1973 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1973 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Tyrone (3rd win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Kildare Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Kildare Ulster Tyrone Connacht Mayo The 1973 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 42nd 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. Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Tyrone. On 23 September 1973, Tyrone won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-6 defeat of Kildare in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in 25 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 1973 Quarter-Final Galway 1-10 - 1-06 Sligo Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry Semi-Finals 1973 Semi-Final Mayo 2-10 - 0-02 Leitrim Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon 1973 Semi-Final Roscommon 1-06 - 1-12 Galway McHale Park, Castlebar Finals 'Home' 8 July 1973 Final Mayo 3-07 - 0-03 Galway St Jarlath's Park, Tuam 'England' 29 July 1973 Final Mayo 2-14 - 0-02 Herefordshire McHale Park, Castlebar Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals 1973 Quarter-Final Clare football 3–07 – 1–08 Waterford football Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary 1973 Quarter-Final Tipperary football 3–07 – 2–07 Limerick football Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Semi-Finals 1973 Semi-Final Cork football 3–11 – 1–04 Clare football Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 1973 Semi-Final Tipperary football 2–07 – 0–13 Kerry football Ned Hall Park, Clonmel 1973 Semi-Final Replay Tipperary football 0–05 – 1–14 Kerry football Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel Final 15 July 1973 Final Cork football 1–13 – 3–05 Kerry football Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork Ulster Minor Football Championship Preliminary round 1973 Preliminary round Down 2-06 - 0-06 Monaghan Carrickmacross Quarter-Finals 1973 Quarter-Final Cavan 3-08 - 2-04 Armagh Breffni Park, Cavan 1973 Quarter-Final Derry 6-10 - 0-07 Fermanagh St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown 1973 Quarter-Final Antrim 1-06 - 1-07 Tyrone The Playing Fields, Lurgan 1973 Quarter-Final Derry 1-12 - 1-11 Donegal Semi-Finals 1973 Semi-Final Cavan 0-05 - 0-09 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones 1973 Semi-Final Tyrone 2-07 - 1-07 Derry The Playing Fields, Lurgan Final 29 July 1973 Final Tyrone 1-13 - 0-09 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones Leinster Minor Football Championship First round 1973 First Round Kilkenny 1-10 - 0-07 Carlow Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 1973 First Round Louth 2-09 - 1-06 Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan Second round 1973 Second Round Louth 7-06 - 1-03 Kilkenny Dundalk Quarter-Finals 1973 Quarter-Final Wexford 1-11 - 1-11 Dublin Wexford Park, Wexford 1973 Quarter-Final Replay Wexford 0-17 - 0-09 Dublin Parnell Park, Dublin 1973 Quarter-Final Westmeath 1-09 - 1-08 Meath Cusack Park, Mullingar 1973 Quarter-Final Laois 4-08 - 2-03 Wicklow Aughrim Park, Aughrim 1973 Quarter-Final Offaly 1-04 - 2-13 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan Semi-Finals 1973 Semi-Final Kildare 1-11 - 2-06 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan 1973 Semi-Final Laois 1-03 - 3-13 Westmeath St Conleth's Park, Newbridge Final 22 July 1973 Final Laois 0-10 - 4-11 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals 12 August 1973 Semi-Final Mayo 0-08 - 0-09 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin 19 August 1973 Semi-Final Tyrone 1-07 - 0-10 Cork Croke Park, Dublin 26 August 1973 Semi-Final Replay Tyrone 3-10 - 1-10 Cork Croke Park, Dublin Final 23 September 1973 Final Tyrone 2-11 - 1-06 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin Championship statistics Miscellaneous Kildare win the Leinster Championship for the first time in their history. They also qualify for their first and only All-Ireland final appearance. References 1973 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship