The 1967 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 36th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the

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's premier inter-county

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tournament for boys under the age of 18.

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entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by

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in the Connacht final. On 24 September 1967,

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won the championship following a 5-14 to 2-3 defeat of

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in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in six championship seasons.

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 ...

Connacht quarter-final

Connacht semi-finals

Connacht final

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Leinster first round

Leinster second round

Leinster quarter-finals

Leinster semi-finals

Leinster final

Munster Minor Football Championship

Munster quarter-finals

Munster semi-finals

Munster final

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Ulster preliminary round

Ulster quarter-finals

Ulster semi-finals

Ulster final

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

achieve the double for the first time in their history, after earlier winning the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.

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, Jimmy Barrett and Simon Murphy claim winners' medals in both All-Ireland victories.

References

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