1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Cork (2nd win)
Captain	Séamus Looney
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Fermanagh
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Fermanagh
Connacht	Mayo

The 1971 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the eighth staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions.

On 19 September 1971, Cork won the championship following a 3-10 to 0-3 defeat of Fermanagh in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession.

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

29 August 1971 Semi-final	Fermanagh	3-05 - 1-05	Offaly	St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
	B Reilly 2-1, G Gallagher 1-0, E Treacy 0-4.		F Grehan 1-3, P Fanning 0-1, T Clavin 0-1.

29 August 1971 Semi-final	Cork	4-11 - 0-05	Mayo	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	B Daly 1-6, B Cogan 2-1, J Lynch 1-0, D Allen 0-2, T Murphy 0-2.		M Padden 0-2, N Moloney 0-1, S Kilbride 0-1, D Griffith 0-1.

Final

19 September 1971 Final	Cork	3-10 - 0-03	Fermanagh	Croke Park, Dublin
	B Cogan 2-0, D Barron 1-2, D Curran 0-3, B Daly 0-3, T Murphy 0-2.		E Treacy 0-2, P McGinnity 0-1.

Statistics

Miscellaneous

In the provincial championships there are a number of firsts as Fermanagh and Louth win the respective Ulster and Leinster titles for the first time in their history.
The All-Ireland semi-final between Louth and Fermanagh remains their only championship meeting.

References

↑ "Ultra-marathoner Goes the Distance for Croí". croi.ie. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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