The 2019 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship was the second staging of the
All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 56th staging overall of a
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 ...
championship for players between the
minor
Minor may refer to:
* Minor (law), a person under the age of certain legal activities.
** A person who has not reached the age of majority
* Academic minor, a secondary field of study in undergraduate education
Music theory
*Minor chord
** Barb ...
and
senior
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* Senior (name), a surname ...
grades. The championship began on 22 June 2019 and ended on 3 August 2019.
Kildare
Kildare () is a town in County Kildare, Ireland. , its population was 8,634 making it the 7th largest town in County Kildare. The town lies on the R445, some west of Dublin – near enough for it to have become, despite being a regional cen ...
entered the championship as the
defending champions, however, they were beaten by
Laois
County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ...
in the Leinster Championship.
The All-Ireland final was played on 3 August 2019 at
O'Moore Park
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Portlaoise
Portlaoise ( ), or Port Laoise (), is the county town of County Laois, Ireland. It is located in the Midland Region, Ireland, South Midlands in the province of Leinster. The 2016 census shows that the town's population increased by 9.5% to 22,050 ...
, between
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
and
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 ...
, in what was their first meeting in a final in
39 years. Cork won the match by 3-16 to 1-14 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title since
2009
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.
Dublin's Ciarán Archer was the championship's top scorer with 9-35.
Results
Connacht Under-20 Football Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster Under-20 Football Championship
The Leinster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Leinster Under-20 Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Associa ...
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Under-20 Football Championship
The Munster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Munster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest ...
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Under-20 Football Championship
The Ulster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Ulster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest int ...
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Under-20 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 ...
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Top scorers overall
;Top scorers in a single game
References
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All-Ireland Under 20 Football Championship
All-Ireland (sometimes All-Island) refers to all of Ireland, as opposed to the separate jurisdictions of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. "All-Ireland" is most frequently used to refer to sporting teams or events for the entire islan ...
All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championships