1984 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
{{short description|Gaelic football competition}}
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|header1=Championship details
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|label3=Teams
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|header4=All-Ireland Champions
|label5=Winning team
|data5=Dublin (10th win)
|label6=Captain
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|label7=Manager
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|header8=All-Ireland Finalists
|label9=Losing team
|data9=Tipperary
|label10=Captain
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|label11=Manager
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|header12=Provincial Champions
|label13=Munster
|data13=Tipperary
|label14=Leinster
|data14=Dublin
|label15=Ulster
|data15=Derry
|label16=Connacht
|data16=Roscommon
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The 1984 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 53rd 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.
Derry entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were defeated by Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 23 September 1984, Dublin won the championship with a 1-9 to 0-4 victory of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final. This was their 10th All-Ireland title overall and their first in two 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}}
After this game, Jim Stynes, who was a part of the winning Dublin team, would go on to make his name in the Australian Football League playing for the Melbourne Football Club, whereby he would enter the Australian Football Hall of Fame as well as a slew of other impressive achievements within the code as a result of his involvement in the Melbourne Football Club's ambitious international recruitment program (now known as the "Irish experiment").{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Results
=[[Connacht Minor Football Championship]]=
Quarter-Final
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| date = 20 May 1984
| round = Quarter-Final
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| team1 = Leitrim
| score = 1-10 to 1-7
| team2 = Sligo
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| stadium = Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
| referee = J. Kearney (Roscommon)
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Semi-Finals
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| date = 27 May 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Roscommon
| score = 1-6 to 1-2
| team2 = Galway
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| stadium = McHale Park, Castlebar
| referee = P. Egan (Leitrim)
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| date = 24 June 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Leitrim
| score = 1-8 to 1-16
| team2 = Mayo
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| stadium = McHale Park, Castlebar
| referee = P. Egan (Galway)
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Finals
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| date = 8 July 1984
| round = Final
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| team1 = Roscommon
| score = 2-8 to 1-11
| team2 = Mayo
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| stadium = Pearse Stadium, Galway
| referee = S. Prior (Leitrim)
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| date = 22 July 1984
| round = Final Replay
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| team1 = Roscommon
| score = 3-9 to 2-8
| team2 = Mayo
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| stadium = McHale Park, Castlebar
| referee = S. Prior (Leitrim)
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=[[Leinster Minor Football Championship]]=
Preliminary Round
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| date = May 1984
| round = Preliminary Round
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| team1 = Wexford
| score = 2-11 to 2-3
| team2 = Kilkenny
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| stadium = Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
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| date = May 1984
| round = Preliminary Round
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| team1 = Westmeath
| score = 1-10 to 0-6
| team2 = Meath
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| stadium = Cusack Park, Mullingar
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| date = May 1984
| round = Preliminary Round
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| team1 = Laois
| score = 1-10 to 0-4
| team2 = Carlow
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| stadium = Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
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| date = May 1984
| round = Preliminary Round
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| team1 = Longford
| score = 2-7 to 3-4
| team2 = Wicklow
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| stadium = Aughrim Park, Aughrim
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| date = May 1984
| round = Preliminary Round Replay
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| team1 = Longford
| score = 1-9 to 1-8
| team2 = Wicklow
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Quarter-Finals
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| date = June 1984
| round = Quarter-Final
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| team1 = Westmeath
| score = 1-7 to 1-3
| team2 = Louth
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| date = June 1984
| round = Quarter-Final
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| team1 = Dublin
| score = 3-12 to 0-9
| team2 = Wexford
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| stadium = Parnell Park, Dublin
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| date = June 1984
| round = Quarter-Final
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| team1 = Laois
| score = 1-6 to 0-6
| team2 = Kildare
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| date = June 1984
| round = Quarter-Final
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| team1 = Longford
| score = 2-8 to 0-11
| team2 = Offaly
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| stadium = Pearse Park, Longford
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Semi-Finals
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| date = July 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Dublin
| score = 1-14 to 0-3
| team2 = Longford
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| stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore
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| date = July 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Laois
| score = 0-5 to 0-11
| team2 = Westmeath
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| stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore
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Final
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| date = 29 July 1984
| round = Final
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| team1 = Dublin
| score = 0-12 to 1-6
| team2 = Westmeath
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| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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=[[Munster Minor Football Championship]]=
Semi-Finals
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| date = June 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Tipperary
| score = 1-10 to 0-6
| team2 = Clare
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| stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
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| date = June 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Waterford
| score = 0-9 to 2-8
| team2 = Kerry
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| stadium = Cappoquin
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Final
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| date = 1 July 1984
| round = Final
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| team1 = Tipperary
| score = 2-3 to 0-8
| team2 = Kerry
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| stadium = Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
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=[[Ulster Minor Football Championship]]=
Preliminary Round
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| date = May 1984
| round = Preliminary Round
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| team1 = Derry
| score = 1-7 to 1-7
| team2 = Cavan
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| stadium = Breffni Park, Cavan
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| date = May 1984
| round = Preliminary Round Replay
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| team1 = Derry
| score = 0-11 to 0-6
| team2 = Cavan
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| stadium = Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
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Quarter-Finals
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| date = June 1984
| round = Quarter-Final
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| team1 = Antrim
| score = 1-6 to 1-5
| team2 = Monaghan
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| stadium = Casement Park, Belfast
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| date = June 1984
| round = Quarter-Final
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| team1 = Down
| score = 0-9 to 0-6
| team2 = Fermanagh
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| stadium = Pairc Esler, Newry
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| date = June 1984
| round = Quarter-Final
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| team1 = Derry
| score = 1-6 to 0-3
| team2 = Tyrone
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Semi-Finals
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| date = June 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Armagh
| score = 1-6 to 0-6
| team2 = Antrim
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| date = June 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Down
| score = 0-3 to 0-5
| team2 = Derry
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| stadium = Casement Park, Belfast
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Final
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| date = 15 July 1984
| round = Final
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| team1 = Armagh
| score = 0-3 to 1-4
| team2 = Derry
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| stadium = St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
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=[[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]]=
Semi-Finals
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| date = 12 August 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Tipperary
| score = 2-12 to 1-1
| team2 = Roscommon
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| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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| date = 19 August 1984
| round = Semi-Final
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| team1 = Dublin
| score = 0-14 to 0-7
| team2 = Derry
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| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
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Final
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| date = 23 September 1984
| round = Final
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| team1 = Dublin
| score = 1-9 to 0-4
| team2 = Tipperary
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Championship statistics
=Miscellaneous=
- Tipperary qualify for the All-Ireland final for the first time since 1955.
References
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{{All-Ireland Minor Football Championship}}