Connacht Minor Football Championship
The Connacht Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18 until 2017, now under-17) in the province of Connacht in Ireland. It is currently sponsored by Electric Ireland and therefore officially known as the Electric Ireland Connacht GAA Football Minor Championship .
The series of games are played during the summer months with the Connacht final currently being played in July. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final .
The Connacht Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Minor Football Championship . The winners of the Connacht final, like their counterparts in the other provincial championships, are rewarded by advancing to the quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Connacht final also enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final stage.
Top winners
Team
Wins
Years won
Runners up
Years runners up
1
Mayo
41
1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022,2023, 2024.
21
1932, 1937, 1939, 1959, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2016
2
Galway
29
1932, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
21
1934, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1989, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2022
3
Roscommon
14
1939, 1941, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1975, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1992, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2020
26
1931, 1933, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1990, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021,2024.
4
Leitrim
3
1945, 1956, 1998
8
1938, 1940, 1948, 1957, 1977, 1982, 1991, 2002
Sligo
3
1949, 1968, 2021
14
1930, 1935, 1936, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1961, 1976, 1996, 1998, 2015, 2017, 2020
List of finals
All-Ireland champions
All-Ireland runners-up
Year
Winner
Score
Runners-up
Score
2022
Mayo
Galway
2021[1]
Sligo
0-19
Roscommon
0-11
2020
Roscommon
1-05
Sligo
1-02
2019
Mayo
1-18
Galway
1-17
2018
Galway
2–13
Roscommon
2-09
2017[2]
Galway
3–11
Sligo
0–10
2016[3]
Galway
1–09 (12)
Mayo
0–06 (6)
2015[4] [5] [6]
Galway
0–07 (7) 4–12 (24)
Sligo
1–04 (7) 1–08 (11)
2014[7]
Mayo
2–16
Roscommon
0–14
2013[8]
Mayo
3–07
Roscommon
1–10
2012[9]
Roscommon
0–10
Mayo
0–08
2011
Roscommon
1–09
Galway
0–06
2010
Mayo
3–09
Galway
1–10
2009
Mayo
1–05, 1–08 (R)
Roscommon
0–08, 0–05 (R)
2008
Mayo
0–10
Roscommon
0–07
2007
Galway
2–07
Roscommon
0–09
2006
Roscommon
0–12
Mayo
0–09
2005
Mayo
0–09
Galway
0–10
2004
Galway
3–10
Roscommon
2–10
2003
Galway
1–09
Mayo
0–09
2002
Galway
1–12
Leitrim
0–06
2001
Mayo
0–15
Galway
0–11
2000
Mayo
1–12
Roscommon
1–08
1999
Mayo
3–03
Galway
1–06
1998
Leitrim
0–08
Sligo
0–07
1997
Mayo
0–13
Roscommon
0–09
1996
Mayo
0–10, 2–03 (R)
Sligo
0–10, 0–08 (R)
1995
Galway
2–14
Mayo
2–11
1994
Galway
2–11
Mayo
0–09
1993
Galway
0–11 3–08 (R)
Mayo
1–08 1–10 (R)
1992
Roscommon
0–10
Mayo
0–09
1991
Mayo
4–09
Leitrim
0–06
1990
Galway
1–18
Roscommon
2–03
1989
Roscommon
0–13, 2–11 (R)
Galway
2-08, 0–15 (R)
1988
Galway
2–09
Mayo
3–04
1987
Galway
2–08
Mayo
2–04
1986
Galway
1–09
Mayo
2–01
1985
Mayo
0–06
Galway
1–01
1984
Roscommon
1–11, 3–09 (R)
Mayo
2–08, 2–08 (R)
1983
Galway
2–10
Roscommon
2–05
1982
Galway
1–07
Leitrim
0–07
1981
Roscommon
2–08
Mayo
3–04
1980
Mayo
3–08
Roscommon
2–09
1979
Mayo
5–11
Galway
3–07
1978
Mayo
2–06
Galway
0–04
1977
Mayo
2–20
Leitrim
0–07
1976
Galway
6–16
Sligo
3–03
1975
Roscommon
1–15
Galway
0–05
1974
Mayo
4–12
Roscommon
2–03
1973
Mayo
3–07
Galway
0–03
1972
Galway
4–11
Roscommon
1–11
1971
Mayo
2–12
Roscommon
1–08
1970
Galway
2–11
Mayo
1–06
1969
Galway
3–03
Mayo
0–08
1968
Sligo
1–08
Galway
0–07
1967
Roscommon
2–05
Mayo
1–05
1966
Mayo
1–09
Roscommon
0–07
1965
Roscommon
2–10
Mayo
1–10
1964
Mayo
2–07
Galway
1–03
1963
Mayo
3–05
Roscommon
1–05
1962
Mayo
7–08
Galway
0–10
1961
Mayo
5–08
Sligo
0–05
1960
Galway
4–11
Roscommon
0–03
1959
Galway
3–09
Mayo
1–08
1958
Mayo
1–08
Roscommon
1–04
1957
Mayo
4–04
Leitrim
2–05
1956
Leitrim
2–07
Roscommon
1–06
1955
Mayo
2–05
Galway
1–05
1954
Mayo
9–16
Sligo
0–04
1953
Mayo
1–09
Roscommon
1–03
1952
Galway
4–11
Sligo
0–03
1951
Roscommon
2–04
Galway
1–08
1950
Mayo
3–07
Roscommon
1–04
1949
Sligo
1–07, 2–07 (R)
Roscommon
2–04, 3–10 (R)
1948
Galway
3–04
Leitrim
0–05
1947
Mayo
3–06
Sligo
2–05
1946
Mayo
4–09
Galway
1–05
1945
Leitrim
1–05, 2–06 (R)
Sligo
2–02, 1–05 (R)
1944
No competition
1943
No competition
1942
No competition
1941
Roscommon
2–06
Galway
0–06
1940
Mayo
8–05
Leitrim
1–06
1939
Roscommon
1–10
Mayo
1–03
1938
Galway
6–05
Leitrim
1–06
1937
Galway
2–08
Mayo
1–03
1936
Mayo
4–09
Sligo
1–08
1935
Mayo
2–02
Sligo
1–03
1934
Mayo
2–13
Galway
0–05
1933
Mayo
5–07
Roscommon
0–06
1932
Galway
3–05
Mayo
1–04
1931
Mayo
2–10
Roscommon
3–02
1930
Mayo
3–04
Sligo
1–01
1989 Provincial council decides to replay: disputed penalty goal
1951 Roscommon awarded title on objection
1949 Sligo awarded title on objection
References
Sources
All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Championships