1981 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1981 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Cork (4th win) Captain Seán Hayes Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Galway Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Louth Ulster Monaghan Connacht Galway The 1981 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 18th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. Cork entered the championship as defending champions. On 8 November 1981, Cork won the championship following a 2-9 to 1-6 defeat of Galway in a replay of the All-Ireland final.http://www.the42.ie/cork-mayo-eirgrid-all-ireland-u21-football-final-talking-points-2740387-Apr2016/ Senior influence, history repeating and more All-Ireland U21 football final talking points The 42 15 July 2017 29 April 2016 This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their second in successive seasons. Results Connacht Under-21 Football Championship Leinster Under-21 Football Championship Final 19 July 1981Impressive Louth Take U-21 Title The Argus 24 July 1981https://www.hoganstand.com/county/louth/article/index/71699 Pat and Louth ruled Leinster in '81 Hogan Stand 30 November 2006Youthful Down dethrone Armagh Irish Times 20 July 1981 20px|border Louth 2-08 - 0-06 border|20x20px Longford Cluskey 1-1, Carr 1-1, Berrill 0-3, McCarragher 0-1, Callaghan 0-1, Rafferty 0-1 Culhane 0-2, McCormack 0-2, Cheevers 0-1, Maguire 0-1 Croke Park, Dublin Séamus Aldridge (Kildare) GK1 Eugene McArdle (Dundalk Young Irelands)RCB2 Liam Reilly (Cooley Kickhams)FB3 Declan Healy (Naomh Máirtín)LCB4 Kevin Byrne (St Bride's)RHB5 Fergal Judge (Newtown Blues)CHB6 Tony McCarragher (Cooley Kickhams)LHB7 Peter Fitzpatrick (Clan na Gael)MF8 Pat McConnon (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c)MF9 Dessie Callaghan (Newtown Blues)RHF10 Noel Cluskey (Seán McDermott's)CHF11 Paul McGee (Roche Emmets)LHF12 Frank Brannigan (St Fechin's)RCF13 Martin Carr (Newtown Blues)FF14 Pat Smith (O'Raghallaighs)LCF15 Jimmy Berrill (Naomh Máirtín)Substitutes: 16 Noel Healy (Naomh Máirtín) for Smith 17 Enda Rafferty (Cooley Kickhams) for Brannigan GK1 Hubert Smith (Longford Slashers)RCB2 Jimmy Halpin (Longford Slashers)FB3 Donal Mullooly (Rathcline)LCB4 Declan Clabby (Forgney St Munis)RHB5 Philip Smith (Granard St Mary's) CHB6 Michael Sexton (Longford Slashers)LHB7 Dessie Barry (Longford Slashers)MF8 Brendan Lennon (Killoe Young Emmets)MF9 Pádraig Carberry (Cashel)RHF10 David Breslin (Fr. Manning Gaels)CHF11 Richie Culhane (Newtown Blues, Louth)LHF12 John McCormack (Killoe Young Emmets)RCF13 Richard Cheevers (Rathcline)FF14 Frank O'Hara (Seán Connolly's)LCF15 Denis Maguire (Dromard)Substitutes: 16 John Keegan (St Patrick's) for Breslin 17 Michael Kenny (Abbeylara) for O'Hara Munster Under-21 Football Championship Ulster Under-21 Football Championship All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship Semi-finals 27 September 1981 Semi-final Galway 3-08 - 1-06 Louth Croke Park, Dublin 27 September 1981 Semi-final Cork 2-12 - 1-10 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin Finals 11 October 1981 Final Cork 0-14 - 2-08 Galway Cusack Park, Ennis 8 November 1981 Final replay Cork 2-09 - 1-06 Galway Cusack Park, Ennis Statistics Miscellaneous Monaghan win the Ulster title for the first time in their history. The All-Ireland semi-finals see two first time championship pairings as Cork play Monaghan for the very first time and Louth play Galway for the very first and only time in the history of the championship. References 1981 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship