2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Down (4th win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Mayo Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Laois Ulster Armagh Connacht Galway The 2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 74th 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. Tyrone entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Down in the Ulster quarter-final. On 25 September 2005, Down won the championship following a 1–15 to 0–8 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first title in six 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 Rob Robin 2005 Rob Robin Leitrim 0-7 - 0-6 Sligo Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon 2005 Rob Robin Leitrim 3-8 - 2-15 Galway Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon 2005 Rob Robin Sligo 1-10 - 0-8 Roscommon Markievicz Park, Sligo 2005 Rob Robin Sligo 0-13 - 0-7 Galway Markievicz Park, Sligo 2005 Rob Robin Roscommon 1-16 - 1-7 Leitrim Knockcroghery 2005 Rob Robin Sligo 0-9 - 0-3 Leitrim Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon Semi-Finals 2005 Semi-Final Mayo 4-12 - 0-7 Roscommon McHale Park, Castlebar 2005 Semi-Final Galway 1-10 - 1-7 Sligo Pearse Stadium, Galway Final 10 July 2005 Final Galway 0-10 - 0-9 Mayo Pearse Stadium, Galway Leinster Minor Football Championship Rob Robin 2005 Rob Robin Westmeath 0-10 - 0-10 Offaly Rosemount 2005 Rob Robin Dublin 1-11 - 0-8 Laois Stradbally 2005 Rob Robin Kildare 2-11 - 0-8 Meath Longwood 2005 Rob Robin Dublin 0-11 - 1-8 Westmeath 2005 Rob Robin Meath 2-11 - 0-10 Offaly 2005 Rob Robin Laois 3-10 - 0-6 Kildare 2005 Rob Robin Dublin 6-10 - 0-4 Meath 2005 Rob Robin Kildare 1-12 - 1-8 Offaly 2005 Rob Robin Laois 3-7 - 0-2 Westmeath 2005 Rob Robin Kildare 1-11 - 2-5 Dublin 2005 Rob Robin Laois 0-9 - 0-7 Offaly 2005 Rob Robin Meath 3-8 - 2-6 Westmeath 2005 Rob Robin Kildare 1-19 - 0-3 Westmeath 2005 Rob Robin Laois 1-13 - 1-8 Meath 2005 Rob Robin Offaly 3-8 - 2-7 Dublin 2005 Rob Robin Longford 1-15 - 0-8 Kilkenny Ballymahon 2005 Rob Robin Carlow 2-9 - 0-5 Wexford Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow 2005 Rob Robin Louth 2-6 - 3-8 Wicklow Wicklow 2005 Rob Robin Longford 1-10 - 0-5 Wexford 2005 Rob Robin Louth 3-12 - 2-3 Kilkenny 2005 Rob Robin Carlow 1-6 - 0-9 Wicklow 2005 Rob Robin Carlow 2-13 - 1-5 Kilkenny 2005 Rob Robin Louth 1-5 - 1-4 Longford 2005 Rob Robin Wexford 1-10 - 0-12 Wicklow 2005 Rob Robin Louth 1-9 - 0-8 Carlow 2005 Rob Robin Wicklow 1-9 - 1-6 Longford 2005 Rob Robin Wicklow 0-13 - 0-5 Kilkenny 2005 Rob Robin Louth 4-10 - 0-6 Wexford 2005 Rob Robin Longford 2-11 - 2-4 Carlow 2005 Rob Robin Longford 0-13 - 1-7 Kilkenny 2005 Rob Robin Carlow 1-13 - 2-10 Wexford 2005 Rob Robin Kilkenny 2-7 - 0-9 Louth Drogheda Park, Drogheda 2005 Rob Robin Wexford 3-11 - 1-8 Wicklow Wexford Park, Wexford 2005 Rob Robin Longford 0-13 - 0-8 Louth Killoe 2005 Rob Robin Wicklow 0-14 - 0-7 Carlow Pearse Park, Arklow 2005 Rob Robin Westmeath 1-6 - 0-10 Offaly Cusack Park, Mullingar 2005 Rob Robin Meath 2-8 - 0-11 Kildare Páirc Tailteann, Navan 2005 Rob Robin Dublin 1-15 - 3-6 Wexford Parnell Park, Dublin 2005 Rob Robin Laois 3-10 - 0-7 Longford Killoe 2005 Rob Robin Offaly 0-13 - 1-9 Meath Cusack Park, Mullingar Semi-Final 2005 Semi-Final Laois 3-8 - 1-7 Dublin Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow Final 17 July 2005 Final Laois 1-12 - 1-7 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin Munster Minor Football Championship Rob Robin 2005 Rob Robin Limerick 1-6 - 2-15 Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 2005 Rob Robin Clare 1-6 - 0-8 Cork FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock 2005 Rob Robin Tipperary 7-12 - 1-1 Waterford Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy 2005 Rob Robin Cork 1-16 - 1-0 Waterford Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy 2005 Rob Robin Cork 0-9 - 1-3 Limerick Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Semi-Finals 2005 Semi-Final Cork 3-14 - 0-7 Limerick Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 2005 Semi-Final Clare 2-6 - 1-17 Kerry Austin Stack Park, Tralee Final 10 July 2005 Final Cork 3-8 - 1-11 Kerry Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Ulster Minor Football Championship Rob Robin 10 July 2005 Rob Robin Armagh 0-14 - 2-3 Fermanagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones 10 July 2005 Rob Robin Down 2-10 - 0-15 Tyrone Healy Park, Omagh 10 July 2005 Rob Robin Cavan 1-13 - 1-5 Antrim Breffni Park, Cavan 10 July 2005 Rob Robin Monaghan 0-8 - 0-17 Derry Healy Park, Omagh 10 July 2005 Rob Robin Armagh 2-10 - 0-12 Donegal Healy Park, Omagh Semi-Finals 10 July 2005 Semi-Final Cavan 0-15 - 1-12 Down St Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen 10 July 2005 Semi-Final Replay Down 0-13 - 1-9 Cavan St Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen Final 10 July 2005 Final Armagh 0-11 - 0-10 Down Croke Park, Dublin All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals 2005 Quarter-Final Armagh 1-6 - 0-10 Mayo Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon 2005 Quarter-Final Cork 0-10 - 1-9 Offaly O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 2005 Quarter-Final Galway 2-11 - 1-17 Down Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon 2005 Quarter-Final Kerry 0-14 - 1-4 Laois Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Semi-Finals 2005 Semi-Final Down 1-15 - 1-7 Offaly Páirc Tailteann, Navan 2005 Semi-Final Kerry 0-14 - 1-12 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin Final 25 September 2005 Final Down 1-15 - 0-08 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin Championship statistics Miscellaneous Down become the second team to win the All-Ireland title via the "back door". They had earlier been defeated by Armagh in the Ulster final. Note: List of Leinster MFC results above contain some Leinster Minor Football League results (hence not exclusive MFC list). References 2005 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship