1940 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1940 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Louth (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Mayo
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Monaghan
Connacht	Mayo

The 1940 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 12th 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.

Roscommon entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.

On 22 September 1940, Louth won the championship following a 5–05 to 2–07 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title and their first in four championship seasons.^[1]

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Final

Mayo v Leitrim

Mayo

8–05 – 1–06

Leitrim

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Final (Croke Park, Dublin)

Louth v Kildare

4 August 1940

Louth	3–05 – 1-06	Kildare
(HT: 1-05 - 1-03)

GK	1	Colm Browne (Cooley Kickhams)
RCB	2	Brendan Breen (Ardee minors)
FB	3	Brendan Burke (St. Mary's College) (c)
LCB	4	Kevin Flanagan (Ramblers United)
RHB	5	Benny Fretwell (Cooley Kickhams)
CHB	6	Ned Reay (St Magdalene's)
LHB	7	Oliver Mohan (Ardee minors)
MF	8	Larry Murphy (Dowdallshill)
MF	9	Paddy Kelly (Ardee minors)
RHF	10	Gus Cahill (St. Mary's College)
CHF	11	Séamie McGivern (Ardee minors)
LHF	12	Peter Corr (Seán O'Mahony's)
RCF	13	Phil McCourt (Castlebellingham)
FF	14	Jackie Kiernan (St Magdalene's)
LCF	15	George Brennan (Lann Léire)

Munster Minor Football Championship

Final

Kerry v Clare

Kerry

1–03 – 1–02

Clare

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Final

Monaghan v Antrim

Monaghan

0–08 – 0–04

Antrim

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Mayo v Kerry

1 September 1940

Mayo

3–12 – 2–05

Kerry

MacHale Park, Castlebar

Louth v Monaghan

18 August 1940

Louth

3–08 – 0–03

Monaghan

Croke Park

Final (Croke Park, Dublin)

Louth v Mayo

22 September 1940

Louth	5–05 – 2–07	Mayo
(HT: 3–01 – 1–05[2])

Referee: Patrick Dunne (Dublin)

GK 1 Colm Browne[3] (Cooley Kickhams) RCB 2 Brendan Breen (Ardee minors) FB 3 Brendan Burke (St. Mary's College) (c) LCB 4 Kevin Flanagan (Ramblers United) RHB 5 Benny Fretwell (Cooley Kickhams) CHB 6 Ned Reay (St Magdalene's) LHB 7 Oliver Mohan (Ardee minors) MF 8 Larry Murphy (Dowdallshill) MF 9 Paddy Kelly (Ardee minors) RHF 10 Gus Cahill (St. Mary's College) CHF 11 Séamie McGivern (Ardee minors) LHF 12 Peter Corr (Seán O'Mahony's) RCF 13 Phil McCourt[4] (Castlebellingham) FF 14 Jackie Kiernan (St Magdalene's) LCF 15 George Brennan (Lann Léire) Substitutes:

GK 1 A. Breslin RCB 2 M. Galvin FB 3 C. Long LCB 4 J. McLaughlin RHB 5 T. Acton CHB 6 F. Mongey LHB 7 S. Durkin MF 8 M. Langan MF 9 J. Ralph RHF 10 J. Forkin CHF 11 J.J. McGowan LHF 12 A. McNally RCF 13 J. Jennings FF 14 T. Byrne LCF 15 D. Loughrey Substitutes: 16 P. Browne for McNally

References

1. "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. "Minor Honours for Louth", Irish Independent, 23 September 1940
3. "GAA star couldn't get out of barracks or into Croker". Drogheda Independent. 10 December 2004.
4. "The death of a Louth great", The Argus, 14 January 1983