1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Mayo (3rd win) Captain Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Down Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Laois Ulster Down Connacht Mayo The 1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 35th 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. Derry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Down in the Ulster final. On 25 September 1966, Mayo won the championship following a 1–12 to 1–8 defeat of Down in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first title in 13 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 1966 Quarter-Final Leitrim football Lost – Won Roscommon football St. Coman's Park, Roscommon Semi-Finals 1966 Semi-Final Mayo football 4-01 – 0-07 Sligo football Markievicz Park, Sligo 1966 Semi-Final Galway football Lost – Won Roscommon football St. Coman's Park, Roscommon Final 17 July 1966 Final Mayo football 1-09 – 0-07 Roscommon football MacHale Park, Castlebar Leinster Minor Football Championship Preliminary round 1966 Preliminary round Kildare football 2-12 – 1-01 Wicklow football Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 1966 Preliminary round Wexford football 3-12 – 0-07 Wicklow football Páirc Uí Shíocháin, Gorey 1966 Preliminary round Carlow football 3-06 – 1-05 Westmeath football St Conleth's Park, Newbridge 1966 Preliminary round Longford football 3-03 – 0-04 Louth football Páirc Tailteann, Navan Quarter-Finals 1966 Quarter-Final Meath football 1-04 – 0-08 Wexford football Croke Park, Dublin 1966 Quarter-Final Offaly football 0-10 – 0-04 Kildare football O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 1966 Quarter-Final Laois football 4-10 – 0-07 Carlow football O'Moore Park, Portlaoise 1966 Quarter-Final Dublin football 4-02 – 3-09 Longford football O'Connor Park, Tullamore Semi-Finals 1966 Semi-Final Offaly football 2-10 – 1-06 Longford football Páirc Tailteann, Navan 1966 Semi-Final Wexford football 3-01 – 2-05 Laois football St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy Final 24 July 1966 Final Laois football 1-10 – 0-07 Offaly football Croke Park, Dublin Ulster Minor Football Championship Preliminary round 1966 Preliminary round Tyrone football 3-11 – 0-04 Cavan football Quarter-Finals 1966 Quarter-Final Antrim football 2-04 – 1-09 Cavan football O'Neill Park, Dungannon 1966 Quarter-Final Tyrone football 1-18 – 0-07 Armagh football Pairc Esler, Newry 1966 Quarter-Final Derry football 1-18 – 0-06 Donegal football St. Brendan's Park, Birr Semi-Finals 1966 Semi-Final Derry football 1-09 – 1-07 Tyrone football Casement Park, Dungannon 1966 Semi-Final Down football 5-11 – 3-07 Cavan football O'Neill Park, Dungannon Final 31 July 1966 Final Down football 1-12 – 1-09 Derry football Casement Park, Belfast Munster Minor Football Championship Quarter-Finals 1966 Quarter-Final Cork football 2-12 – 1-02 Clare football Cusack Park, Ennis 1966 Quarter-Final Waterford football 4-05 – 1-02 Tipperary football Fraher Field, Dungarvan Semi-Finals 1966 Semi-Final Cork football 6-20 – 1-02 Limerick football Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney 1966 Semi-Final Kerry football 4-12 – 0-06 Waterford football Fraher Field, Dungarvan Final 17 July 1966 Final Kerry football 1-07 – 5-12 Cork football Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-Finals 21 August 1966 Semi-Final Mayo 5-06 - 2-06 Cork Croke Park, Dublin 21 August 1966 Semi-Final Laois 2-08 - 1-11 Down Croke Park, Dublin 27 August 1966 Semi-Final Replay Laois 2-04 - 3-08 Down Páirc Tailteann, Navan Final 25 September 1966 Final Mayo 1-12 - 1-08 Down Croke Park, Dublin References 1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship