1997 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The 1997 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 67th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, but lost to Clare at the semi-final stage of the Munster Championship.^[1]

The 1997 All-Ireland Junior Championship final was played on 23 August 1997 in Ennis, between Mayo and Kerry.

Mayo won the match by 2–08 to 1–10 to claim their fifth championship overall and a second in three years.

Results

16 July 1997^[2] Final	Kerry	1-15 - 0-09	Clare	Austin Stack Park, Tralee
				Referee: W. O'Mahony (Limerick)

20 July 1997^[3] Final	Meath	0-16 - 1-08	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin
	J. Henry, D. White, R. Kealy, F. O'Callaghan (3f) 0-3 each, D. Doonan 0-2, M. Crampton, T. Hanley 0-1 each		P. O'Kane 0-5 (2f), D. Reilly 1-1 (1f), P. McGuigan, P. Kelly 0-1 each	Referee: N. Cooney (Offaly)


GK	1	John Curry (Ballinabrackey)
RCB	2	Diarmuid Kealy (Dunshaughlin)
FB	3	Conor Woods (Carnaross)
LCB	4	Alan Meade (Simonstown Gaels)
RHB	5	Stephen Murphy (Duleek)
CHB	6	Cormac Murphy (St Patrick's)
LHB	7	Tommy Hanley (Athboy)
MF	8	Karl McDonnell (Duleek)
MF	9	John Henry (Cortown) (c)
RHF	10	Derek Doonan (Navan O'Mahonys)
CHF	11	Richie Kealy (Dunshaughlin)
LHF	12	Mark Crampton (Blackhall Gaels)
RCF	13	Daithí White (St Patrick's)
FF	14	Shay Duff (Syddan)
LCF	15	Francis Callaghan (Meath Hill)
Substitutes:
	16	Eugene Greville (Enfield) for C. Murphy
	17	James Mitchell (Longwood) for Crampton
	18	Timmy O'Regan (Donaghmore/Ashbourne) for Callaghan
Manager:
Eamonn Barry


GK	1	Séamus Quigley (Kilkerley Emmets)
RCB	2	Breen Phillips (Newtown Blues)
FB	3	Brian Keenan (St Mary's
LCB	4	Gerry Craven (Roche Emmets)
RHB	5	Paddy McGuigan (Dreadnots)
CHB	6	Niall Flynn (Glyde Rangers)
LHB	7	Mark Devlin (Naomh Fionnbarra)
MF	8	James McDonnell (Naomh Máirtín) (c)
MF	9	Damien Martin (Newtown Blues)
RHF	10	Peter O'Kane (Dundalk Gaels)
CHF	11	Paul Kelly (Newtown Blues)
LHF	12	Turlough Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets)
RCF	13	David Reilly (St Joseph's)
FF	14	Aidan Shevlin (Stabannon Parnells)
LCF	15	Mark Leavy (Dundalk Young Irelands)
Substitutes:
	16	Wayne Carroll (Lann Léire) for Lennon
	17	Adrian O'Sullivan (St Joseph's) for Martin
	18	Aidan Delaney (Dundalk Gaels) for Flynn
Manager:
Paul Kenny

2 June 1997^[4] Final	Mayo	1-15 - 0-08	Roscommon	McHale Park, Castlebar
				Referee: E. Watters (Sligo)

27 July 1997^[5]

Warwickshire

0-08 - 4-10

Mayo

Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham

6 August 1997^[6]	Kerry	0-12 - 1-08	Meath	MacDonagh Park, Nenagh
				Referee: D. Joyce (Galway)

23 August 1997^[7]	Kerry	1-10 - 2-08	Mayo	Cusack Park, Ennis
	O. Walshe 1-1, T. Morley 1-0, B. Fitzpatrick, J. Commins, K. Comer 0-2 each, J. Hession 0-1		P. O'Donoghue 0-6 (3f), E. Fitzmaurice 1-1, L. Brosnan 0-2, D. Dennehy 0-1	Referee: M. McBrien (Fermanagh)

^ "Junior footballers lose out to Clare". The Corkman. 27 June 1997.
^ "Stylish Currow sub helps Kerry to junior crown". The Kerryman. 25 July 1997.
^ "Juniors Cruise Past Louth". Meath Chronicle. 26 July 1997.
^ "Mayo ring up title number two in style". Western People. 4 June 1997.
^ "Mayo juniors book All-Ireland spot". Connaught Telegraph. 30 July 1997.
^ "Semi final loss for juniors". Drogheda Independent. 15 August 1997.
^ "Kerry pay dearly for missed chances as late points earn Mayo second title in three years". Irish Examiner. 25 August 1997.