1983 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

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.

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

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

On 18 September 1983, Derry won the championship following an 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 at Roscommon: Roscommon 2-8, Mayo 1-9 P. Egan (Galway).

Semi-Finals

3 June at Sligo: Roscommon 1-15, Sligo 1-4 J. Flynn (Leitrim).

26 June at Carrick-on-Shannon: Galway 1-3, Leitrim 0-4 J. Cosgrove (Mayo).

Final

Galway 2-10 Roscommon 2-5 Castlebar, P. Egan (Leitrim)

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

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.
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