1983 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1983 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDerry (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKildare
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway

The 1983 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 52nd 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.

Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Leinster Championship.

On 18 September 1983, Derry won the championship following a 0-8 to 1-3 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in 18 championship seasons.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Final

29 May 1983 Quarter-Final Roscommon 2-08 - 1-09 Mayo Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
Referee: P. Egan (Galway).

Semi-Finals

5 June 1983 Semi-Final Roscommon 1-15 - 1-04 Sligo Markievicz Park, Sligo
Referee: J. Flynn (Leitrim).
26 June 1983 Semi-Final Galway 1-03 - 0-04 Leitrim Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
Referee: J. Cosgrove (Mayo)

Final

17 July 1983 Final Galway 2-10 - 2-05 Roscommon McHale Park, Castlebar
Referee: P. Egan (Leitrim)

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

1983 Quarter-Final Waterford 0-06 - 0-05 Limerick Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary
1983 Quarter-Final Cork 1-13 - 1-07 Kerry FitzGerald Park, Kilmallock

Semi-Finals

3 July 1983 Semi-Final Tipperary 2-07 - 0-06 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan
3 July 1983 Semi-Final Cork 3-15 - 0-05 Clare Cusack Park, Ennis

Final

24 July 1983 Final Cork 1-11 - 1-05 Tipperary Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

May 1983 Preliminary Round Meath 7-17 - 0-01 Kilkenny Geraldine Park, Athy
May 1983 Preliminary Round Westmeath 2-04 - 1-03 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
May 1983 Preliminary Round Carlow 2-12 - 0-02 Longford O'Connor Park, Tullamore
May 1983 Preliminary Round Wicklow 2-08 - 0-04 Wexford Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

Quarter-Finals

June 1983 Quarter-Final Meath 2-07 - 0-06 Dublin Drogheda Park, Drogheda
June 1983 Quarter-Final Kildare 1-12 - 3-04 Carlow Geraldine Park, Athy
June 1983 Quarter-Final Offaly 2-07 - 1-08 Wicklow St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
June 1983 Quarter-Final Westmeath 0-09 - 2-08 Laois O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Semi-Finals

July 1983 Semi-Final Meath 1-07 - 1-07 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
July 1983 Semi-Final Kildare 2-04 - 1-07 Offaly Páirc Tailteann, Navan
July 1983 Semi-Final Replay Kildare 2-13 - 1-10 Offaly Cusack Park, Mullingar

Final

31 July 1983 Final Kildare 1-11 - 1-06 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

May 1983 Preliminary Round Armagh 3-08 - 2-08 Monaghan

Quarter-Finals

June 1983 Quarter-Final Derry 5-07 - 2-09 Cavan Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
June 1983 Quarter-Final Armagh 2-02 - 0-07 Donegal Athletic Grounds, Armagh
June 1983 Quarter-Final Monaghan 1-09 - 0-06 Antrim St Mary's Park, Castleblaney
June 1983 Quarter-Final Donegal 3-08 - 2-14 Armagh MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
June 1983 Quarter-Final Derry 3-12 - 1-08 Tyrone Breffni Park, Cavan

Semi-Finals

July 1983 Semi-Final Armagh 3-04 - 2-08 Monaghan St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
July 1983 Semi-Final Derry 3-02 - 1-06 Down St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

24 July 1983 Final Derry 3-09 - 0-04 Monaghan St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

14 August 1983 Semi-Final Derry 0-16 - 3-05 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
21 August 1983 Semi-Final Kildare 2-07 - 0-14 Cork Croke Park, Dublin

Final

18 September 1983 Final Derry 0-08 - 1-03 Cork Croke Park, Dublin

References

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