Blast from the Past – Part 10 – Minor Championship

Minor Football Championship

Part 10 looks at the Minor Championships from 1929.

Year — Winners — Runners-up

  • 1929 — Ballinamore —
  • 1933 — Fenagh —
  • 1934 — Carrigallen — Carrick-on-Shannon
  • 1935 — Ballinamore — Gorvagh
  • 1936 — Tully — Fenagh
  • 1937–1942 — No evidence that a Minor Championship was run during those years except in 1937, when there is no result for the final between Ballinamore and Fenagh.
  • 1943 — Eslin — Fenagh
  • 1944 — Cloone — Ballinamore
  • 1945 — Aughavas —
  • 1946 — Ballinamore — Mohill
  • 1947 — Ballinamore — Annaduff
  • 1948 — Bornacoola — Aughavas
  • 1949 — Ballinamore — Bornacoola
  • 1950 — Fenagh 2-7 — Bornacoola 2-5
  • 1951 — Fenagh — Cloone
  • 1952 — Ballinamore (won by Aughavas but lost on objection)
  • 1953 — Jamestown —
  • 1954 — Mohill —
  • 1955 — (Won by St Joseph’s, Leitrim Village, but lost on objection)
  • 1956 — Mohill — Dromahair
  • 1957 — Aughavas — Manorhamilton
  • 1958 — Ballinamore — Manorhamilton
  • 1959 — Ballinamore — Melvin Gaels
  • 1960 — Ballinamore — Dromahair
  • 1961 — Ballinamore —
  • 1962 — Cloone — Manorhamilton
  • 1963 — Cloone — Manorhamilton
  • 1964 — Gortletteragh — Manorhamilton
  • 1965 — Carrick-on-Shannon 2-5 — Manorhamilton 0-5
  • 1966 — Drumshanbo — Manorhamilton
  • 1967 — Drumshanbo — Dromahair
  • 1968 — Ballinamore — Dromahair
  • 1969 — Ballinamore — Dromahair
  • 1970 — Mohill — Drumkeerin
  • 1971 — Annaduff — Drumkeerin
  • 1972 — Kiltubrid — Annaduff
  • 1973 — Kiltubrid — Garadice
  • 1974 — Ballinamore — Kiltubrid
  • 1975 — Shamrock Gaels — St Manachan’s
  • 1976 — Ballinamore — Shamrock Gaels
  • 1977 — Ballinamore — Garadice Gaels
  • 1978 — Ballinamore — Lough Rynn Ógaels
  • 1979 — Lough Rynn Ógaels — Ballinamore
  • 1980 — Garadice Gaels — Carrick-on-Shannon
  • 1981 — Eastern Harps — Carrick-on-Shannon
  • 1982 — St Francis — Glencar/Manor
  • 1983 — St Manachan’s — Belhavel Gaels
  • 1984 — Ballinamore — Aughnasheelin
  • 1985 — Ballinamore 3-10 — St Manachan’s 1-10
  • 1986 — St Manachan’s 2-11 — Carrick-on-Shannon 1-10
  • 1987 — St Francis 2-7 — Carrick-on-Shannon 1-5 — Replay
  • 1988 — Carrick-on-Shannon 0-12 — St Joseph’s 0-5
  • 1989 — St Joseph’s 2-10 — Oughteragh Gaels 0-5
  • 1990 — St Francis 2-9 — St Mary’s 1-8
  • 1991 — St Mary’s 2-15 — St Francis 1-6
  • 1992 — St Mary’s 3-5 — Oughteragh Gaels 2-7
  • 1993 — Oughteragh Gaels 2-6 — St Mary’s 0-3
  • 1994 — St Francis 3-11 — Garadice Gaels 3-10
  • 1995 — St Mary’s 2-7 — Ballinamore 0-4
  • 1996 — St Joseph’s 2-10 — St Mary’s 1-12
  • 1997 — Mohill 5-9 — Northern Ógaels 1-6
  • 1998 — Bornacoola 3-10 — Mohill 3-8
  • 1999 — St Francis 2-7 — Mohill 0-7
  • 2000 — GlenManor Gaels 2-5 — Garadice Gaels 1-6 (Replay)
  • 2001 — St Mary’s 3-10 — St Francis 0-9
  • 2002 — Oughteragh Gaels 3-7 — Garadice Gaels 0-4
  • 2003 — Mohill 2-15 — St Francis 2-6
  • 2004 — Mohill 0-12 — St Mary’s 2-3
  • 2005 — —

Amalgamations since 1975: Shamrock Gaels = Drumshanbo/Dromahair/Drumkeerin; St Manachan’s = Mohill/Eslin; Garadice Gaels = Aughawillan/Drumreilly; Lough Rynn Ógaels = Mohill/Gortletteragh; Eastern Harps = Fenagh/Cloone; St Francis = Drumshanbo/Ballinaglera (plus Drumkeerin to 1987); Belhavel Gaels = Dromahair/Drumkeerin; St Joseph’s = Cloone/Aughavas (sometimes Carrigallen); Northern Ógaels = Glencar/Manor/Glenfarne.

Minor “B” Championship (13-a-side, started 1990)

  • 1990 — Kiltubrid 6-6 — Carrigallen 2-8 (2nd replay)
  • 1991 — Kiltubrid 2-9 — Dromahair 0-10
  • 1992 — Fenagh 2-17 — Drumkeerin 1-7
  • 1993 — Drumkeerin 1-14 — Fenagh 1-5
  • 1994 — Drumkeerin 0-13 — Annaduff 1-7
  • 1995 — Kiltubrid 2-14 — Aughnasheelin 0-7
  • 1996 — Bornacoola 0-16 — Gortletteragh 2-6
  • 1997 — Bornacoola 3-14 — Fenagh 1-8
  • 1998 — Gortletteragh 1-9 — Annaduff 0-4
  • 1999 — Gortletteragh 3-11 — Drumkeerin 0-10
  • 2000 — Gortletteragh 1-12 — Kiltubrid 0-11
  • 2001 — Kiltubrid 1-11 — Drumkeerin 1-2
  • 2002 — Dromahair 0-15 — Cloone 0-10
  • 2003 — Carrigallen 0-11 — Aughavas 0-9
  • 2004 — Drumkeerin 2-7 — Melvin Gaels —
  • 2005 — —

Minor “C” Championship (9-a-side, started 2004)

  • 2004 — Aughavas 0-11 — Bornacoola 1-6
  • 2005 — —

Compiled by Seán Ó Súilleabháin; web format — PRO.