Leinster Minor Football Championship


The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA congress on 26 February 2016.
The current Leinster champions are Kildare. The Leinster minor football championship is known as Fr. Larry Murray Trophy. The Cup is named after Fr. Larry Murray who was an underage GAA mentor in both Louth and Armagh, hence the Ulster Minor Football Championship is also named after Fr. Larry Murray.

History

Longford won in the first year of the Leinster Minor Championship in 1929 in Navan, Co. Meath. They beat Dublin in the final by a scoreline of 3–04 to 1–04 in the final. Longford went on to reach the All-Ireland final that year but failed to beat Clare Minor football team in the final of the series.

Performance by county

CountyWinsYears wonRunners-upYears runner-up
1 Dublin331930, 1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956,
1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981,
1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011,
2012, 2014, 2017		151929, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2019.
2 Meath111957, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2018141946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2002, 2011, 2012.
3= Kildare91973, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019131934, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1980, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018
3= Laois91932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 200771933, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2016
5 Louth81931, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 195381932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1958, 1960, 1971, 2017
6 Offaly61947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989121948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1985, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010.
7 Westmeath51939, 1952, 1963, 1995, 200051951, 1982, 1984, 1992, 2013
8 Longford41929, 1938, 2002, 201031930, 1974, 2015
9 Wexford31937, 1950, 196971931, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1978, 1994, 1999
10 Wicklow1197431952, 1993, 1997
11 Carlow12007

The following counties have never won a Leinster minor football title:
County
Kilkenny, Carlow

All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upScoreVenueWinning Captain-
19291Longford3–04Dublin1–04Navan-
1930Dublin1–06Longford0–04Mullingar-
1931Louth1–05Wexford0–03Croke Park, Dublin-
1932Laois3–02Louth1–07Croke Park, Dublin-
1933Dublin3–07Laois0–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1934Dublin0–05Kildare0–02Naas-
1935Louth1–07Dublin1–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1936Louth3–06Wexford2–01Croke Park, Dublin-
1937Wexford2–07Louth2–05Croke Park, Dublin-
1938Longford3–06Louth2–08Croke Park, Dublin-
1939Westmeath1–02Louth0–02Croke Park, Dublin-
1940Louth3–05Kildare1–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1941Louth4–04Wexford1–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1942Louth5–10Kildare0–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1943No competition-
1944No competition-
1945Dublin3–05Wexford1–00Portlaoise-
1946Dublin4–06Meath0–03Navan-
1947Offaly1–07, 1–07 Dublin1–07, 1–05 Croke Park, Dublin R Mullingar-
1948Dublin2–05Offaly1–06Naas-
1949Dublin3–10Kildare1–05Portlaoise-
1950Wexford3–06Dublin2–08Croke Park, Dublin-
1951Louth3–09Westmeath2–05Croke Park, Dublin-
1952Westmeath3–14Wicklow3–03Croke Park, Dublin-
1953Louth1–06Kildare0–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1954Dublin2–07Meath0–11Croke Park, Dublin-
1955Dublin2–11Meath1–04Croke Park, Dublin-
1956Dublin1–10Meath1–09Croke Park, Dublin-
1957Meath0–08Offaly0–05Mullingar-
1958Dublin2–10Louth1–06Navan-
1959Dublin3–13Offaly1–07Tullamore-
1960Offaly1–12Louth1–05Croke Park, Dublin-
1961Dublin2–08Offaly1–08Portlaoise-
1962Offaly2–08Dublin1–04Croke Park, Dublin-
1963Westmeath2–14Dublin3–07Tullamore-
1964Offaly1–07Laois1–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1965Offaly2–11Kildare1–05Croke Park, Dublin-
1966Laois1–10Offaly0–07Croke Park, Dublin-
1967Laois1–08Dublin2–04Newbridge-
1968Dublin1–11Laois0–08Croke Park, Dublin-
1969Wexford0–11Dublin0–07Carlow-
1970Dublin2–08Meath0–13Croke Park, Dublin-
1971Dublin2–07Louth0–04Croke Park, Dublin-
1972Meath3–08Dublin1–10Croke Park, Dublin-
1973Kildare4–11Laois0–10Croke Park, Dublin-
1974Wicklow5–06Longford1–09Croke Park, Dublin-
1975Kildare2–09Meath3–05Croke Park, Dublin-
1976Dublin2–08Offaly0–13Croke Park, Dublin-
1977Meath1–07Dublin0–09Croke Park, Dublin-
1978Dublin3–12Wexford0–11Croke Park, Dublin-
1979Dublin2–13Meath0–08Croke Park, Dublin-
1980Meath1–12Kildare1–09Croke Park, Dublin-
1981Dublin1–08Meath0–09Croke Park, Dublin-
1982Dublin0–10Westmeath0–04Croke Park, Dublin-
1983Kildare1–11Meath1–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1984Dublin0–12Westmeath1–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1985Meath0–11Offaly1–04Croke Park, Dublin-
1986Dublin2–16Meath0–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1987Kildare0–13Dublin2–05Croke Park, Dublin-
1988Dublin4–06Meath0–08Croke Park, Dublin-
1989Offaly2–11Kildare0–07Croke Park, Dublin-
1990Meath1–19Kildare1–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1991Kildare2–08Dublin0–12Croke Park, Dublin-
1992Meath1–08Westmeath1–05Tullamore-
1993Meath1–16Wicklow3–03Croke Park, Dublin-
1994Dublin2–12Wexford2–06Croke Park, Dublin-
1995Westmeath0–12, 3–12, 3–06, 1–10 Laois1–09, 2–15, 2–09, 0–09 Croke Park, Dublin R in Tullamore-
1996Laois0–15, 2–18 Dublin2–09, 1–08 Croke Park, Dublin R in TullamoreMartin Delaney-
1997Laois2–11Wicklow0–10Croke Park, DublinKieran Kelly-
1998Laois2–09Dublin0–12Croke Park, DublinJohnny Behan-
1999Dublin1–13, 2–13 Wexford2–10, 1–12 Croke Park, Dublin CarlowNicky Cleere-
2000Westmeath2–09Dublin1–10Croke Park, Dublin-
2001Dublin1–19Offaly0–06Croke Park, Dublin-
2002Longford3–08Meath3–05Croke Park, Dublin-
2003Dublin1–11Laois1–09Croke Park, Dublin-
2004Laois0–10Kildare0–06Croke Park, DublinCraig Rogers-
2005Laois1–12Offaly1–07Croke Park, DublinRichie Ryan-
2006Meath1–16Offaly2–05Croke Park, Dublin-
2007Laois3–08Carlow1–12Croke Park, DublinSean Ramsbottom-
2008Meath1–14Offaly2–10Croke Park, Dublin-
2009Dublin1–10, 1–15 Kildare1–10, 1–10 Croke Park, Dublin Carlow-
2010Longford0–14Offaly0–08Croke Park, Dublin-
2011Dublin2–18Meath1–11Croke Park, Dublin-
2012Dublin3–17Meath1–11Croke Park, Dublin-
2013Kildare2–15Westmeath2–07Croke Park, Dublin-
2014Dublin3–16Kildare1–12Croke Park, DublinCon O'Callaghan-
2015Kildare2–15Longford1–09Croke Park, Dublin-
2016Kildare1–18Laois 0–10Croke Park, DublinBrian McLoughlin-
2017Dublin2–19Louth0–12Croke Park, DublinDonal Ryan-
2018Meath1–15Kildare1–07O'Connor Park, TullamoreMatthew Costello1st year as U17 Competition
2019Kildare2–21Dublin1–19Pairc Tailteann, NavanKevin Eustace, Aaron Browne-