1942 Leinster Minor Football Championship

April 2022 1942 Leinster Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Champions Winning team Louth (6th win) Captain Brendan O'Dowda Manager Finalists Runners-Up Kildare Captain Manager The 1942 Leinster Minor Football Championship was the fourteenth staging of the provincial Gaelic football competition for boys under the age of 18 by Leinster GAA, since its inception in 1929. Louth entered the competition as defending champions and went on to retain the trophy for the third year in a row. Leinster was the only province to crown a champion for 1942. The other three provincial councils abandoned their Minor competitions, due to travel restrictions imposed by the Irish Government during the Second World War.https://athenrygaa.ie/1956football/4/ 1956 All-Ireland Football Final Programme Athenry GAA Similarly, the Leinster Minor Football Championship was suspended in June 1942. Louth Minors Win Irish Independent 1 June 1942 In July 1943, Leinster GAA decided to complete the remaining rounds of their 1942 Minor football and Hurling competitions, as only three matches remained to be played. Our Gaelic Pastimes New Ross Standard 30 July 1943 The title match in Croke Park was between Louth and Kildare. Louth, ahead by 2–6 to 0–2 at half-time, defeated Kildare by nineteen points to claim their sixth provincial title. Unlike in previous years, the winners did not progress to an All-Ireland semi-final, as the other three provincial Championships had been abandoned. The 1942 competition was the last Leinster Minor Football Championship to be held until the end of the Second World War in 1945. Results Leinster Minor Football Championship Quarter-FinalMeath Seniors Over Stiff Test Irish Independent 4 May 1942 3 May 1942 20px|border Louth 0-09 – 0-05 border|20px Meath Páirc Tailteann, Navan PreliminaryOffaly and Kildare Divide Irish Independent 11 May 1942 10 May 1942 border|20px Kildare 5-06 – 1-04 20px|border Offaly St Conleth's Park, Newbridge Quarter-Final Leinster Championships Irish Independent 25 May 1942 24 May 1942 border|20px Kildare 5-04 – 1-01 20px|border Laois O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Semi-Final 31 May 1942 20px|border Louth 3-08 – 3-05 20px|border Dublin Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda Semi-Final Kildare G.A.A. Notes Leinster Leader 21 August 1943 15 August 1943 border|20px Kildare 3-06 – 2-04 border|20px Wexford Geraldine Park, Athy Final 26 September 1943Kildare G.A.A. Notes Leinster Leader 14 August 1943 Kildare G.A.A. Notes - Minors Beaten Leinster Leader 2 October 1943Title For Louth - Leinster 1942 Minor Final - Kildare Routed Drogheda Independent 2 October 1943 20px|border Louth 5–10 - 0–06 border|20px Kildare P. Donnelly 2-5 (4f), J. MacArtain 2-1, C. O'Brien 1-0, P. Burke, B. O'Dowda, H. O'Rourke, J. White 0-1 each Croke Park P. Mythen (Wexford) GK1 Paddy Rogershttps://www.independent.ie/news/paddy-won-leinster-minor-cship-medal/26900512.html Paddy won Leinster Minor Cship medal The Argus 17 June 2005 (De La Salle)RCB2 P.J. Grist (Cooley Kickhams)FB3 Tom Mulligan (Dundalk Gaels)LCB4 Johnny Blake (De La Salle)RHB5 Paddy Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) CHB6 John Cullen (St. Mary's College)LHB7 Denis Ryan (Cooley Kickhams)MF8 John White (Cooley Kickhams)MF9 Brendan O'Dowda (De La Salle) (c)RHF10 Peter Donnelly (Drogheda C.B.S.)CHF11 Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)LHF12 Mickey Reynolds (Ardee Minors) RCF13 Charlie O'Brien (Drogheda C.B.S.)FF14 Paddy Burke (Ardee Minors)LCF15 Hugh O'Rourke (Cooley Kickhams) GK1 J. McShortall (Suncroft)RCB2 G. Headon (Ballymore Eustace)FB3 J. Farrell (Ardclough)LCB4 F. Sullivan (Naas)RHB5 J. Nevin (Caragh)CHB6 W. Hickey (Athy)LHB7 J. Byrne (Kilcullen)MF8 T. Fox (Athy)MF9 B. O'Connor (Ardclough)RHF10 D. Conlan (Moorefield)CHF11 F. Purcell (Athy)LHF12 T. Fullam (Naas)RCF13 R. Cullen (Ardclough)FF14 E. Monahan (Suncroft)LCF15 J. Grehan (Naas) References 1942 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship