1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details | |
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All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Laois (1st win) |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Kerry |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Laois |
Ulster | Donegal |
Connacht | Mayo |
The 1996 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 65th 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.
Westmeath entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.
On 15 September 1996, Laois won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-11 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1] It is the first of three titles they have won at this grade.
Results
[edit]Quarter-Final
Semi-Finals
June 1996 Semi-Final | Mayo | 3-9 - 1-3 | Roscommon | Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon |
June 1996 Semi-Final | Leitrim | 1-8 - 3-10 | Sligo | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon |
Final
21 July 1996 Final | Mayo | 0-10 - 0-10 | Sligo | McHale Park, Castlebar |
27 July 1996 Final Replay | Mayo | 2-3 - 0-8 | Sligo | Markievicz Park, Sligo |
Preliminary Round
May 1996 Preliminary Round | Wexford | 1-11 - 0-11 | Wicklow | Wexford Park, Wexford |
May 1996 Preliminary Round | Kildare | 3-7 - 0-13 | Longford | Pearse Park, Longford |
May 1996 Preliminary Round | Meath | 0-12 - 0-12 | Offaly | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
May 1996 Preliminary Round Replay | Meath | 1-15 - 2-11 | Offaly | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
Quarter-Finals
June 1996 Quarter-Final | Meath | 0-13 - 0-3 | Louth | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
June 1996 Quarter-Final | Laois | 3-14 - 1-5 | Wexford | Wexford Park, Wexford |
June 1996 Quarter-Final | Kildare | 1-10 - 2-8 | Dublin | St Conleth's Park, Newbridge |
June 1996 Quarter-Final | Carlow | 1-5 - 3-9 | Westmeath | Dr Cullen Park, Carlow |
Semi-Finals
June 1996 Semi-Final | Dublin | 0-10 - 0-8 | Meath | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
July 1996 Semi-Final | Laois | 1-11 - 1-9 | Westmeath | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
28 July 1996 Final | Laois | 0-15 - 2-9 | Dublin | Croke Park, Dublin |
5 August 1996 Final Replay | Laois | 2-18 - 1-8 | Dublin | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
Quarter-Finals
May 1996 Quarter-Final | Cork | 2-18 - 1-4 | Tipperary | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork |
Semi-Finals
June 1996 Semi-Final | Cork | 3-19 - 2-7 | Clare | Semple Stadium, Thurles |
June 1996 Semi-Final | Kerry | 1-17 - 0-6 | Waterford | Killorglin |
Final
21 July 1996 Final | Kerry | 3-9 - 2-6 | Cork | Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork |
Preliminary Round
May 1996 Preliminary Round | Donegal | 4-8 - 1-5 | Down | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Quarter-Finals
June 1996 Quarter-Final | Donegal | 4-15 - 0-2 | Monaghan | St. Molise Park, Irvinestown |
June 1996 Quarter-Final | Derry | 0-15 - 1-11 | Armagh | Celtic Park, Derry |
June 1996 Quarter-Final | Fermanagh | 1-8 - 0-9 | Tyrone | Healy Park, Omagh |
June 1996 Quarter-Final | Antrim | 1-11 - 1-7 | Cavan | Casement Park, Belfast |
Semi-Finals
June 1996 Semi-Final | Derry | 0-18 - 1-9 | Fermanagh | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
July 1996 Semi-Final | Antrim | 0-3 - 4-20 | Donegal | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
Final
28 July 1996 Final | Derry | 0-9 - 0-9 | Donegal | St Tiernach's Park, Clones |
3 August 1996 Final Replay | Derry | 1-5 - 0-9 | Donegal | Healy Park, Omagh |
Semi-Finals
11 August 1996 Semi-Final | Kerry | 1-8 - 0-9 | Mayo | Croke Park, Dublin |
18 August 1996 Semi-Final | Laois | 1-10 - 2-8 | Donegal | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
15 September 1996 Final | Laois | 2-11 - 1-11 | Kerry | Croke Park, Dublin |
Championship statistics
[edit]Miscellaneous
[edit]- Laois win the Leinster Championship for the first time since 1967.
References
[edit]- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.