1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (2nd win)
Captain	Seán Cleary
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway

The 1960 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 29th 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.

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

On 25 September 1960, Galway won the championship following a 4-9 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first title in eight championship season.^[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Galway v Mayo

quarter-final

Galway

2-06 - 0-04

Mayo

Tuam Stadium, Galway

Roscommon v Leitrim

semi-final

Roscommon

5-09 - 2-05

Leitrim

Galway v Sligo

semi-final

Galway

3-05 - 0-07

Sligo

Galway v Roscommon

Final

Galway

4-11 - 0-03

Roscommon

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Offaly v Louth

31 July 1960[2][3] Final	Offaly	1-12 - 1-05	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin
	Shaughnessy 0-07 (3f), Furlong 1-01, Scully 0-02, O'Brien, Donoghue 0-01 each		Dolan 1-0, Ryan 0-03 (1f), Campbell 0-01, Mohan 0-01 (f)	Referee: J. Kavanagh (Kildare)

GK 1 Paddy Merrigan (St Conleth's) RCB 2 Jimmy Kelly (Walsh Island) FB 3 Charlie Daly (Cappincur) LCB 4 Mick Bracken (Tullamore) RHB 5 Christy McGrath (St Conleth's) CHB 6 Pat Heffernan (Tullamore) (c) LHB 7 Gabriel Hayden (Tullamore) MF 8 Martin Turley (Gracefield) MF 9 Brendan Donoghue (St Mary's) RHF 10 Dick Shaughnessy (Walsh Island) CHF 11 Mick Ennis (Tullamore) LHF 12 Eamon Scully (Clara) RCF 13 Noel O'Brien (Clara) FF 14 Tom Furlong (Tullamore) LCF 15 Joe Wrafter (Tullamore) Substitutes: 16 Michael Rouse (Tullamore) for Donoghue

GK 1 Mick Sherlock (Baile Philib) RCB 2 Benny Grogan (Baile Philib) FB 3 Pat Hanlon (Clann Mhuire) LCB 4 Frank McArdle (Baile Philib) RHB 5 Mick Foster (Clann Mhuire) CHB 6 Willie Daly (Clan na Gael) LHB 7 Val Murphy (Newtown Blues) MF 8 Mick Briscoe (Newtown Blues) MF 9 Muckle McKeown (O'Raghallaighs) RHF 10 Seán Ryan (Clan na Gael) CHF 11 Anthony Campbell (O'Raghallaighs) LHF 12 Séamus Savage (Clann Mhuire) RCF 13 Séamus Mohan (Pioneers) FF 14 Séamus Dolan (O'Raghallaighs) LCF 15 Seán McVeigh (Clann Mhuire) Substitutes: 16 Jack McAuley (Parnells, Drogheda) for McKeown

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Munster Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Galway v Offaly

21 August 1960[4]	Galway	2-12 - 2-03	Offaly	Croke Park, Dublin
				Referee: P. Rooney (Down)

Cork v Down

7 August 1960[5]	Cork	1-07 - 2-02	Down	Croke Park, Dublin
				Referee: M. McArdle (Louth)

Final

Galway v Cork

25 September 1960	Galway	4-09 - 1-05	Cork	Croke Park, Dublin
				Referee: M. McArdle (Louth)

References

1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. "Louth Suffered A Double Defeat In Leinster Finals". Drogheda Independent. 6 August 1960.
3. "Historic Occasion In Croke Park - Offaly's First Leinster S.F. Title". Offaly Independent. 6 August 1960.
4. "Galway Minors' Good Win". Irish Independent. 22 August 1960.
5. "Cork Minors reach All-Ireland Football Final". The Southern Star. 13 August 1960.