2017 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship 2017
Championship details
Dates	April – 17 September 2017
Teams	31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (15th win)
Captain	David Clifford
Manager	Peter Keane
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Derry
Captain	Padraig McGrogan
Manager	Damian McErlain
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Derry
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
Player of the Year	David Clifford
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county gaelic football competition for under 18's. 31 county teams from Ireland competed (Kilkenny did not participate).

2017 was the final year of this competition with an under 18 age limit; an under 17 championship with a new format replaced it after a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.

The winners received the Tom Markham Cup.

Kerry won their fourth minor title in a row, defeating Derry in the final on 17 September 2017 by 6-17 to 1-08. This was the first time that any county had won four minor titles in a row.^[1]

Teams edit

Thirty one teams contested the championship as Kilkenny withdrew after competing in 2016. New York and London did not participate in this competition.

Format edit

Provincial Championships

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster organised four provincial championships. Each province determined the format for deciding their champions and it could have been a league, group, knock-out, double-elimination, etc. or a combination of these. The format for the 2017 championships are explained in the sections below.

All-Ireland

The four provincial winners play the four provincial runners-up in the All-Ireland quarter finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. The final is normally played before the All-Ireland senior final on the third Sunday in September. All these matches are knock-out.

Provincial championships edit

Connacht Minor Football Championship edit

Connacht Format edit

All five Connacht counties competed in a straight knock-out format.

Connacht Main Draw edit

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Connacht Final

Galway

1-13

Mayo

0-11

Roscommon

1-6

Galway

3-15

Galway

3-11

Sligo

0-10

Sligo

3-12

Leitrim

3-7

Connacht Quarter-final edit

Quarter-final	Mayo	0-11 - 3-15	Galway	McHale Park Referee: E O’Grady (Leitrim)
	John Gallagher 0-4f, Tommy Conory 0-2, Michael McGarry, Cathal Slattery, Kuba Callaghan, Dylan Prendergast, Mikie Conroy 0-1 each		Daniel Kenny 2-0, Evan Murphy 0-5 (0-4f), Rory Cunningham 0-3, Martin Kerrigan 1-0, Darragh Silke (0-2f) and Padraic Costello 0-2 each Matthias Barrett, Matthew Tierney (0-1f), Conor Campbell 0-1 each	McHale Park Referee: E O’Grady (Leitrim)

Connacht Semi-finals edit

28 June 2017 Semi-final	Galway	1-13 - 1-6	Roscommon	Pearse Stadium, Salthill Referee: Eamonn O’Grady (Leitrim)
	Conor Newell 1-0, Liam Boyle 0-3, Brian Harlowe, Darragh Silke, Padraic Costello (0-1f) 0-2 each, Eoin McFadden, Matthias Barrett, Evan Murphy (0-1f), Conor Campbell 0-1 each	Report	Brian Derwin 1-3 (0-2f), Ronan Dowd 0-2, Sean Henry 0-1	Pearse Stadium, Salthill Referee: Eamonn O’Grady (Leitrim)

28 June 2017 Semi-final	Sligo	3-12 - 3-7	Leitrim	Markievicz Park Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)
	Red Og Murphy 1-2 (0-2f), Conall Ryan 0-4, Evan Lavin and Ryan Walsh 1-1 each, Luke Towey 0-2, Barry Gorman and Roland Anderson 0-1	Report	Oisin McLoughlin 2-1 (0-1f), Caleb Duffy 0-3, Jordan Reynolds 1-0, Evan Harkin, Aaron Hoare, Riordan O'Rourke (0-1f) 0-1 each	Markievicz Park Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)

Connacht final edit

10 July 2016 2.00 PM Final	Galway	3-11 - 0-10	Sligo	Pearse Stadium Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)
	Darragh Silke 0-4 (0-3f), Padraic Costello 1-1, Conor Campbell and Daniel Kenny 1-0, Matthias Barrett 0-2, Liam Boyle, Evan Murphy, Martin Kerrigan, Rory Cunningham	Report	Red Og Murphy (0-2f) and Conall Ryan 0-3 each, Niall Colsh, Barry Gorman, Luke Towey, Ryan Walsh 0-1 each	Pearse Stadium Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)

Leinster Minor Football Championship edit

Leinster Format edit

Preliminary round

The eleven participating Leinster teams competed in six matches in the preliminary round of the main draw, with (Offaly) playing two matches due to the odd number of teams.

Losers section

The six beaten teams entered the losers' section and played four play-off matches. Two teams then re-entered the main draw at the quarter-final stage. From the quarter-finals all matches were played under a straight knock-out format.

Leinster Main Draw edit

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Leinster Final

Offaly

3-18

Wexford

0-6

Rd 1 winner

Offaly

0-13

Westmeath

1-4

QF winner

Longford

1-19

QF winner

Wicklow

3-8

Rd 1 winner

Carlow

0-9

Kildare

2-13

Dublin

1-15
aet

Meath

1-13
aet

Rd 1 winner

Laois

0-15
aet

Louth

2-11
aet

QF winner

Rd 1 winner

Leinster Losers' Section Matches edit

The six beaten teams in the preliminary round of the main draw play-off in three matches. Three teams from the losers' section re-enter the main draw at the quarter-final stage.

Losers Round 1

Leinster Quarter-finalists**

Final

Wexford

2-14

Wicklow

3-7

Quarter-finalist in Main Draw

n/a

Meath

0-10

Quarter-finalist in Main Draw

n/a

Laois

0-11

Westmeath

0-17

Carlow

2-12

Quarter-finalist in Main Draw

n/a

Leinster First round edit

17 April 2017 Preliminary round	Wexford	0-6 - 3-18	Offaly	Enniscorthy Referee: Seamus Mulhare
	Jamie Myler (0-2f) and Mick Molloy (0-2f) 0-2 each, Eoin Porter and David Gouldson 0-1 each	Report	Cian Johnston 2-5, Cian Farrell 1-3 (0-3f), Conor Lynam 0-4 (0-1f), Mark Newman 0-2, Adam Owens, Sean Ibbotson, Sean Farrell, Nathan Poland 0-1 each	Enniscorthy Referee: Seamus Mulhare

22 April 2017 First round	Carlow	0-9 - 2-13	Kildare	Dr. Cullen Park Referee: David O'Connor
		Report		Dr. Cullen Park Referee: David O'Connor

22 April 2017 First round	Longford	1-19 - 3-8	Wicklow	Pearse Park Referee: James King
		Report		Pearse Park Referee: James King

22 April 2017 First round	Offaly	0-13 - 1-4	Westmeath	O'Connor Park Referee: Stephen Murphy
		Report		O'Connor Park Referee: Stephen Murphy

22 April 2017 First round	Dublin	1-15 - 1-13 AET	Meath	Parnell Park Referee: Patrick Maguire
	James Doran 1-5, Ciaran Archer 0-6 (0-1f), Ross McGarry 0-2 (0-1f), Donal Ryan and Mark Tracey 0-1 each	Report [1]	Shane Walsh 0-6 (0-3f), Conor Freyne 1-1, Jordan Morris 0-3, Adam Murphy, Sean Martin and Paddy Conway 0-1 each	Parnell Park Referee: Patrick Maguire

22 April 2017 First round	Laois	0-15 - 2-11 AET	Louth	O'Moore Park Referee: Niall Ward
		Report		O'Moore Park Referee: Niall Ward

Leinster Losers Section edit

6 May 2017 Losers Section	Wexford	2-14 - 3-7	Wicklow	Wexford Park Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
				Wexford Park Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)

6 May 2017 Losers Section	Meath	0-10 - 0-11	Laois	Páirc Tailteann Referee: David Hickey (Carlow)
				Páirc Tailteann Referee: David Hickey (Carlow)

7 May 2017 Losers Section	Westmeath	0-17 - 2-12	Carlow	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)
				Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: Fergal Smyth (Offaly)

Leinster Quarter-finals edit

Quarter-final	Dublin	6-12 - 0-5	Longford	Parnell Park Referee: Seamus Mulhaire (Laois)
	Ross McGarry 2-2, James Doran 1-2, Seán Hawkshaw and Adam Byrne 1-1 each, James Madden 1-0, Eoin O'Dea and Niall O'Leary 0-2 each, Darragh Conlon and David Lacey 0-1 each	Report	Dylan Farrell 0-2f, Joseph Hagan, Shane Farrell, Robbie O’Connell 0-1 each	Parnell Park Referee: Seamus Mulhaire (Laois)

