1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Laois (1st win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Kerry Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Kerry Leinster Laois Ulster Donegal Connacht Mayo The 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 65th 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. Westmeath entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship. On 15 September 1996, Laois won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-11 defeat of Kerry 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 It is the first of three titles they have won at this grade. Results Connacht Minor Football Championship Quarter-Final May 1996 Quarter-Final Sligo 2-11 - 1-8 Galway Corofin Semi-Finals June 1996 Semi-Final Mayo 3-9 - 1-3 Roscommon Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon June 1996 Semi-Final Leitrim 1-8 - 3-10 Sligo Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon Final 21 July 1996 Final Mayo 0-10 - 0-10 Sligo McHale Park, Castlebar 27 July 1996 Final Replay Mayo 2-3 - 0-8 Sligo Markievicz Park, Sligo Leinster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round May 1996 Preliminary Round Wexford 1-11 - 0-11 Wicklow Wexford Park, Wexford May 1996 Preliminary Round Kildare 3-7 - 0-13 Longford Pearse Park, Longford May 1996 Preliminary Round Kilkenny 1-6 - 0-11 Carlow Callan May 1996 Preliminary Round Meath 0-12 - 0-12 Offaly O'Connor Park, Tullamore May 1996 Preliminary Round Replay Meath 1-15 - 2-11 Offaly Páirc Tailteann, Navan Quarter-Finals June 1996 Quarter-Final Meath 0-13 - 0-3 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan June 1996 Quarter-Final Laois 3-14 - 1-5 Wexford Wexford Park, Wexford June 1996 Quarter-Final Kildare 1-10 - 2-8 Dublin St Conleth's Park, Newbridge June 1996 Quarter-Final Carlow 1-5 - 3-9 Westmeath Dr Cullen Park, Carlow Semi-Finals June 1996 Semi-Final Dublin 0-10 - 0-8 Meath Páirc Tailteann, Navan July 1996 Semi-Final Laois 1-11 - 1-9 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin Final 28 July 1996 Final Laois 0-15 - 2-9 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin 5 August 1996 Final Replay Laois 2-18 - 1-8 Dublin O'Connor Park, Tullamore Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals May 1996 Quarter-Final Kerry 1-14 - 1-4 Limerick May 1996 Quarter-Final Cork 2-18 - 1-4 Tipperary Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Semi-Finals June 1996 Semi-Final Cork 3-19 - 2-7 Clare Semple Stadium, Thurles June 1996 Semi-Final Kerry 1-17 - 0-6 Waterford Killorglin Final 21 July 1996 Final Kerry 3-9 - 2-6 Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Ulster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round May 1996 Preliminary Round Donegal 4-8 - 1-5 Down St Tiernach's Park, Clones Quarter-Finals June 1996 Quarter-Final Donegal 4-15 - 0-2 Monaghan St. Molise Park, Irvinestown June 1996 Quarter-Final Derry 0-15 - 1-11 Armagh Celtic Park, Derry June 1996 Quarter-Final Fermanagh 1-8 - 0-9 Tyrone Healy Park, Omagh June 1996 Quarter-Final Antrim 1-11 - 1-7 Cavan Casement Park, Belfast Semi-Finals June 1996 Semi-Final Derry 0-18 - 1-9 Fermanagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones July 1996 Semi-Final Antrim 0-3 - 4-20 Donegal St Tiernach's Park, Clones Final 28 July 1996 Final Derry 0-9 - 0-9 Donegal St Tiernach's Park, Clones 3 August 1996 Final Replay Derry 1-5 - 0-9 Donegal Healy Park, Omagh All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals 11 August 1996 Semi-Final Kerry 1-8 - 0-9 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin 18 August 1996 Semi-Final Laois 1-10 - 2-8 Donegal Croke Park, Dublin Final 15 September 1996 Final Laois 2-11 - 1-11 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin Championship statistics Miscellaneous Laois win the Leinster Championship for the first time since 1967. References 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship