The 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 24th staging of the

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ...

since its establishment by the

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in 1964.

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

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in the Munster semi-final. On 28 June 1987,

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won the championship following a 1–12 to 2–4 defeat of

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in an All-Ireland final replay. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in five championship seasons; the following players won the

Sam Maguire Cup The Sam Maguire Cup ( ga, Chorn Sam Mhic Uidhir), often referred to as Sam or The Sam , is a trophy awarded annually by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) to the team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the main competiti ...

with their county in

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Manus Boyle Manus Boyle (born 1966) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county team. He writes a column for the ''Donegal Democrat'' ("The Breaking Ball") and is a health coach. He played county football fr ...

, John Cunningham,

John Joe Doherty John Joe Doherty (born 1968) is a former Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team, later managing Donegal. Biography He won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship with Donegal. ...

Barry McGowan Barry McGowan (born 1966) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Na Cealla Beaga and the Donegal county team. As of 2009, he was working for the ESB. Inter-county McGowan won the 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship ...

and

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; Boyle scored 1–7 in the final; Sean Bonner (brother of Declan) was in the full-back line; the losing Kerry team featured

Mick Galwey Michael Joseph Galwey (born 8 October 1966) won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the Kerry Gaelic football team in 1986, as a 19-year-old, before turning to rugby union. He is thus the only winner of an "All-Ireland" in both rug ...

, who scored a goal.

Results

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;Semi-finals ;Finals

Statistics

Miscellaneous

* The All-Ireland final ended in a draw for the fifth time in the history of the championship.

References

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