Quarter-final	Kildare	1-14 - 2-6	Laois	Newbridge Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Darragh Ryan 1-2, David Kelly 0-5f, Shane O'Sullivan (0-1f) and Darragh Kirwan (0-1f) 0-2 each, James Carey, Ger Cunningham, David Foley 0-1 each	Report	Ciaran Comerford 1-1, Niall Dunne 1-0, Mark Barry 0-2, Alan Kinsella, Diarmuid Whelan (0-1f), Jack Owens 0-1 each	Newbridge Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)

Quarter-final	Louth	0-15 - 1-11	Offaly	Drogheda Park Referee: David Hickey
				Drogheda Park Referee: David Hickey

Quarter-final	Carlow	2-8 - 1-12	Wexford	Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Stephen Murphy
				Dr. Cullen Park Referee: Stephen Murphy

Leinster Semi-finals edit

Semi-final	Wexford	2-15 - 4-10	Louth	Wexford Park
				Wexford Park

Semi-final	Kildare	0-14 - 1-16	Dublin	St. Conleth's Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)
	Darragh Kirwan 0-4, Jack Barrett 0-3f, Shane O’Sullivan 0-2, Darragh Ryan, Brian McDonnell, James Burke, Findlay Nairn and Jack Cully 0-1 each	Report	Ross McGarry 1-2 (0-2f), David Lacey 0-5 (0-1f), Sean Hawkshaw 0-3, Donal Ryan and Daniel Brennan 0-2 each, James Doran and Ciaran Archer 0-1 each	St. Conleth's Park Referee: John Hickey (Carlow)

Leinster final edit

16 July 2017 2.00 pm Final	Dublin	2-19 - 0-12	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Patrick Maguire (Longford) Man of the Match: Kieran Kennedy
	James Doran 1-1, David Lacey 0-4 (0-1f, 1 '45), James Madden 1-0, Ross McGarry 0-3, Eoin O'Dea, Sean Hawkshaw, Ciaran Archer (0-1f) 0-2 each, Kieran Kennedy, Mark Tracey, Daniel Brennan, Adam Byrne, Luke Doran 0-1 each	Report	Ciaran Keenan (0-5f) and John Gallagher (0-3f, 1 '45) 0-5 each, Liam Jackson and Ferghal Malone 0-1 each


GK	1	David O'Hanlon (Na Fianna)
RCB	2	Darren Maher (St Patrick's, Donabate)
FB	3	Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne (Cuala)
LCB	4	Liam Flatman (Kilmacud Crokes)
RHB	5	Kieran Kennedy (Ballyboden St Enda's)
CHB	6	Neil Matthews (Erin's Isle)
LHB	7	Eoin O'Dea (Na Fianna)
MF	8	Mark Tracey (Cuala)
MF	9	Donal Ryan (Na Fianna) (c)
RHF	10	Daniel Brennan (St Sylvester's)
CHF	11	James Doran (Na Fianna)
LHF	12	James Madden (Ballyboden St Enda's)
RCF	13	Ross McGarry (Ballyboden St Enda's)
FF	14	Seán Hawkshaw (Naomh Mearnóg)
LCF	15	David Lacey (Na Fianna)
Substitutes:
	16	Adam Byrne (Naomh Ólaf) for Brennan
	17	Ciarán Archer (St Maur's) for Lacey
	18	Aaron Lynch (St Sylvester's) for Maher
	19	Luke Doran (Naomh Ólaf) for O'Dea
	20	Karl Lynch Bissett (Naomh Mearnóg) for Tracey
	21	Eoghan Joyce (Ballinteer St John's) for Hawkshaw


GK	1	Alan McGauley (St Mary's)
RCB	2	Alan Connor (Newtown Blues)
FB	3	Philip Trainor (St Mary's)
LCB	4	Dan Corcoran (Geraldines)
RHB	5	Leonard Grey (St Patrick's)
CHB	6	Eoghan Callaghan (Naomh Máirtin) (c)
LHB	7	James O'Reilly (Cooley Kickhams)
MF	8	Liam Jackson (St Mary's)
MF	9	Conor Morgan (Naomh Máirtin)
RHF	10	Ben Mooney (Geraldines)
CHF	11	Gerry Garland (St Mochta's)
LHF	12	Ciaran Keenan (St Mary's)
RCF	13	Fearghal Malone (Cooley Kickhams)
FF	14	John Gallagher (John Mitchels)
LCF	15	Conor Gillespie (St Mary's)
Substitutes:
	16	Adam Molloy (Na Piarsaigh/Blackrock) for McGauley
	17	Conor Nicholson (Dundalk Gaels) for Malone
	18	Shane Hickey (Mattock Rangers) for Morgan
	19	Nicky Browne (St Mochta's) for Mooney
	20	Shane Byrne (Roche Emmets) for Gillespie
	21	Keelan O'Neill (Glen Emmets) for Garland
	21	Dean McGreehan (Cooley Kickhams) for Grey

Munster Minor Football Championship edit

Munster Format edit

All six Munster teams competed in the three quarter-finals of the main draw. The three beaten teams entered the play-off section and, after two play-off matches, one team re-entered the main draw at the semi-final stage. From the semi-finals all matches followed a knock-out format.

Munster Main Draw edit

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Munster Final

Tipperary

1-8

Cork

3-21

Cork

1-10

Kerry

2-16

2-17

1-6

2-21

0-3

0-12

Limerick

1-10

Clare

3-13

Waterford

0-9

Munster Playoff Rounds 1 and 2 edit

The three beaten teams in the quarter-finals of the main draw competed in a play-off in two matches. The winning team from the play-offs re-entered the main draw at the semi-final stage.

Playoff 1		Playoff 2

Clare	5-11
Waterford	0-6	Clare	0-10
		Tipperary	0-5

Munster Quarter-finals edit

12 April 2017 Quarter-final	Tipperary	1-8 - 3-21	Cork	Semple Stadium Referee: Richard Moloney (Limerick)
		Report		Semple Stadium Referee: Richard Moloney (Limerick)

12 April 2017 Quarter-final	Kerry	2-16 - 1-6	Clare	Austin Stack Park Referee: David Murnane (Cork)
		Report		Austin Stack Park Referee: David Murnane (Cork)

12 April 2017 Quarter-final	Limerick	1-10 - 0-9	Waterford	Gaelic Grounds Referee: David Grogan (Tipperary)
		Report		Gaelic Grounds Referee: David Grogan (Tipperary)

Munster Semi-finals edit

10 May 2017 Semi-final	Cork	1-10 - 2-17	Kerry	Pairc Ui Rinn
		Report		Pairc Ui Rinn

10 May 2017 Semi-final	Limerick	0-12 - 3-13	Clare	Gaelic Grounds
		Report		Gaelic Grounds

Munster final edit

2 July 2017

1:00 pm

Final

Kerry	2-21 - 0-3	Clare
	Report

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Referee: David Murnane (Cork)

Ulster Minor Football Championship edit

Ulster Format edit

All nine Ulster teams competed with the fixtures mirroring the senior fixtures i.e. if Derry are drawn to play Tyrone in their first match in the senior championship then Derry minors play Tyrone minors in their first match. Often the minor teams played immediately before the seniors. All matches followed a knock-out format.

The winners receive the Fr. Murray Cup.

Ulster Main Draw edit

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Ulster Final

3-17

0-9

0-18

1-14

2-22

1-12

2-7

0-15

Ulster Preliminary round edit

First round	Monaghan	1-17 - 2-7	Fermanagh	St. Tiernach's Park Referee: Stephen Campbell
				St. Tiernach's Park Referee: Stephen Campbell

Ulster Quarter-finals edit

21 May 2017 Quarter-final	Donegal	2-14 - 0-21	Antrim	MacCumhaill Park Referee: Paul McKeever
				MacCumhaill Park Referee: Paul McKeever

28 May 2017 Quarter-final	Derry	0-18 - 1-14	Tyrone	Celtic Park
		Report		Celtic Park

28 May 2017 Quarter-final	Cavan	3-14 - 1-15	Monaghan	Breffni Park
				Breffni Park

4 June 2017 Quarter-final	Down	2-13 - 2-11	Armagh	Páirc Esler
				Páirc Esler

Ulster Semi-finals edit

18 June 2017 12:00 pm Semi-final	Derry	3-17 - 0-9	Antrim	St Tiernach's Park, Clones
				St Tiernach's Park, Clones

24 June 2017 Semi-final	Cavan	0-15 - 2-7	Down

Ulster final edit

16 July 2017 Noon Final	Derry	1-22 - 2-12	Cavan	St Tiernach's Park, Clones Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan) Man of the Match: Padraig McGrogan
	Ben McCarron 1-3, Lorcan McWillians 0-6 (0-3f), Paddy Quigg 0-4 (0-1f), Declan Cassidy 0-3, Conleth McShane, Padraig McGrogan, Oisin McWilliams (0-1f), Tiarnan McHugh, Fergal Mortimer, Alex Doherty 0-1 each	Report	Philip Rogers 1-2, James Smith 1-0, Cian Madden and Oisin Pierson (0-2f) 0-3 each, Patrick Lynch (0-1f) and John Cooke 0-2 each

All-Ireland edit

All-Ireland Main Draw edit

Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final

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All-Ireland Quarter-finals edit

The four provincial champions played the four beaten finalists from the provincial championships.

5 August

Quarter-final

Cavan	1-11 – 0-11	Galway
	Report

Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

5 August

2:00 pm

Quarter-final

Derry	1-13 – 0-15	Sligo

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

5 August

Quarter-final

Kerry	1-22 - 2-9	Louth
	Report

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

7 August

Quarter-final

Dublin	2-11 – 0-10	Clare
	Report

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

All-Ireland Semi-finals edit

There was no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensures that a provinces's champions play the champions of all the other provinces once every three years in the semi-finals, if they each win their quarter-finals. If a provincial winner loses their quarter final, then the provincial runner-up who beat them take their place in the semi-final.

20 August 1:30 pm Semi-final	Kerry	2-22 - 2-10	Cavan	Croke Park, Dublin Man of the Match: David Clifford (Fossa)
		Report		Croke Park, Dublin Man of the Match: David Clifford (Fossa)

27 August 2:00 pm Semi-final	Dublin	0-14 - 0-17	Derry	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Sean Lonergan Man of the Match: Lorcan McWilliams (Swatragh)
	James Doran 0-6, David Lacey 0-5 (0-4f), Ross McGarry 0-2, Sean Hawshaw 0-1	Report	Paddy Quigg (0-4f) and Lorcan McWilliams (0-4f) 0-5 each, Ben McCarron 0-3 (0-2f), Oisin McWilliams, Richie Mullan, Mark McGrogan, Jon Paul Devlin 0-1 each

All-Ireland final edit

17 September

1:15 pm

Final

Kerry	6-17 – 1-8	Derry
David Clifford 4-4, Fiachra Clifford 2-0, Brian Friel 0-5 (0-1f), Dónal O’Sullivan 0-3, Jack Griffin 0-2, Adam Donoghue, Donnchadh O’Sullivan, Eddie Horan 0-1 each.	Report	Patrick Quigg 1-1 (1-0 pen), Lorcan McWilliams (0-1f), Mark McGrogan, Oisin McWilliams 0-2 each, Richie Mullan 0-1.

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)

Miscellaneous edit

Kerry win a fourth consecutive All-Ireland minor title. This is the first time this has been achieved since the beginning of the Minor Championship.
Kerry set a new record of 24 consecutive wins since their last defeat in the 2013 All-Ireland Quarter-final defeat to Tyrone.

References edit

^ "Unstoppable David Clifford announces his true brilliance in Kerry stroll". RTE Sport. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[1] "Unstoppable David Clifford announces his true brilliance in Kerry stroll". RTE Sport. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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2017 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Teams edit

Format edit

Provincial championships edit

Connacht Minor Football Championship edit

Connacht Format edit

Connacht Main Draw edit

Connacht Quarter-final edit

Connacht Semi-finals edit

Connacht final edit

Leinster Minor Football Championship edit

Leinster Format edit

Leinster Main Draw edit

Leinster Losers' Section Matches edit

Leinster First round edit

Leinster Losers Section edit

Leinster Quarter-finals edit

Leinster Semi-finals edit

Leinster final edit

Munster Minor Football Championship edit

Munster Format edit

Munster Main Draw edit

Munster Playoff Rounds 1 and 2 edit

Munster Quarter-finals edit

Munster Semi-finals edit

Munster final edit

Ulster Minor Football Championship edit

Ulster Format edit

Ulster Main Draw edit

Ulster Preliminary round edit

Ulster Quarter-finals edit

Ulster Semi-finals edit

Ulster final edit

All-Ireland edit

All-Ireland Main Draw edit

All-Ireland Quarter-finals edit

All-Ireland Semi-finals edit

All-Ireland final edit

Miscellaneous edit

See also edit

References edit