1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Roscommon (1st win) Captain Colm Shine Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Kildare Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Kerry Leinster Kildare Ulster Donegal Connacht Roscommon The 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. Kildare entered the championship as the defending champions. On 2 October 1966, Roscommon won the championship following a 2–10 to 1–12 defeat of Kildare in the All-Ireland final.http://www.roscommonpeople.ie/sport/50-sport/class-of-1966-roscommon-s-all-ireland-u-21-winners Class of 1966 – Roscommon’s All-Ireland U-21 winners... Roscommon People 16 July 2017 7 July 2016 Dan Dooner 23 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160723044938/http://www.roscommonpeople.ie/sport/50-sport/class-of-1966-roscommon-s-all-ireland-u-21-winners dead This was their first All-Ireland title. Results All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship Semi-finals 28 August 1966 Semi-final Donegal 0-05 - 2-02 Roscommon MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey 28 August 1966 Semi-final Kildare 2-14 - 0-09 Kerry St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge Final 2 October 1966 Final Roscommon 2-10 - 1-12 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin J Martin (Tyrone) Statistics Miscellaneous Roscommon win the Connacht title for the first time in their history. References 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship