1991 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1991 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Tyrone (1st win)
Captain	Peter Canavan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Tyrone
Connacht	Leitrim

The 1991 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 28th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Kerry entered the championship as defending champions.

On 12 May 1991, Tyrone won the championship following a 4-16 to 1-5 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their first All-Ireland title.

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

Kerry v Meath

28 April 1991 Semi-final

Kerry

2-07 - 1-06

Meath

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Tyrone v Leitrim

28 April 1991 Semi-final

Tyrone

4-13 - 2-07

Leitrim

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

Final

Tyrone v Kerry

12 May 1991 Final

Tyrone

4-16 - 1-05

Kerry

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Statistics

Miscellaneous

• The All-Ireland semi-finals see two first-time pairings as Tyrone and Leitrim, as well as Kerry and Meath meet for the first time in the championship.

References

1. Jordan, Philip (2 May 2017). "'I wasn't good enough to make minor and U21 teams, but I worked hard'". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2017.