On 16 September 1979, Dublin won the championship following a 0-10 to 1-6 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their eighth All-Ireland title and their first title in twenty championship seasons.https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0928/238817-minor_foot_roh/ All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour RTÉ Sport 20 September 2011 19 November 2012 Results Connacht Minor Football Championship Quarter-Final 1979 Semi-Final Leitrim 1-06 - 2-09 Sligo Corran Park, Ballymote Semi-Finals 1979 Semi-Final Mayo 3-08 - 2-05 Sligo James Stephens Park, Ballina 1979 Semi-Final Roscommon 0-06 - 0-07 Galway Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon Final 15 July 1979 Final Mayo 5-11 - 3-07 Galway McHale Park, Castlebar Leinster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round May 1979 Preliminary Round Wexford 2-07 - 0-07 Carlow Nowlan Park, Kilkenny May 1979 Preliminary Round Kilkenny 0-05 - 6-11 Meath Páirc Tailteann, Navan May 1979 Preliminary Round Laois 1-06 - 2-04 Weastmeath O'Connor Park, Tullamore May 1979 Preliminary Round Longford 0-12 - 1-12 Louth Croke Park, Dublin Quarter-Finals June 1979 Quarter-Final Wexford 3-06 - 0-06 Wicklow Nowlan Park, Kilkenny June 1979 Quarter-Final Meath 2-10 - 1-07 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin June 1979 Quarter-Final Dublin 4-13 - 0-06 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan June 1979 Quarter-Final Offaly 0-15 - 2-04 Westmeath Cusack Park, Mullingar Semi-Finals July 1979 Semi-Final Dublin 3-11 - 0-08 Wexford St Conleth's Park, Newbridge July 1979 Semi-Final Offaly 2-05 - 3-09 Meath Croke Park, Dublin Final 29 July 1979 Final Dublin 2-13 - 0-08 Meath Croke Park, Dublin Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals 1979 Quarter-Final Clare 0-11 - 0-08 Limerick Roslevan 1979 Quarter-Final Cork 1-10 - 1-05 Tipperary Ned Hall Park, Clonmel Semi-Finals 1979 Semi-Final Kerry 1-11 - 0-07 Clare Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown Malbay 1979 Semi-Final Waterford 3-06 - 6-11 Cork Fraher Field, Dungarvan Finals 22 July 1979 Final Kerry 3-06 - 2-09 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 29 July 1979 Final Replay Kerry 1-11 - 1-05 Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Ulster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round 1979 Preliminary Round Tyrone 0-06 - 0-06 Antrim O'Neill Park, Dungannon Quarter-Finals 1979 Quarter-Final Down 1-15 - 1-04 Monaghan St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney 1979 Quarter-Final Armagh 2-13 - 1-04 Fermanagh The Playing Fields, Lurgan 1979 Quarter-Final Cavan 3-10 - 2-12 Derry Breffni Park, Cavan 1979 Quarter-Final Tyrone 1-10 - 0-03 Donegal St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown Semi-Finals 1979 Semi-Final Armagh 1-02 - 0-07 Down Breffni Park, Cavan 1979 Semi-Final Cavan 0-03 - 2-08 Tyrone Healy Park, Omagh Final 22 July 1979 Final Down 1-07 - 0-06 Tyrone St. Tiernach's Park, Clones All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Quarter Final Down beat New York Semi-Finals 12 August 1979 Semi-Final Down 0-07 - 1-15 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin 19 August 1979 Semi-Final Dublin 0-08 - 0-07 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin Final 16 September 1979 Final Dublin 0-10 - 1-06 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin References 1979 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship