1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Down (2nd win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Cork Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Kildare Ulster Down Connacht Galway The 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 56th 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. Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final. On 20 September 1987, Down won the championship following a 1-12 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten 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 Future Comedian Patrick Kielty was on the Down team. Results Connacht Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals 1987 Semi-Final Galway 1-07 - 0-05 Roscommon Markievicz Park, Sligo 1987 Semi-Final Sligo 0-06 - 2-11 Mayo Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon Final 12 July 1987 Final Galway 2-08 - 2-04 Mayo McHale Park, Castlebar Leinster Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals June 1987 Quarter-Final Kildare 1-08 - 0-10 Offaly O'Connor Park, Tullamore June 1987 Quarter-Final Dublin 2-08 - 2-06 Westmeath Parnell Park, Dublin June 1987 Quarter-Final Laois 1-09 - 1-06 Meath O'Moore Park, Portlaoise June 1987 Quarter-Final Wicklow 1-08 - 1-05 Louth Aughrim Park, Aughrim Semi-Finals June 1987 Semi-Final Kildare 2-08 - 1-07 Laois O'Connor Park, Tullamore June 1987 Semi-Final Wicklow 1-07 - 0-13 Dublin St Conleth's Park, Newbridge Final 26 July 1987 Final Kildare 0-13 - 2-05 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals May 1987 Quarter-Final Kerry 2-16 - 0-05 Tipperary Cappoquin May 1987 Quarter-Final Clare 0-07 - 3-09 Tipperary Páirc na nGael, Askeaton Semi-Finals June 1987 Semi-Final Cork 0-11 - 0-07 Tipperary Ned Hall Park, Clonmel June 1987 Semi-Final Limerick 0-05 - 1-14 Kerry Moyvane Finals 26 July 1987 Final Cork 0-12 - 0-08 Kerry Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork 2 August 1987 Final Replay Cork 0-12 - 1-08 Kerry Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney Ulster Minor Football Championship Preliminary Round May 1987 Preliminary Round Cavan 2-06 - 3-01 Armagh Quarter-Finals June 1987 Quarter-Final Down 4-09 - 0-06 Derry Pairc Esler, Newry June 1987 Quarter-Final Tyrone 0-04 - 0-06 Antrim Casement Park, Belfast June 1987 Quarter-Final Donegal 2-05 - 1-08 Armagh MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey June 1987 Quarter-Final Replay Donegal 3-05 - 2-10 Armagh Athletic Grounds, Armagh Semi-Finals June 1987 Semi-Final Down 3-05 - 0-03 Cavan Healy Park, Omagh June 1987 Semi-Final Antrim 2-03 - 1-09 Armagh St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown Final 19 July 1987 Final Down 1-07 - 0-04 Armagh St. Tiernach's Park, Clones All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals 16 August 1987 Semi-Final Cork 0-10 - 0-07 Galway Croke Park, Dublin 23 August 1987 Semi-Final Down 2-11 - 1-09 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin Final 20 September 1987 Final Down 1-12 - 1-05 Cork Croke Park, Dublin Championship statistics Miscellaneous Cork set a new record by becoming the first team to be defeated in three successive All-Ireland finals. References 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship