The 1990 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 59th staging of the
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the
Gaelic Athletic Association
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'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.
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...
entered the championship as
defending champions, however, they were defeated by
Meath in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 16 September 1990, Meath won the championship following a 2–11 to 2–9 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 second All-Ireland title and their first title in 33 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 ...
Quarter-Final
Semi-Finals
Final
Munster Minor Football Championship
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
Ulster Minor Football Championship
Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
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 ...
Preliminary Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
Final
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Semi-Finals
Final
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
* Hugh Carolan of
Meath achieves a unique double by adding an All-Ireland medal to the
Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup
The Leinster Schools Senior Challenge Cup is the premier rugby union competition for secondary schools affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the IRFU. First held in 1887, the competition celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2007.
Attendances are ...
medal he earlier won with
Blackrock College.
References
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All-Ireland Minor Football Championship