1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Down (1st win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Meath Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Meath Ulster Down Connacht Mayo The 1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 46th 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. Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Munster Championship. On 25 September 1977, Down won the championship following a 2–6 to 0–4 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.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 1977 Semi-Final Letrim 1-15 - 2-06 Sligo Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon Semi-Finals 1977 Semi-Final Letrim 1-10 - 1-09 Galway Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon 1977 Semi-Final Mayo 1-09 - 1-06 Roscommon Castleblaney Final 10 July 1977 Final Mayo 2-20 - 0-07 Leitrim Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon Leinster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round May 1977 Preliminary Round Offaly 5-16 - 1-06 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin May 1977 Preliminary Round Kildare 6-13 - 0-03 Kilkenny Geraldine Park, Athy May 1977 Preliminary Round Louth 3-22 - 0-02 Westmeath Páirc Tailteann, Navan May 1977 Preliminary Round Longford 1-11 - 2-07 Carlow O'Connor Park, Tullamore Quarter-Finals June 1977 Quarter-Final Dublin 0-12 - 0-08 Kildare Páirc Tailteann, Navan June 1977 Quarter-Final Offaly 4-12 - 1-09 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin June 1977 Quarter-Final Louth 3-08 - 1-09 Laois Croke Park, Dublin June 1977 Quarter-Final Meath 2-09 - 0-03 Longford Cusack Park, Mullingar Semi-Finals July 1977 Semi-Final Dublin 1-16 - 1-03 Offaly Dr Cullen Park, Carlow July 1977 Semi-Final Meath 4-07 - 0-06 Louth Croke Park, Dublin Final 31 July 1977 Final Meath 1-07 - 0-09 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals 1977 Quarter-Final Limerick 3-07 - 1-03 Tippearary Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 1977 Quarter-Final Clare 1-05 - 0-08 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan 1977 Quarter-Final Replay Clare 1-11 - 0-06 Waterford Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary Semi-Finals 1977 Semi-Final Cork 0-15 - 0-10 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 1977 Semi-Final Limerick 2-07 - 2-08 Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Final 24 July 1977 Final Cork 1-07 - 1-03 Kerry Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Ulster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round 1977 Preliminary Round Donegal 2-10 - 3-08 Derry MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey Quarter-Finals 1977 Quarter-Final Antrim 1-10 - 2-07 Monaghan St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney 1977 Quarter-Final Armagh 2-15 - 0-04 Cavan Athletic Grounds, Armagh 1977 Quarter-Final Down 4-15 - 0-02 Fermanagh Pairc Esler, Newry 1977 Quarter-Final Derry 2-06 - 1-06 Armagh The Playing Fields, Lurgan Semi-Finals 1977 Semi-Final Antrim 0-00 - 0-0 won Armagh Pairc Esler, Newry 1977 Semi-Final Down 1-09 - 0-05 Derry St Tiernach's Park, Clones Final 24 July 1977 Final Down 0-08 - 1-05 Armagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones 31 July 1977 Final Replay Down 0-11 - 1-06 Armagh St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals 14 August 1977 Semi-Final Down 2-11 - 1-07 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin 21 August 1977 Semi-Final Cork 1-05 - 0-12 Meath Croke Park, Dublin Final 25 September 1977 Final Down 2-06 - 0-04 Meath Croke Park, Dublin References 1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship