1971 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship#Final
{{short description|Gaelic football competition}}
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|label3=Teams
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|header4=All-Ireland Champions
|label5=Winning team
|data5=Mayo (4th win)
|label6=Captain
|data6=John P. Kean
|label7=Manager
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|header8=All-Ireland Finalists
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|data9=Cork
|label10=Captain
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|label11=Manager
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|header12=Provincial Champions
|label13=Munster
|data13=Cork
|label14=Leinster
|data14=Dublin
|label15=Ulster
|data15=Tyrone
|label16=Connacht
|data16=Mayo
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The 1971 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 40th 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 by Mayo on a scoreline of 1-7 to 0-9 in the Connacht semi-final.{{cite news|url=http://www.tuamherald.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2014/03/28/4022669-40th-anniversary-of-galway-minor-football-teams-stunning--allireland-final-victory-over-kerry|title=40th anniversary of Galway Minor football team's stunning All-Ireland Final victory over Kerry|publisher=The Tuam Herald|accessdate=7 July 2017|date=8 December 2010|first=Jim|last=Carney}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/40559/galway-minors-all-ireland-champions-1970|title=Galway minors, All Ireland champions 1970|publisher=Galway Advertiser|accessdate=7 July 2017|date=9 June 2011|first=Tom|last=Kenny}}
On 26 September 1971, Mayo won the championship following a 2-15 to 2-7 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/keans-minor-success-a-sideline-boost-for-mayo-26139380.html|title=Kean's minor success a sideline boost for Mayo|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=7 July 2017|date=24 September 1999|first=Paddy|last=Hickey}} This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their first title in five championship seasons.
Results
=[[Connacht Minor Football Championship]]=
Quarter-Final
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|date=4 July 1971
Quarter-Final
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|team1 = Mayo
|score = 5-18 – 0-02
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|team2 = Leitrim
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|stadium = Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
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Semi-Finals
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|date=4 July 1971
Semi-Final
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|team1 = Roscommon
|score = 2-10 – 0-10
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|team2 = Sligo
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|stadium = Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
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|date=11 July 1971
Semi-Final
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|team1 = Mayo
|score = 1-07 – 0-09
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|team2 = Galway
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|stadium = McHale Park, Castlebar
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Final
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|date=25 July 1971
Final
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|team1 = Mayo
|score = 2-12 – 1-08
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|team2 = Roscommon
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|stadium = McHale Park, Castlebar
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=[[Munster Minor Football Championship]]=
Quarter-Finals
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Quarter-Final
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|team1 = Clare
|score = 3-12 – 1-03
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|team2 = Limerick
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|stadium = Hennessy Memorial Park, Miltown Malbay
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Quarter-Final
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|team1 = Waterford
|score = 0-07 – 1-07
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|team2 = Tipperary
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|stadium = Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
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Semi-Finals
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Semi-Final
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|team1 = Kerry
|score = 2-16 – 2-01
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|team2 = Tipperary
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|stadium = Páirc Mhic Gearailt, Fermoy
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Semi-Final
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|team1 = Cork
|score = 5-12 – 0-04
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|team2 = Clare
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|stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
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Final
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|date=18 July 1971
Final
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|team1 = Cork
|score = 2-13 – 1-02
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|team2 = Kerry
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|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
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=[[Leinster Minor Football Championship]]=
First round
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First round
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|team1 = File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford
|score = 2-12 – 2-05
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|team2 = File:Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow
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First round
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|team1 = File:Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow
|score = 0-05 – 3-15
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|team2 = File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois
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|stadium = Geraldine Park, Athy
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Second round
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Second round
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|team1 = File:Colours of Meath.svg Meath
|score = 2-07 – 0-09
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|team2 = File:Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath
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|stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore
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Second round
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|team1 = File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois
|score = 3-12 – 2-09
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|team2 = File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford
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|stadium = Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
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Quarter-Finals
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Quarter-Final
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|team1 = File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly
|score = 1-07 – 0-09
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|team2 = File:Colours of Longford.svg Longford
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|stadium = Cusack Park, Mullingar
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Quarter-Final
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|team1 = File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford
|score = 2-12 – 1-02
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|team2 = File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
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|stadium = St Patrick's Park, Enniscorthy
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Quarter-Final
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|team1 = File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
|score = 0-13 – 0-10
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|team2 = File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois
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|stadium = O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
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Semi-Finals
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Semi-Final
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|team1 = File:Colours of Meath.svg Meath
|score = 2-06 – 1-12
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|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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Semi-Final
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|team1 = File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
|score = 1-14 – 0-08
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|team2 = File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly
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|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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==Final==
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|date=25 July 1971{{cite news|title=Louth fail to topple a far superior Dublin side|work=Drogheda Independent|date=30 July 1971}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/dundalk-news/double-blow-for-louth-gaa-fans/26955484.html|title=Double blow for Louth GAA fans
|work=The Argus|date=27 July 2011}}
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|team1 = File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
|score = 2-07 – 0-04
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|team2 = File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth
|goals1 =
|goals2 = A. Hoey (0-3, 3f), S. Ross (0-1)
|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
|referee = P. Clandillon (Wicklow)
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| GK | 1 | Tony Fayne (Scoil Ui Chonaill) |
| RCB | 2 | Dave Billings (St Vincent's) |
| FB | 3 | Dermot Hobbs (Scoil Ui Chonaill) |
| LCB | 4 | Gerry McCaul (Ballymun Kickhams) |
| RHB | 5 | Pat Glavey (Raheny) |
| CHB | 6 | Vinnie Holden (Cuala) |
| LHB | 7 | Brendan Pocock (St Vincent's) |
| MF | 8 | John McCarthy (Na Fianna) |
| MF | 9 | Bernard Salmon (Good Counsel) |
| RHF | 10 | Seán McCarthy (Kilmacud Crokes) |
| CHF | 11 | Pat Hickey (Raheny) |
| LHF | 12 | Dave Redmond (St Vincent's) |
| RCF | 13 | Mick Hickey (Raheny) |
| FF | 14 | Mick Holden (Cuala) |
| LCF | 15 | Martin O'Donoghue (Na Fianna) |
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| GK | 1 | Tom Matthews (Newtown Blues) |
| RCB | 2 | Andy Devine (St Mary's) |
| FB | 3 | Páidín O'Hare (Kilkerley Emmets) |
| LCB | 4 | Liam O'Neill (Oliver Plunketts) |
| RHB | 5 | Paul Fitzpatrick (Oliver Plunketts) |
| CHB | 6 | Pat Taaffe (Glyde Rangers) |
| LHB | 7 | Gerry Gorham (St Joseph's) |
| MF | 8 | Jimmy Kirk (Cooley Kickhams) |
| MF | 9 | Willie Kirk (Cooley Kickhams) |
| RHF | 10 | Niall O'Dowd (Oliver Plunketts) |
| CHF | 11 | Frank Taaffe (Oliver Plunketts) |
| LHF | 12 | Mickey Lynch (Newtown Blues) (c) |
| RCF | 13 | Declan Keegan (Wolfe Tones) |
| FF | 14 | Seán Ross (St Mary's) |
| LCF | 15 | Anthony Hoey (St Bride's) |
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||
| 16 | Kevin Thornton (Cooley Kickhams) for Gorham | |
| 17 | Joe O'Donoghue (Oliver Plunketts) for Hoey |
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=[[Ulster Minor Football Championship]]=
Quarter-Final
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Quarter-Final
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|team1 = Armagh
|score = 1-06 – 5-08
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|team2 = Down
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = St. Mary's Park, Castleblaney
|referee =
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Semi-Final
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Semi-Final
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|team1 = Cavan
|score = 2-11 – 0-09
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|team2 = Down
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|stadium = Pearse Park, Ballybay
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Final
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|date=25 July 1971
Final
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|team1 = Tyrone
|score = 0-19 – 0-07
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|team2 = Fermanagh
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Casement Park, Belfast
|referee =
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=[[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]]=
Semi-Finals
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| date = 8 August 1971
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
| score = 3-08 - 0-13
| team2 = File:Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone
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| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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| date = 22 August 1971
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork
| score = 2-13 - 1-10
| team2 = File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
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| goals1 =
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| attendance =
| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
| |referee = S. Martin (Roscommon)
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Final
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| date = 26 September 1971
| round = Final
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| team1 = File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
| score = 2-15 - 2-07
| team2 = File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork
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| goals1 =
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| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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References
{{reflist}}
{{All-Ireland Minor Football Championship}}