2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Explained

The 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 93rd staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1929. The championship is ran from 27 March to 7 July 2024.

Derry are the defending champions.^{[1] [2]}

Format change

A vote at GAA Congress in September 2023 approved the introduction of tiered knockout competitions as part of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. Tier 1 features the four provincial champions playing the four provincial runners up in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Those pairings are decided on a provincial rota system initially determined by Central Council and provincial finals cannot be repeated at the quarter-final stage.^[3]

The tier 2 knockout competition comprises 11 teams: one from Munster, four teams from both Leinster and Ulster and two from Connacht. Leinster and Ulster are each represented by their two losing semi-finalists as well as two beaten quarter-finalists. The third and fourth placed teams in Connacht are also included. The semi-finalists in Leinster and Ulster along with the third-placed team in Connacht receive byes to the quarter-finals where they are joined by three preliminary quarter-final winners.

In tier 3, there are 13 teams made up of five from Leinster, three from both Munster and Ulster and two from Connacht. In Connacht’s case, their fifth-placed team play London for a place in the quarter-finals.

The tiered All-Ireland series runs over an eight-week period from mid-May to the start of July. New cups are to be commissioned for the tier 2 and 3 competitions.^[4]

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Connacht group stage

Connacht group table

width=10		width=170 style="text-align:left;"	Team	width=10		width=10		width=10		width=10		width=30		width=30		width=10		width=10		Qualification
1	Mayo	4	4	0	0	70	37	33	8	Advance to final
2	Roscommon	4	3	0	1	61	49	12	6	Advance to semi-final
3	Galway	4	1	1	2	53	56	-3	3
4	Sligo	4	1	1	2	39	48	-9	3
5	Leitrim	4	0	0	4	37	70	-33	0

Connacht group stage results

Connacht final

Leinster Minor Football Championship

Leinster group 1

Leinster group 1 table

	Team									Qualification
1	Longford	3	2	0	1	45	39	6	4	Advance to semi-finals
2	Dublin	3	2	0	1	61	42	19	4	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Offaly	3	1	0	2	37	50	-13	2	Advance to preliminary quarter-finals
4	Laois	3	1	0	2	39	51	-12	2

Leinster group 1 results

Leinster group 2

Leinster group 2 table

	Team									Qualification
1	Kildare	3	3	0	0	48	27	21	6	Advance to semi-finals
2	Louth	3	2	0	1	32	34	-2	4	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Meath	3	1	0	2	37	44	-7	2	Advance to preliminary quarter-finals
4	Westmeath	3	0	0	3	33	45	-12	0

Leinster group 2 results

Leinster group 3

Leinster group 3 table

width=10		width=170 style="text-align:left;"	Team	width=10		width=10		width=10		width=10		width=30		width=30		width=10		width=10		Qualification
1	Wicklow	2	2	0	0	29	16	13	4	Advance to preliminary quarter-finals
2	Wexford	2	1	0	1	35	26	9	2
3	Carlow	2	0	0	2	25	47	-22	0

Leinster group 3 results

Leinster final

Munster Minor Football Championship

Munster phase 1

Munster phase 1 group table

	Team									Qualification
1	Tipperary	3	3	0	0	52	30	22	6	Advance to phase 1 final
2	Clare	3	2	0	1	39	38	1	4
3	Waterford	3	1	0	2	41	44	-3	2
4	Limerick	3	0	0	3	32	52	-20	0

Munster phase 1 final

Munster final

Ulster Minor Football Championship

Ulster group A

Ulster group A table

width=10		width=170 style="text-align:left;"	Team	width=10		width=10		width=10		width=10		width=30		width=30		width=10		width=10		Qualification
1	Donegal	4	3	0	1	67	44	23	6	Advance to semi-finals
2	Tyrone	4	3	0	1	67	42	25	6	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Monaghan	4	2	0	2	60	67	-7	4
4	Down	4	2	0	2	67	48	19	4
5	Fermanagh	4	0	0	4	25	85	-60	0

Ulster group A fixtures and results

Ulster group B

Ulster group B table

width=10		width=170 style="text-align:left;"	Team	width=10		width=10		width=10		width=10		width=30		width=30		width=10		width=10		Qualification
1	Derry	3	3	0	0	65	21	44	6	Advance to semi-finals
2	Armagh	3	2	0	1	39	38	1	4	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Cavan	3	1	0	2	38	38	0	2
4	Antrim	3	0	0	3	18	63	-45	0

Ulster group B fixtures and results

Ulster final

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Kobe McDonald	Mayo	4-30	42	7	6.00
2	Conor Burke	Clare	2-28	34	5	6.80
3	Rían Doherty	Dublin	2-27	33	7	4.71
4	Senan Bolger	Dublin	6-07	25	7	3.57
Cian McNamee	Offaly	4-13	25	4	6.25
Eamon Young	Derry	1-22	25	7	3.57
7	Oisín Deane	Mayo	4-12	24	7	3.42
Donach Magee	Dublin	3-15	24	6	4.00
Odhrán Morris	Wexford	0-24	24	4	6.00
10	Gearóid White	Mayo	0-23	23	5	4.60

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Conor Burke	Clare	1-08	11	Tipperary
	Conor Burke	Clare	1-08	11	Waterford
3	Charlie Walsh	Tipperary	2-04	10	Kerry
	Jack Kelly	Leitrim	1-07	10	Galway
	Patrick Small	Wicklow	1-07	10	Carlow
	Odhrán Morris	Wexford	0-10	10	Carlow
7	Tom Funge	Wexford	3-00	9	Meath
	Seán Fennell	Clare	2-03	9	Limerick
	Oisín Deane	Mayo	1-06	9	Cork
	Kobe McDonald	Mayo	1-06	9	Cork
	Rían Doherty	Dublin	1-06	9	Offaly

Miscellaneous

• Longford beat Dublin in the Leinster Championship for the first time in 22 years.^[5]

See also

• 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 2
• 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14-man Derry claim All-Ireland MFC title with win over Monaghan. Irish Examiner. 9 July 2023. 11 July 2023. Brendan. O'Brien.
2. Web site: Derry clinch minor All-Ireland joy as Sargent puts Oak Leaf in charge. Irish Independent. 9 July 2023. 11 July 2023. John. Campbell.
3. Web site: Congress: Structural changes made to All-Ireland minor championships. Hogan Stand. 30 September 2023. 3 April 2024. John. Fogarty.
4. Web site: Revealed: how next year's three-tier All-Ireland minor football championship will look. Irish Examiner. 13 November 2023. 3 April 2024. John. Fogarty.
5. Web site: Longford minors seal county's first win over Dublin in 22 years. Irish Examiner. 3 April 2024. 3 April 2024. Kevin. Egan.