1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship#Leinster Minor Football Championship
{{short description|Gaelic football competition}}
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|label3=Teams
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|header4=All-Ireland Champions
|label5=Winning team
|data5=Roscommon (3rd win)
|label6=Captain
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|header8=All-Ireland Finalists
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|data9=Armagh
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|header12=Provincial Champions
|label13=Munster
|data13=Kerry
|label14=Leinster
|data14=Louth
|label15=Ulster
|data15=Armagh
|label16=Connacht
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The 1951 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 20th 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.
Kerry entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Armagh in the All-Ireland semi-final.{{cite news|title=Last-minute goal gave Armagh victory|work=Frontier Sentinel|date=29 September 1951}}
On 23 September 1951, Roscommon won the championship following a 2-7 to 1-5 defeat of Armagh in the All-Ireland final.{{cite web|url=https://roscommonherald.ie/2021/12/16/on-this-day-roscommon-crowned-all-ireland-minor-football-champions-70-years-ago/
|title=ON THIS DAY: ROSCOMMON CROWNED ALL-IRELAND MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS 70 YEARS AGO
|work =Roscommon Herald|date=16 December 2021}} This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their first in seven championship seasons.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0928/238817-minor_foot_roh/|title=All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour|publisher=RTÉ Sport|accessdate=20 September 2011|date=19 November 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/Roscommon/Profile|title=Roscommon profile|work=Hogan Stand}}
Results
=[[Connacht Minor Football Championship]]=
(Roscommon awarded title after objection){{cite web|url=https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/national-sport/259998/64-years-since-louth-last-won-the-minor-championship.html|title=64 years since Louth last won the minor championship
|work=Dundalk Democrat|date=15 July 2017}}
Quarter-final
Mayo 1-4 Sligo 0-5 Ballymote.
Semi-finals
Roscommon 3-5 Mayo 0-2
Galway 2-8 Leitrim 2-5
Final
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| team1 = File:Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
| score = 2–04 - 1–08
| team2 = File:Colours of Galway.svg Galway
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=[[Leinster Minor Football Championship]]=
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| round = Final
| date = 22 July 1951{{cite news|title=Louth Minors win Leinster Title|work=The Argus|date=28 July 1951}}{{cite news|title=G.A.A. Notes - Westmeath Minors Defeated In Final|work=Westmeath Independent|date=28 July 1951}}{{cite news|title=G.A.A. Notes - Westmeath Minors Football Team|work=Westmeath Independent|date=21 July 1951}}
| team1 = File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth
| score = 3–09 - 2–05
| goals1 = K. Beahan 1-4, P. McKevitt 1-2, H. Rogers 1-0, S. Cunningham 0-3
| goals2 = P. Dunne 2-0, M. Gunning 0-3, F. Eivers, J. Quinn 0-1 each
| team2 = File:Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath
| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
| referee = J. Tunney (Dublin)
}}
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| GK | 1 | Pat McMahon (Dowdallshill) |
| RCB | 2 | George Carroll (St Dominic's) |
| FB | 3 | Fintan Wynne (St Bride's) |
| LCB | 4 | Brendan Donohue (Dundalk Gaels) |
| RHB | 5 | Eugene King (St Dominic's) |
| CHB | 6 | Michael Brennan (Ardee Minors) (c) |
| LHB | 7 | Peter Judge (Newtown Blues) |
| MF | 8 | Benny Toal (Clan na Gael) |
| MF | 9 | Pat McKevitt (Clan na Gael) |
| RHF | 10 | Harry Rogers (Ardee Minors) |
| CHF | 11 | Seán Cunningham (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
| LHF | 12 | Kevin Beahan (Ardee Minors) |
| RCF | 13 | Niall Craven (Roche Emmets) |
| FF | 14 | Peter McDonnell (Ardee Minors) |
| LCF | 15 | Phil Hearty (Dundalk Young Irelands) |
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| GK | 1 | J. Reynolds (Athlone) |
| RCB | 2 | P. Hughes (Fore) |
| FB | 3 | L. Moran (Tubberclair) |
| LCB | 4 | E. Cahill (Multyfarnham Franciscan College) |
| RHB | 5 | D. Egan (St Finian's College) |
| CHB | 6 | J. Clarke (Multyfarnham Franciscan College) |
| LHB | 7 | G. Burke (Multyfarnham Franciscan College) |
| MF | 8 | J. Butler (Athlone) |
| MF | 9 | F. Eivers (Multyfarnham Franciscan College) |
| RHF | 10 | M. Gunning (Moate All Whites) |
| CHF | 11 | P. Dunne (Kinnegad) |
| LHF | 12 | J. Kirrane (Ballymore) |
| RCF | 13 | D. O'Sullivan (Mullingar) |
| FF | 14 | J. Quinn (Athlone) |
| LCF | 15 | P. Walshe (Mullingar) |
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||
| 16 | A. Kiernan (St Finian's College) for Cahill |
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=[[Munster Minor Football Championship]]=
Final
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| team1 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry
| score = 0–07 - 0–03
| team2 = File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork
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=[[Ulster Minor Football Championship]]=
Final
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| team1 = File: Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
| score = 3–01 - 1–04
| team2 = File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg Cavan
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=[[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]]=
==Semi-Finals==
(Armagh/Kerry went to a replay)
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| date = 23 September 1951
| team1 = File: Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
| score = 2–03 - 0–07
| team2 = File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry
| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
}}
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| date = 25 November 1951{{cite news|title=Louth Minors go down fighting|work= The Argus|date=1 December 1951}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/national-sport/259998/64-years-since-louth-last-won-the-minor-championship.html|title=64 years since Louth last won the minor championship
|work=Dundalk Democrat|date=15 July 2017}}
| team1 = File:Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
| score = 2–05 - 1–03
| team2 = File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth
| stadium = CBS Roscommon
}}
==Final==
(Croke Park, Dublin){{cite news|title=Surprise defeat of Armagh Minors|work =The Derry People|date=22 December 1951}}
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| date = 16 December 1951
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| referee = Peter McDermott (Meath)
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| team1 = File:Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
| team2 = File: Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh
| score1 = 2–07
| score2 = 1–05
| HT = 1–04 - 1–03
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| GK | 1 | P. Muldoon |
| RCB | 2 | O. Murray |
| FB | 3 | J. Lynch |
| LCB | 4 | E. O'Connor |
| RHB | 5 | B. Molloy (c) |
| CHB | 6 | T. Finnegan |
| LHB | 7 | G. Healey |
| MF | 8 | H. Connolly |
| MF | 9 | J. Rafferty |
| RHF | 10 | J. O'Brien |
| CHF | 11 | J. Campbell |
| LHF | 12 | E. Duignan |
| RCF | 13 | L. Duffy |
| FF | 14 | M. Shivnan |
| LCF | 15 | H. Penny |
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||
| 16 | M. Kelly |
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| GK | 1 | G. Murphy |
| RCB | 2 | G. Donnelly |
| FB | 3 | B. Seeley |
| LCB | 4 | T. Moore |
| RHB | 5 | D. Skelton |
| CHB | 6 | E. Quinn |
| LHB | 7 | M. Grimley |
| MF | 8 | S. McCreesh |
| MF | 9 | B. O'Neill |
| RHF | 10 | T. Dillon |
| CHF | 11 | J. Hanratty |
| LHF | 12 | J. Crossey |
| RCF | 13 | J. Kiernan |
| FF | 14 | P. McArdle |
| LCF | 15 | D. McCorry |
| colspan=3|Substitutes: |
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References
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{{All-Ireland Minor Football Championship}}