1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDown (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMeath
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterMeath
UlsterDown
ConnachtMayo

The 1977 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 46th 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.

Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Munster Championship.

On 25 September 1977, Down won the championship following a 2–6 to 0–4 defeat of Meath in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]

Results

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Connacht Minor Football Championship

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Quarter-Final

1977 Semi-Final Letrim 1-15 - 2-06 Sligo Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

Semi-Finals

1977 Semi-Final Letrim 1-10 - 1-09 Galway Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
1977 Semi-Final Mayo 1-09 - 1-06 Roscommon Castleblaney

Final

10 July 1977 Final Mayo 2-20 - 0-07 Leitrim Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon

Leinster Minor Football Championship

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Preliminary Round

May 1977 Preliminary Round Offaly 5-16 - 1-06 Wicklow Croke Park, Dublin
May 1977 Preliminary Round Kildare 6-13 - 0-03 Kilkenny Geraldine Park, Athy
May 1977 Preliminary Round Louth 3-22 - 0-02 Westmeath Páirc Tailteann, Navan
May 1977 Preliminary Round Longford 1-11 - 2-07 Carlow O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Quarter-Finals

June 1977 Quarter-Final Dublin 0-12 - 0-08 Kildare Páirc Tailteann, Navan
June 1977 Quarter-Final Offaly 4-12 - 1-09 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
June 1977 Quarter-Final Louth 3-08 - 1-09 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
June 1977 Quarter-Final Meath 2-09 - 0-03 Longford Cusack Park, Mullingar

Semi-Finals

July 1977 Semi-Final Dublin 1-16 - 1-03 Offaly Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
July 1977 Semi-Final Meath 4-07 - 0-06 Louth Croke Park, Dublin

Final

31 July 1977 Final Meath 1-07 - 0-09 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Minor Football Championship

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Quarter-Finals

1977 Quarter-Final Limerick 3-07 - 1-03 Tippearary Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
1977 Quarter-Final Clare 1-05 - 0-08 Waterford Fraher Field, Dungarvan
1977 Quarter-Final Replay Clare 1-11 - 0-06 Waterford Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary

Semi-Finals

1977 Semi-Final Cork 0-15 - 0-10 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
1977 Semi-Final Limerick 2-07 - 2-08 Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Final

24 July 1977 Final Cork 1-07 - 1-03 Kerry Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Ulster Minor Football Championship

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Preliminary Round

1977 Preliminary Round Donegal 2-10 - 3-08 Derry MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Quarter-Finals

1977 Quarter-Final Antrim 1-10 - 2-07 Monaghan St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney
1977 Quarter-Final Armagh 2-15 - 0-04 Cavan Athletic Grounds, Armagh
1977 Quarter-Final Down 4-15 - 0-02 Fermanagh Pairc Esler, Newry
1977 Quarter-Final Derry 2-06 - 1-06 Armagh The Playing Fields, Lurgan

Semi-Finals

1977 Semi-Final Antrim 0-00 - 0-0 won Armagh Pairc Esler, Newry
1977 Semi-Final Down 1-09 - 0-05 Derry St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Final

24 July 1977 Final Down 0-08 - 1-05 Armagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones
31 July 1977 Final Replay Down 0-11 - 1-06 Armagh St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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Semi-Finals

14 August 1977 Semi-Final Down 2-11 - 1-07 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
21 August 1977 Semi-Final Cork 1-05 - 0-12 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

Final

25 September 1977 Final Down 2-06 - 0-04 Meath Croke Park, Dublin

References

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