1957 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1957 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Meath (1st win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Armagh Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Kerry Leinster Meath Ulster Armagh Connacht Mayo The 1957 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 26th 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. Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship. On 22 September 1957, Meath won the championship following a 3–9 to 0–4 defeat of Armagh 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 Results Ulster Minor Football Championship Munster Minor Football Championship Leinster Minor Football Championship Connacht Minor Football Championship Quarter-final Mayo beat Roscommon. Semi-finals Mayo 5-4 Galway 1–4. Leitrim 1-6 Sligo 0–2. Final Mayo 4-4 Leitrim 2-5 Pearse Stadium. All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-finals 4 August 1957 Semi-final Meath 3-08 - 1-07 Mayo Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon 11 August 1957 Semi-final Armagh 3-07 - 3-05 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin Final 22 September 1957 Final Meath 3-09 - 0-04 Armagh Croke Park, Dublin Championship statistics Miscellaneous Meath win the Leinster title for the first time in their history. References 1957 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship