1966 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1966 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners	London (2nd win)
Captain	Noel O'Reilly
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Cork
Captain	Donal Sheehan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway
	← 1965 1967 →

Gaelic football competition for junior teams

The 1966 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 45th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Down in the All-Ireland semi-final.^[2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 23 October 1966 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between London and Cork, in what was their second ever meeting in the final. London won the match by 1–06 to 0–08 to claim their second championship title overall and a first tile in 28 years.^[3]^[4]

Results

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Louth v

Kildare

10 August 1966^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Final (After Extra-time)	Louth	3-14 - 3-12	Kildare	Croke Park
	Lynch (1-6), Nugent (1-2), Duff (1-2), Judge (0-3), McCarthy (0-1)		J. Kane (1-9), Gleeson (1-2), Dillon (1-0), Conway (0-1)	Referee: K. Kenworthy (Dublin)


GK	1	Dickie Kieran (St Kevin's)
RCB	2	Dermot Drumgoole (St Joseph's)
FB	3	Séamus Kirk (St Bride's)
LCB	4	Jim Mooney (Naomh Máirtín)
RHB	5	Benny Grogan (St Kevin's)
CHB	6	Larry Geraghty (Mattock Rangers)
LHB	7	Joe Gogarty (Geraldines)
MF	8	Donal Matthews (Mattock Rangers)
MF	9	Ollie Geraghty (Mattock Rangers)
RHF	10	Harry McCarthy (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF	11	Kevin Lynch (Geraldines)
LHF	12	Peter Shevlin (Naomh Fionnbarra)
RCF	13	Danny Nugent (Newtown Blues)
FF	14	Jim Judge (Newtown Blues)
LCF	15	Patrick Duff (St Fechin's) (c)
Substitutes:
	16	Peter Donnelly (Stabannon Parnells) for Grogan
	17	Derry Maguire (St Bride's) for Shevlin
	18	Peter Shevlin for O. Geraghty
	19	Gerry McFadden (O'Connells) for Gogarty
	20	Liam Smith (Wolfe Tones) for Matthews
	21	Paddy McGlew (St Fechin's) for Mooney


GK	1	Willie Hennessy (Ballymore)
RCB	2	Tom Kane (Sallins)
FB	3	Tom Foley (Rheban)
LCB	4	Willie Harris (Rheban)
RHB	5	J.J. Cahill (Eadestown)
CHB	6	John Murphy (Milltown)
LHB	7	Seán Brennan (Ballyteague)
MF	8	John Kane (Sallins)
MF	9	Pat Brereton (Ballykelly)
RHF	10	Jimmy Dalton (Sallins)
CHF	11	Mick Nugent (Ballyteague)
LHF	12	John Donoghue (Grange)
RCF	13	Ollie Harrington (Ardclough)
FF	14	Jim Dillon (Suncroft)
LCF	15	Liam Gleeson (Monasterevan)
Substitute:
	16	Paddy Conway (Ballymore) for Harrington

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

Cork v

Louth

14 August 1966^[9]	Cork	0-10 - 0-06	Louth	Cork Athletic Grounds
	T. Bourke (0-5), Sheehan (0-1), Kelleher (0-1), White (0-1), Evans (0-1), Roche (0-1)		Lynch (0-3), McCarthy (0-2), Nugent (0-1)


GK	1	George McCarthy (St Finbarr's)
RCB	2	Johnny O'Flynn (Kilshannig)
FB	3	Tom Bermingham (Grange)
LCB	4	Andy Burke (Bandon)
RHB	5	Johnny O'Leary (Nemo Rangers)
CHB	6	John O'Halloran (UCC)
LHB	7	Mick Healy (St Finbarr's)
MF	8	Jim Downing (Urhan)
MF	9	Donal Sheehan (Na Piarsaigh)
RHF	10	Tommy Burke (Millstreet)
CHF	11	John Murphy (Douglas)
LHF	12	Con Roche (St Finbarr's)
RCF	13	Con Kelleher (Millstreet)
FF	14	Bob Honohan (Mitchelstown)
LCF	15	John White (Nemo Rangers)
Substitutes:
	16	Denis McCarthy (Kilmurry) for Murphy
	17	Robert Evans (O'Donovan Rossa) for Downing


GK	1	Dickie Kieran (St Kevin's)
RCB	2	Dermot Drumgoole (St Joseph's)
FB	3	Séamus Kirk (St Bride's)
LCB	4	Jim Mooney (Naomh Máirtin)
RHB	5	Peter Donnelly (Stabannon Parnells)
CHB	6	Larry Geraghty (Mattock Rangers)
LHB	7	Gerry McFadden (O'Connells)
MF	8	Benny Grogan (St Kevin's)
MF	9	Ollie Geraghty (Mattock Rangers)
RHF	10	Harry McCarthy (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF	11	Kevin Lynch (Geraldines)
LHF	12	Peter Shevlin (Naomh Fionnbarra)
RCF	13	Danny Nugent (Newtown Blues)
FF	14	Jim Judge (Newtown Blues)
LCF	15	Patrick Duff (St Fechin's) (c)
Substitutes:
	16	Danny Culligan (St Joseph's) for Kirk
	17	Gerry Kelly (St Bride's) for Drumgoole
	18	Donal Matthews (Mattock Rangers) for Grogan

Down v

Galway

14 August 1966

Down

0-10 - 1-04

Galway

Páirc Esler

All-Ireland home final

Cork v

Down

11 September 1966 Home final

Cork

2-12 - 0-10

Down

Croke Park

All-Ireland final

London v

Cork

23 October 1966^[10] Final	London	1-06 - 0-08	Cork	Gaelic Grounds
				Referee: T. Cunningham (Galway)

References

^ "Convincing Win for Cork Juniors in 'Home' Final". The Southern Star. 17 September 1966.
^ "Galway profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Cork profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "Junior football". Munster GAA. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
^ "1966 was last win for the Louth men". Drogheda Independent. 18 July 1997.
^ "Special night for men of 66". The Argus. 27 September 2006.
^ "Louth through to All-Ireland Semi-Final". The Argus. 13 August 1966.
^ "Kildare's second-raters go down fighting". The Nationalist and Leinster Times. 12 August 1966.
^ "Leg-Weary Louth fall to Lively Cork in Junior Semi-Final". The Argus. 20 August 1966.
^ "Glenflesk / London GAA Link-Up to Honour 1966 Heroes". Maine Valley Post. 8 June 2017.

[1] "Convincing Win for Cork Juniors in 'Home' Final". The Southern Star. 17 September 1966.

[2] "Galway profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[3] "Cork profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[4] "Junior football". Munster GAA. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[5] "1966 was last win for the Louth men". Drogheda Independent. 18 July 1997.

[6] "Special night for men of 66". The Argus. 27 September 2006.

[7] "Louth through to All-Ireland Semi-Final". The Argus. 13 August 1966.

[8] "Kildare's second-raters go down fighting". The Nationalist and Leinster Times. 12 August 1966.

[9] "Leg-Weary Louth fall to Lively Cork in Junior Semi-Final". The Argus. 20 August 1966.

[10] "Glenflesk / London GAA Link-Up to Honour 1966 Heroes". Maine Valley Post. 8 June 2017.