The 1936 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the eighth staging of the
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional ...
's premier
inter-county Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
tournament for boys under the age of 18.
Mayo Mayo often refers to:
* Mayonnaise, often shortened to "mayo"
* Mayo Clinic, a medical center in Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Mayo may also refer to:
Places
Antarctica
* Mayo Peak, Marie Byrd Land
Australia
* Division of Mayo, an Aust ...
entered the championship as
defending champions.
On 27 September 1936,
Louth Louth may refer to:
Australia
*Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia
* Louth, New South Wales, a town
*Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia
**Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality
Canada
* Louth, Ontario
Ireland
* County ...
won the championship following a 5-01 to 1-08 defeat of
Kerry
Kerry or Kerri may refer to:
* Kerry (name), a given name and surname of Gaelic origin (including a list of people with the name)
Places
* Kerry, Queensland, Australia
* County Kerry, Ireland
** Kerry Airport, an international airport in County ...
in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.
The victorious Louth team included several players from neighbouring counties who were boarding pupils at
St. Mary's College, then the dominant side in
Louth minor football. One of the boarders was captain Larry 'Lal' McEntee from
Nobber,
County Meath
County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the sou ...
, whose nephew
Dr. Gerry McEntee won the
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in both
1987
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and
1988
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with
Meath.
Results
Connacht Minor Football Championship
The Connacht Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18 until 2017, now under-17) in the province of C ...
Final
Munster Minor Football Championship
Final
Leinster Minor Football Championship
The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 ...
Final
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, GK, , 1, , Aloysius Lynn (
St. Mary's College)
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, RCB, , 2, , Pat Tuite (
Dundalk Gaels)
, -
, FB, , 3, , Leo Burns (
Dundalk Young Irelands)
, -
, LCB, , 4, , Frank Rock (
St. Mary's College)
, -
, RHB, , 5, , Peter Killen (
Cooley Kickhams)
, -
, CHB, , 6, , Larry Waller (
Dowdallshill)
, -
, LHB, , 7, , Vincent O'Dowda (
Dundalk Young Irelands)
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, MF, , 8, , Donal Brady (
St. Mary's College)
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, MF, , 9, , Michael Campbell (
Cooley Kickhams)
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, RHF, , 10, , James Reilly (
Wolfe Tones)
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, CHF, , 11, , Steve Gaughran (
Dundalk Gaels)
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, LHF, , 12, , Larry McEntee (
St. Mary's College) (
c)
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, RCF, , 13, , Jim Cunningham (
Dundalk Young Irelands)
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, FF, , 14, , Jim McArdle (
Dundalk Gaels)
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, LCF, , 15, , Gerry Hall (
Dundalk Gaels)
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, colspan=3, Substitutes:
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, , , 16, , Kevin O'Dowda (
St. Mary's College) for Reilly
Ulster Minor Football Championship
Final
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Semi-Finals
Final (
Croke Park
Croke Park ( ga, Páirc an Chrócaigh, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and he ...
,
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
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, GK, , 1, , Aloysius Lynn (
St. Mary's College)
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, RCB, , 2, , Pat Tuite (
Dundalk Gaels)
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, FB, , 3, , Leo Burns (
Dundalk Young Irelands)
, -
, LCB, , 4, , Frank Rock (
St. Mary's College)
, -
, RHB, , 5, , Michael Cunningham (
Wolfe Tones)
, -
, CHB, , 6, , Larry Waller (
Dowdallshill)
, -
, LHB, , 7, , Vincent O'Dowda (
Dundalk Young Irelands)
, -
, MF, , 8, , Donal Brady (
St. Mary's College)
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, MF, , 9, , Eugene McGrath (
Cooley Kickhams)
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, RHF, , 10, , James Reilly (
Wolfe Tones)
, -
, CHF, , 11, , Kevin O'Dowda (
St. Mary's College)
, -
, LHF, , 12, , Larry McEntee (
St. Mary's College) (
c)
, -
, RCF, , 13, , Jim Cunningham (
Dundalk Young Irelands)
, -
, FF, , 14, , Jim McArdle (
Dundalk Gaels)
, -
, LCF, , 15, , Gerry Hall (
Dundalk Gaels)
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, colspan=3, Substitutes:
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, , , 16, , Jim Quigley (
Dundalk Young Irelands) for Michael Cunningham
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, GK, , 1, , P. Kennedy (Dingle)
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, RCB, , 2, , G. Teehan (Keel)
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, FB, , 3, ,
J. Keohane (Tralee)
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, LCB, , 4, , P. Dowling (Ardfert)
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, RHB, , 5, , C. O'Sullivan (Tralee)
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, CHB, , 6, ,
W. Casey (Dingle)
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, LHB, , 7, , T. Healy (Tralee)
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, MF, , 8, , D. Healy (Tralee)
, -
, MF, , 9, ,
T. O'Connor (Dingle) (
c)
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, RHF, , 10, , P. Sexton (Killarney)
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, CHF, , 11, , T. O'Sullivan (Dingle)
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, LHF, , 12, , T. Lyne (Killarney)
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, RCF, , 13, , P. Breen (Castleisland)
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, FF, , 14, , T. Scannell (Ardfert)
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, LCF, , 15, , T. Brosnan (Dingle)
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References
{{All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship