2019 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
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.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 April – 1 September 2019 |
| Teams | 32 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (11th win) |
| Captain | Conor Corbett |
| Manager | Bobbie O'Dwyer |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Galway |
| Captain | Jonathan McGrath |
| Manager | Dónal Ó Fátharta |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Monaghan |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 68 |
| Top Scorer | Tomo Culhane |
| Player of the Year | Conor Corbett |
← 2018 2020 → | |
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.