The 2017
All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship was an inter-county
gaelic football
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competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland (Kilkenny did not participate). Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals.
This was the final year of the Under 21 football championship. Beginning in 2018, it was replaced by an Under 20 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.
Dublin beat
Galway by 2-13 to 2-7 in the final on 29 April.
The competition was sponsored for the third time by ''EirGrid''.
2017 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship
Quarter-final
* Galway 4-10 Leitrim 2-12 (11 March)
Semi-finals
Final
2017 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship
Preliminary round
*Meath 0-12 Westmeath 2-8 (22 February)
*Wicklow 0-9 Louth 1-13 (1 March)
*Carlow 0-8 Wexford 1-18 (22 February)
Quarter-finals
*Dublin 2-14 Westmeath 0-6 (1 March)
*Kildare 0-10 Longford 2-6 (1 March)
*Wexford 0-6 Offaly 1-6 (1 March)
*Laois 2-13 Louth 1-8 (8 March)
Semi-finals
Final
2017 Munster Under-21 Football Championship
Quarter-finals
*Kerry 1-17 Clare 2-8 (8 March)
*Limerick 0-16 Tipperary 0-14 (8 March)
Semi-finals
Final
2017 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship
Preliminary round
*Monaghan 2-16 Antrim 0-16 (8 March)
Quarter-finals
*Armagh 2-13 Down 0-12 (15 March)
*Cavan 2-19 Fermanagh 0-4 (15 March)
*Derry 3-10 Monaghan 1-11 (15 March)
*Tyrone 0-14 Donegal 0-14 (after extra-time, 15 March)
*Donegal 0-18 Tyrone 1-9 (Replay, 22 March)
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links
Full Fixtures and Results
{{All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championships
All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship