1981 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1981 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Cork (7th win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Derry Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Dublin Ulster Derry Connacht Roscommon The 1981 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 50th 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. Kerry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the Munster final. On 20 September 1981, Cork won the championship following a 4-9 to 2-7 defeat of Derry in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their first in seven 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 1981 Quarter-Final Galway 1-13 - 1-06 Leitrim McHale Park, Castlebar Semi-Finals 1981 Semi-Final Roscommon 2-06 - 1-06 Sligo Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon 1981 Semi-Final Galway 0-05 - 2-08 Mayo St Jarlath's Park, Tuam Final 12 July 1981 Final Roscommon 2-08 - 3-04 Mayo McHale Park, Castlebar Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals 1981 Quarter-Final Cork 7-22 - 1-02 Waterford Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork 1981 Quarter-Final Kerry 1-09 - 0-03 Clare Finuge Semi-Finals 1981 Semi-Final Cork 5-11 - 3-04 Limerick Buttevant 1981 Semi-Final Kerry 2-13 - 1-03 Tipperary Killorglin Final 19 July 1981 Final Kerry 1-05 - 0-09 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Ulster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round 1981 Preliminary Round Tyrone 4-04 - 3-06 Monaghan St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney Quarter-Finals 1981 Quarter-Final Antrim 0-06 - 1-08 Cavan Casement Park, Belfast 1981 Quarter-Final Armagh 2-08 - 0-07 Donegal Athletic Grounds, Armagh 1981 Quarter-Final Derry 3-07 - 1-02 Fermanagh Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen 1981 Quarter-Final Down 0-10 - 0-08 Tyrone Pairc Esler, Newry Semi-Finals 1981 Semi-Final Derry 3-08 - 1-07 Cavan St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney 1981 Semi-Final Derry 3-06 - 2-08 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones Final 19 July 1981 Final Derry 0-11 - 1-02 Armagh St. Tiernach's Park, Clones Leinster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round 1981 Preliminary Round Westmeath 2-06 - 2-03 Longford Pearse Park, Longford 1981 Preliminary Round Wicklow 1-09 - 1-04 Carlow Geraldine Park, Athy 1981 Preliminary Round Wexford 3-19 - 0-01 Kilkenny Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 1981 Preliminary Round Laois 1-07 - 0-08 Louth Croke Park, Dublin Quarter-Finals 1981 Quarter-Final Dublin 0-12 - 2-05 Wicklow Knockbridge 1981 Quarter-Final Offaly 0-11 - 0-03 Westmeath Cusack Park, Mullingar 1981 Quarter-Final Kildare 0-10 - 1-06 Laois 1981 Quarter-Final Meath 1-08 - 0-03 Wexford Semi-Finals 1981 Semi-Final Meath 3-07 - 1-09 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin 1981 Semi-Final Dublin 2-09 - 1-04 Kildare O'Connor Park, Tullamore Final 26 July 1981 Final Dublin 1-08 - 0-09 Meath Croke Park, Dublin All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals 9 August 1981 Semi-Final Cork 5-11 - 3-05 Roscommon Croke Park, Dublin 16 August 1981 Semi-Final Dublin 0-06 - 0-08 Derry Croke Park, Dublin Final 20 September 1981 Final Cork 4-09 - 2-07 Derry Croke Park, Dublin References 1981 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship