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1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamRoscommon (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMonaghan
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWestmeath
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtRoscommon

The 1939 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 11th 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.

Cavan entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Monaghan in a replay of the Ulster final.

On 24 September 1939, Roscommon won the championship following a 1-9 to 1-7 defeat of Monaghan in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]

Results

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Final

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Westmeath[3]1-02–0-02 Louth
GK 1 Harry Dunne (Kinnegad)
RCB 2 Tom Beirne (Multyfarnham Franciscan College)
FB 3 Jack Casserly (Milltown)
LCB 4 Ned Martin (Rosemount)
RHB 5 Dessie Delaney (St Finian's College)
CHB 6 Ted Casey (Drumraney)
LHB 7 Anthony Coady (Moate All Whites)
MF 8 Michael Reynolds (Multyfarnham Franciscan College)
MF 9 Tom Maher (Multyfarnham Franciscan College)
RHF 10 Kevin Boland (Rosemount)
CHF 11 Michael Farrelly (St Finian's College)
LHF 12 Dinny Fox (St Finian's College)
RCF 13 Eddie O'Reilly (St Finian's College)
FF 14 Donie O'Donovan (Multyfarnham Franciscan College)
LCF 15 Billy Cashin (Ballynacargy)
GK 1 Colm Browne (Cooley Kickhams)
RCB 2 Brendan Burke (St. Mary's College)
FB 3 Joey Meade (St Magdalene's)
LCB 4 P.J. White (Seán O'Mahony's)
RHB 5 Gerard Kenny (St. Mary's College)
CHB 6 Ned Reay (St Magdalene's) (c)
LHB 7 Teddy McArdle (Dundalk Young Irelands)
MF 8 Jack Regan (Dundalk Gaels)
MF 9 Petie McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams)
RHF 10 Jackie Kiernan (St Magdalene's)
CHF 11 Plunkett O'Callaghan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHF 12 Phil McCourt (Castlebellingham)
RCF 13 Paddy Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands)
FF 14 Brian Ward (Round Towers, Dromiskin)
LCF 15 Frank Fagan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
16 James Coburn (Dundalk Young Irelands) for Ward

Semi-finals

13 August 1939 Semi-final Roscommon 0-10 - 1-04 Cork Croke Park, Dublin
20 August 1939 Semi-final Monaghan 0-05 - 1-01 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin

Final

24 September 1939 Final Roscommon 1-09 - 1-07 Monaghan Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts as Cork, Roscommon and Westmeath win the respective Munster, Connacht and Leinster titles for the first time.

References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Louth Minors Beaten". Dundalk Democrat. 5 August 1939.
  3. ^ "When Westmeath Almost Made The Minor All-Ireland". Westmeath Independent. 22 September 1995.