1925 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersLouth (1st win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upMayo
Provincial Champions
MunsterClare
LeinsterLouth
UlsterArmagh
ConnachtMayo
1924
1926

The 1925 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 8th staging of the championship since its establishment by the GAA in 1912.

The competition format saw the four provincial champions face off in two semi-finals, the winners of which then contested the All-Ireland final.

The title match at Croke Park on 20 June 1926 ended in a one-point victory for Louth over the Connacht champions Mayo, on a scoreline of 2–06 to 2–05.

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

13 September Final Clare 0–06 - 0–05 Cork Killarney

Ulster Junior Football Championship

25 October Final Armagh 2–03 - 2–01 Cavan St Tiernach's Park, Clones

Connacht Junior Football Championship

15 November Final Mayo 3–05 - 1–00 Leitrim Roscommon

Leinster Junior Football Championship

1 November[1] Final Louth 1-03 0-04 Dublin Navan
GK1Nick Hughes (Isles of the Sea)
RCB2Tom Rath (Castlebellingham)
FB3George Mandeville (Con Colberts)
LCB4Mickey McKeown (Larks)
RHB5Johnny Murray (Wolfe Tones)
CHB6John Tuite (Castlebellingham)
LHB7Edward Kane (Boyne Rangers)
MF8Matty Lynch (Con Colberts)
MF9Paddy Connor (Unknowns)
RHF10John McMahon (Con Colberts)
CHF11Jack Lynch (Castlebellingham) (c)
LHF12Paddy Coleman (St Dominic's, Dundalk)
RCF13Tom Sharkey (Boyne Rangers)
FF14James Stephens (Castlebellingham)
LCF15Michael Quilton (St Dominic's, Dundalk)

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

Semi-Finals

4 April 1926[2] Louth 1-06 1-03 Armagh Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
6 June 1926[3] Mayo 1-04 1-02 Clare Croke Park, Dublin

All-Ireland Final

20 June 1926[4] Louth 2-06 2-05 Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
GK1Nick Hughes (Isles of the Sea)
RCB2Michael Tuite (Dillons)
FB3Tom Rath (Castlebellingham)
LCB4Mickey McKeown (Larks)
RHB5Edward Kane (Boyne Rangers)
CHB6John Halligan (Larks)
LHB7Joe Heaney (Ardee)
MF8Matty Lynch (Con Colberts)
MF9Johnny Murray (Wolfe Tones)
RHF10John Trainor (Dillons)
CHF11Jack Lynch (Castlebellingham) (c)
LHF12Frank Pentony (Wolfe Tones)
RCF13John McMahon (Con Colberts)
FF14Pat Butterly (Castlebellingham)
LCF15Bill Doyle (Boyne Rangers)

References

  1. Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
  2. "Drogheda's new Athletic Grounds". Meath Herald. 10 April 1926.
  3. "All-Ireland Semi-Final-Mayo defeat Clare". Ballina Herald. 10 June 1926.
  4. "Junior Football - Great struggle for the title". Evening Herald. 21 June 1926.
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