1978 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

The 1978 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 47th 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.

1978 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamMayo (5th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterTyrone
ConnachtMayo

Down entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Ulster Championship.

On 24 September 1978, Mayo won the championship following a 4-9 to 3-8 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first title in seven championship seasons.[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

Mayo 10-11 Leitrim 2-5 Ballina.

Semi-Finals

Mayo 2-10 Roscommon 1-8 Roscommon.

Galway 2-13 Sligo 0-8 Tubbercurry.

Final

Mayo 2-6 Galway 2-4 Galway.

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

1978 LR MR FB Navan Louth 2-05 Kildare 2-06 View Details 1978 LR MR FB Mullingar Offaly 1-08 Longford 1-10 View Details

Quarter-Finals

1978 LR MR FB Qtr-F Carlow Wexford 2-07 Wicklow 1-06 View Details 1978 LR MR FB Qtr-F Croke Park Kildare 0-07 Meath 1-11 View Details 1978 LR MR FB Qtr-F Navan Westmeath 1-05 Dublin 5-13 View Details 1978 LR MR FB Qtr-F Tullamore Laois 0-14 Longford 2-10 View Details

Semi-Finals

1978 LR MR FB Semi-F (Draw) Croke Park Wexford 2-07 Meath 2-07 View Details 1978 LR MR FB Semi-F Portlaoise Dublin 2-13 Longford 1-07 View Details

Final

1978 Dublin 3–12 Wexford 0–11 Croke Park, Dublin

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Preliminary Round

978 UR MR FB Ballinascreen Derry 2-10 Donegal 3-04 View Details

Quarter-Finals

1978 UR MR FB Qtr-F Casement Park Antrim 0-03 Monaghan 3-10 View Details 1978 UR MR FB Qtr-F Irvinestown Fermanagh 0-08 Down 3-07 View Details 1978 UR MR FB Qtr-F Cavan Cavan 0-08 Armagh 1-07 View Details 1978 UR MR FB Qtr-F Lurgan Tyrone 1-08 Derry 1-05 View Details

Semi-Finals

1978 UR MR FB Semi-F Casement Park Tyrone 2-04 Down 0-09 View Details 1978 UR MR FB Semi-F Castleblaney Armagh 0-07 Monaghan 2-11 View Details

Final

1978 Tyrone 3–11 Monaghan 2–09

Munster Minor Football Championship

Quarter-Finals

978 MR MR FB Shannon Clare 2-05 Limerick 1-09 View Details 1978 MR MR FB Limerick 1-09 Clare 2-05 View Details

Semi-Finals

978 MR MR FB Semi-F Milltown Kerry 1-13 Tipperary 1-07 View Details 1978 MR MR FB Semi-F Cork Cork 2-11 Limerick 1-04 View Details

Final

1978 Kerry 1–04 (7) Cork 0–06 (6) Páirc Uí Chaoimh

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Mayo 1-10 Kerry 0-10 Croke Park.

20 August 1978 Semi-Final Tyrone 1-09 - 5-07 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin

Final

24 September 1978 Final Mayo 4-09 - 3-08 Dublin 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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