# 1966 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The 1966 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 45th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.
Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Down in the All-Ireland semi-final.
The All-Ireland final was played on 23 October 1966 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between London and Cork, in what was their second ever meeting in the final. London won the match by 1–06 to 0–08 to claim their second championship title overall and a first tile in 28 years.

## Results
### Leinster Junior Football Championship

| GK | 1 | Dickie Kieran (St Kevin's) |
| RCB | 2 | Dermot Drumgoole (St Joseph's) |
| FB | 3 | Séamus Kirk (St Bride's) |
| LCB | 4 | Jim Mooney (Naomh Máirtín) |
| RHB | 5 | Benny Grogan (St Kevin's) |
| CHB | 6 | Larry Geraghty (Mattock Rangers) |
| LHB | 7 | Joe Gogarty (Geraldines) |
| MF | 8 | Donal Matthews (Mattock Rangers) |
| MF | 9 | Ollie Geraghty (Mattock Rangers) |
| RHF | 10 | Harry McCarthy (Cooley Kickhams) |
| CHF | 11 | Kevin Lynch (Geraldines) |
| LHF | 12 | Peter Shevlin (Naomh Fionnbarra) |
| RCF | 13 | Danny Nugent (Newtown Blues) |
| FF | 14 | Jim Judge (Newtown Blues) |
| LCF | 15 | Patrick Duff (St Fechin's) (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Peter Donnelly (Stabannon Parnells) for Grogan |
| | 17 | Derry Maguire (St Bride's) for Shevlin |
| | 18 | Peter Shevlin for O. Geraghty |
| | 19 | Gerry McFadden (O'Connells) for Gogarty |
| | 20 | Liam Smith (Wolfe Tones) for Matthews |
| | 21 | Paddy McGlew (St Fechin's) for Mooney |
| GK | 1 | Willie Hennessy (Ballymore) |
| RCB | 2 | Tom Kane (Sallins) |
| FB | 3 | Tom Foley (Rheban) |
| LCB | 4 | Willie Harris (Rheban) |
| RHB | 5 | J.J. Cahill (Eadestown) |
| CHB | 6 | John Murphy (Milltown) |
| LHB | 7 | Seán Brennan (Ballyteague) |
| MF | 8 | John Kane (Sallins) |
| MF | 9 | Pat Brereton (Ballykelly) |
| RHF | 10 | Jimmy Dalton (Sallins) |
| CHF | 11 | Mick Nugent (Ballyteague) |
| LHF | 12 | John Donoghue (Grange) |
| RCF | 13 | Ollie Harrington (Ardclough) |
| FF | 14 | Jim Dillon (Suncroft) |
| LCF | 15 | Liam Gleeson (Monasterevan) |
| Substitute: ||
| | 16 | Paddy Conway (Ballymore) for Harrington |

### All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
#### All-Ireland semi-finals

| GK | 1 | George McCarthy (St Finbarr's) |
| RCB | 2 | Johnny O'Flynn (Kilshannig) |
| FB | 3 | Tom Bermingham (Grange) |
| LCB | 4 | Andy Burke (Bandon) |
| RHB | 5 | Johnny O'Leary (Nemo Rangers) |
| CHB | 6 | John O'Halloran (UCC) |
| LHB | 7 | Mick Healy (St Finbarr's) |
| MF | 8 | Jim Downing (Urhan) |
| MF | 9 | Donal Sheehan (Na Piarsaigh) |
| RHF | 10 | Tommy Burke (Millstreet) |
| CHF | 11 | John Murphy (Douglas) |
| LHF | 12 | Con Roche (St Finbarr's) |
| RCF | 13 | Con Kelleher (Millstreet) |
| FF | 14 | Bob Honohan (Mitchelstown) |
| LCF | 15 | John White (Nemo Rangers) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Denis McCarthy (Kilmurry) for Murphy |
| | 17 | Robert Evans (O'Donovan Rossa) for Downing |
| GK | 1 | Dickie Kieran (St Kevin's) |
| RCB | 2 | Dermot Drumgoole (St Joseph's) |
| FB | 3 | Séamus Kirk (St Bride's) |
| LCB | 4 | Jim Mooney (Naomh Máirtin) |
| RHB | 5 | Peter Donnelly (Stabannon Parnells) |
| CHB | 6 | Larry Geraghty (Mattock Rangers) |
| LHB | 7 | Gerry McFadden (O'Connells) |
| MF | 8 | Benny Grogan (St Kevin's) |
| MF | 9 | Ollie Geraghty (Mattock Rangers) |
| RHF | 10 | Harry McCarthy (Cooley Kickhams) |
| CHF | 11 | Kevin Lynch (Geraldines) |
| LHF | 12 | Peter Shevlin (Naomh Fionnbarra) |
| RCF | 13 | Danny Nugent (Newtown Blues) |
| FF | 14 | Jim Judge (Newtown Blues) |
| LCF | 15 | Patrick Duff (St Fechin's) (c) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Danny Culligan (St Joseph's) for Kirk |
| | 17 | Gerry Kelly (St Bride's) for Drumgoole |
| | 18 | Donal Matthews (Mattock Rangers) for Grogan |