1991 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1991 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 60th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1929.
Championship details | |
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Dates | 4 May - 15 September 1991 |
Teams | 32 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Cork (8th win) |
Captain | Alan McCarthy |
Manager | Éamonn Ryan |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Mayo |
Captain | Ronan Golding |
Manager | Martin Carney |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Kildare |
Ulster | Donegal |
Connacht | Mayo |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 33 |
Top Scorer | Podsie O'Mahony (0-27) |
← 1990 1992 → |
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in a Leinster first round replay.
The All-Ireland final was played on 15 September 1991 between Cork and Mayo, in what was their first meeting in a final in six years. Cork won the match by 1-09 to 1-07 to claim their eighth championship title overall and their first title since 1981.
Cork's Podsie O'Mahony was the championship's top scorer with 0-27.
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