The 2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under seventeens. Thirty-two county teams from Ireland competed.
2018 was the first minor competition for under 17-year-olds – previously the competition had an under eighteen age limit. The under seventeen championship with a new format was introduced after a vote at the GAA Congress on 26 February 2016.
A league format is followed in Connacht and Leinster. Munster introduced a double league format in 2019 with the winners of an initial Phase 1 league containing weaker teams advancing to a Phase 2 league where they play in a 3-team league with Cork and Kerry. Ulster still plays a knockout championship.
The winners will receive the Tom Markham Cup.
Teams
Thirty-two teams from Ireland contested the championship. New York and London did not participate in this competition.
Competition format
Provincial Championships
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organised provincial championship. Each province decided its own rules for determining their champions. The formats for the 2019 provincial championships are explained in the sections below.
All-Ireland
The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarterfinals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are played in a single knockout format. The minor final is normally played before the All-Ireland senior final.
Provincial championships
Connacht Minor Football Championship
Connacht Format
All five Connacht counties compete in a single round robin format. The top three teams in the round robin table meet again in the Connacht semi-final and final.
The winners receive the Tom Kilcoyne Cup.
Connacht Table
Connacht League Section Rounds 1 to 5
Connacht Semi Final
Connacht Final
Leinster Minor Football Championship
Leinster Format
Leinster teams competed in 3 groups, each of 4 teams. Each team in a group plays a single match against the other teams. The first two teams in each group progress to the Leinster semi-finals.
Leinster Group 1 table
Leinster Group 1 Rounds 1 to 3
Leinster Group 2 table
Leinster Group 2 Rounds 1 to 3
Leinster Group 3 table
Leinster Group 3 Rounds 1 to 3
Leinster Quarter-Finals
Leinster Semi-Finals
Leinster Final
Munster Minor Football Championship
Munster Format
The four weakest Munster teams compete in a league known as Phase 1.
The winner of Phase 1 competes in a further league known as Phase 2
Munster Phase 1
Munster Phase 1 League Rounds 1 to 4
Phase 1 Round 1 Clare 3-15 Limerick 0-10 10/4 Newcastlewest Brendan Griffin (Kerry)
Phase 1 Round 1 Tipperary 4-13 Waterford 0-7 10/4 Sean Treacy Park Tipperary Town John Ryan (Cork)
Phase 1 Round 2 Clare 1-10 Tipperary 0-6 17/4 Cusack Park Ennis Seamus Mulvihill (Kerry)
Phase 1 Round 2 Waterford 1-7 Limerick 0-10 17/4 Fraher Field Dungarvan Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)
Phase 1 Round 3 Tipperary 0-10 Limerick 0-10 24/4 Sean Treacy Park Tipperary Town Chris Maguire (Clare)
Phase 1 Round 3 Waterford 2-7 Clare 1-9 24/4 Fraher Field Dungarvan Jonathan Hayes (Limerick)
Phase 1 Final Clare 3-12 Tipperary 0-6 8/5 LIT Gaelic Grounds Sean Joy (Kerry)
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Scores For Scores Against Score Difference Points
Clare 3 2 0 1 5-34 (49) 2-23 (29) +20 4
Tipperary 3 1 1 1 4-29 (41) 1-27 (30) +11 3
Waterford 3 1 1 1 3-21 (30) 5-32 (47) -17 3
Limerick 3 0 2 1 0-30 (30) 4-32 (44) -14 2
Munster Phase 2
Phase 2 Round 1 Kerry 3-19 Cork 1-9 7/5 Páirc Uí Rinn Alan Kissane (Waterford)
Phase 2 Round 2 Cork 3-9 Clare 0-14 15/5 Cusack Park Ennis Brendan Griffin (Kerry)
Phase 2 Round 3 Kerry 1-16 Clare 0-11 23/5 Austin Stack Park Tralee Donnacha O’Callaghan (Limerick)
2019 Munster Minor Football Championship Table Phase 2
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Scores For Scores Against Score Difference Points
Kerry 2 2 0 0 4-35 (47) 1-20 (23) +24 4
Cork 2 1 0 1 4-18 (30) 3-33 (42) -12 2
Clare 2 0 0 2 0-25 (25) 4-25 (37) -12 0
Munster Final
Ulster Minor Football Championship
For official fixtures and results see Ulster Minor Football Championship at ulstergaa.ie