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All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football

Summary

Under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football

FieldValue
nameAll-Ireland Minor Football Championship
currentlyrunning2026 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
codeFootball
founded1929
regionIreland
trophyTom Markham Cup
title holdersTyrone
currentordinal10
most titlesKerry
mostordinal16
sponsorsElectric Ireland
tvRTÉ/TG4

The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it was replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.

The series of games is organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and is played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Football Final being played on the third Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin as the curtain-raiser to the senior final.

The winners received the Tom Markham Cup, which is named in honour of former Clare figure Tom Markham.

Overview

The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship features players at under seventeen level (players must be under 17 on 1 January of the year of the competition. The first minor championship was played in 1929 when Clare were crowned the champions. The championship has been held every year since then except for a period during 'The Emergency'.

Kerry are the most successful team in minor football with 16 titles in total, closely followed on the winners list by Dublin on 11 and Cork on 11. Kerry also won an unequalled five-in-a-row from 2014 to 2018. Three teams have achieved three-in-a-rows – Kerry from 1931 to 1933; Cork from 1967 to 1969; and Dublin from 1954 to 1956. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21 and minor titles in the same year has been achieved on just one occasion, by Kerry in 1975.

Because teams will only play together for at most, about two or three years, unlike the senior competition, it is unusual that one county will dominate for periods any longer than this.

The current champions are Derry, who defeated Armagh on 7 July 2024 to win 2024 All Ireland Minor Championship.

Wins listed by county

TeamWinsYears wonRunners-upYears runners-up
1Kerry161931, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1975, 1980, 1988, 1994, 2014, 2015, 2016, 201814
2Cork111961, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1991, 1993, 2000, 20199
Dublin111930, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1979, 1982, 1984, 201271946, 1948, 1978, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2011
4Tyrone101947, 1948, 1973, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017, 20255
5Mayo71935, 1953, 1966, 1971, 1978, 1985, 201315
6Derry71965, 1983, 1989, 2002, 2020, 2023, 20246
7Galway71952, 1960, 1970, 1976, 1986, 2007, 20224
8Meath41957, 1990, 1992, 20214
Down41977, 1987, 1999, 200511966
Roscommon41939, 1941, 1951, 20060
11Laois31996, 1997, 20033
12Tipperary21934, 20114
Armagh21949, 200941951, 1957, 1992, 2024
Cavan21937, 193821952, 1959
Louth21936, 194021931, 1941
16Offaly119641
Westmeath1199511963
Clare1192911953
19Wexford02
Leitrim021945, 1956
Monaghan021939, 2023
Longford011929
Sligo011968
Kildare011973
Donegal012014

Wins listed by province

ProvinceWinsLast WinContributors
1Munster302019 (Cork)
2Ulster242025 (Tyrone)
3Leinster222021 (Meath)
4Connacht182022 (Galway)

The following counties have never won an All Ireland minor football title:

ProvinceCounty (Last final)
LeinsterKildare, Kilkenny, Wexford, Longford, Carlow, Wicklow
ConnachtLeitrim, Sligo
UlsterAntrim, Donegal, Fermanagh, Monaghan
MunsterLimerick, Waterford

Finals listed by year

Under-17 CompetitionYearWinnerScoreOpponentScoreUnder-18 CompetitionYearWinnerScoreOpponentScoreNo ChampionshipNo ChampionshipNo Championship
2025Tyrone1-16Kerry1-15
2024Derry2-7Armagh0-10
2023Derry1-13Monaghan0-09
2022Galway0-15Mayo0-09
2021Meath1-12Tyrone1-11
2020Derry2-12Kerry1-14
2019Cork3–20Galway3–14
2018Kerry0–21Galway1–14
2017Kerry6–17Derry1–08
2016Kerry3–07Galway0–09
2015Kerry4–14Tipperary0–06
2014Kerry0–17Donegal1–10
2013Mayo2–13Tyrone1–13
2012Dublin0–14Meath1–05
2011Tipperary3–09Dublin1–14
2010Tyrone1–13Cork1–12
2009Armagh0–10Mayo0–07
2008Tyrone0–14, 1–20 (R)Mayo0–14, 1–15 (R)
2007Galway1–10Derry1–09
2006Roscommon0–15, 1–10 (R)Kerry0–15, 0–09 (R)
2005Down1–15Mayo0–08
2004Tyrone0–12Kerry0–10
2003Laois1–11, 2–10 (R)Dublin1–11, 1–09 (R)
2002Derry1–12Meath0–08
2001Tyrone0–15, 2–11 (R)Dublin1–12, 0–06 (R)
2000Cork2–12Mayo0–13
1999Down1–14Mayo0–14
1998Tyrone2–11Laois0–11
1997Laois3–11Tyrone1–14
1996Laois2–11Kerry1–11
1995Westmeath1–10Derry0–11
1994Kerry0–16Galway1–07
1993Cork2–07Meath0–09
1992Meath2–05Armagh0–10
1991Cork1–09Mayo1–07
1990Meath2–11Kerry2–09
1989Derry3–09Offaly1–06
1988Kerry2–05Dublin0–05
1987Down1–12Cork1–05
1986Galway3–08Cork2–07
1985Mayo3–03Cork0–09
1984Dublin1–09Tipperary0–04
1983Derry0–08Cork1–03
1982Dublin1–11Kerry1–05
1981Cork4–09Derry2–07
1980Kerry3–12Derry0–11
1979Dublin0–10Kerry1–06
1978Mayo4–09Dublin3–08
1977Down2–06Meath0–04
1976Galway1–10Cork0–06
1975Kerry1–10Tyrone0–04
1974Cork1–10Mayo1–06
1973Tyrone2–11Kildare1–06
1972Cork3–11Tyrone2–11
1971Mayo2–15Cork2–07
1970Galway1–08, 1–11 (R)Kerry2–05, 1–10 (R)
1969Cork2–07Derry0–11
1968Cork3–05Sligo1–10
1967Cork5–14Laois2–03
1966Mayo1–12Down1–08
1965Derry2–08Kerry2–04
1964Offaly0–15Cork1–11
1963Kerry1–10Westmeath0–02
1962Kerry6–05Mayo0–07
1961Cork3–07Mayo0–05
1960Galway4–09Cork1–05
1959Dublin0–11Cavan1–04
1958Dublin2–10Mayo0–08
1957Meath3–09Armagh0–04
1956Dublin5–14Leitrim2–02
1955Dublin4–04Tipperary2–07
1954Dublin3–03Kerry1–08
1953Mayo2–11Clare1–06
1952Galway2–09Cavan1–06
1951Roscommon2–07Armagh1–05
1950Kerry3–06Wexford1–04
1949Armagh1–07Kerry1–05
1948Tyrone0–11Dublin1–05
1947Tyrone4–04Mayo4–03
1946Kerry3–07Dublin2–03
1945Dublin4–07Leitrim0–04
1944
1943
1942
1941Roscommon3–06Louth0–07
1940Louth5–05Mayo2–07
1939Roscommon1–09Monaghan1–07
1938Cavan3–03Kerry0–08
1937Cavan1–11Wexford1–05
1936Louth5–01Kerry1–08
1935Mayo1–06Tipperary1–01
1934Tipperary *
1933Kerry4–01Mayo0–09
1932Kerry3–08Laois1–03
1931Kerry3–04Louth0–04
1930Dublin1–03Mayo0–05
1929Clare5–03Longford3–05
  • 1934 Semi-finalists Dublin and Tyrone were disqualified – Tipperary were awarded the title

References

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  3. "Cups & Trophies | the Official Website of the GAA".
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