1966 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMayo (3rd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDown
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterLaois
UlsterDown
ConnachtMayo

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.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

1966 Quarter-Final Leitrim Lost – Won Roscommon St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Semi-Finals

1966 Semi-Final Mayo 4-01 – 0-07 Sligo Markievicz Park, Sligo
1966 Semi-Final Galway Lost – Won Roscommon St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Final

17 July 1966 Final Mayo 1-09 – 0-07 Roscommon MacHale Park, Castlebar

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

1966 Preliminary round Kildare 2-12 – 1-01 Wicklow Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
1966 Preliminary round Wexford 3-12 – 0-07 Wicklow Páirc Uí Shíocháin, Gorey
1966 Preliminary round Carlow 3-06 – 1-05 Westmeath St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
1966 Preliminary round Longford 3-03 – 0-04 Louth Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Quarter-Finals

1966 Quarter-Final Meath 1-04 – 0-08 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
1966 Quarter-Final Offaly 0-10 – 0-04 Kildare O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
1966 Quarter-Final Laois 4-10 – 0-07 Carlow O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
1966 Quarter-Final Dublin 4-02 – 3-09 Longford O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Semi-Finals

1966 Semi-Final Offaly 2-10 – 1-06 Longford Páirc Tailteann, Navan
1966 Semi-Final Wexford 3-01 – 2-05 Laois St. Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy

Final

24 July 1966 Final Laois 1-10 – 0-07 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary round

1966 Preliminary round Tyrone 3-11 – 0-04 Cavan

Quarter-Finals

1966 Quarter-Final Antrim 2-04 – 1-09 Cavan O'Neill Park, Dungannon
1966 Quarter-Final Tyrone 1-18 – 0-07 Armagh Pairc Esler, Newry
1966 Quarter-Final Derry 1-18 – 0-06 Donegal St. Brendan's Park, Birr

Semi-Finals

1966 Semi-Final Derry 1-09 – 1-07 Tyrone Casement Park, Dungannon
1966 Semi-Final Down 5-11 – 3-07 Cavan O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Final

31 July 1966 Final Down 1-12 – 1-09 Derry Casement Park, Belfast

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

1966 Quarter-Final Cork 2-12 – 1-02 Clare Cusack Park, Ennis
1966 Quarter-Final Waterford 4-05 – 1-02 Tipperary Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Semi-Finals

1966 Semi-Final Cork 6-20 – 1-02 Limerick Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
1966 Semi-Final Kerry 4-12 – 0-06 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Final

17 July 1966 Final Kerry 1-07 – 5-12 Cork 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

  1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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