# 1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

The 1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship ran from 5 April to 4 October 1970.
Antrim entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Derry in the Ulster quarter-final.
The All-Ireland final was played on 4 October 1970 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cork and Fermanagh, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 2-11 to 0-09 to claim their first ever All-Ireland U21 title.
Roscommon's Mickey Freyne was the championship's top scorer with 1-17.

## Leinster Under-21 Football Championship
### Leinster first round
### Leinster final

| GK | 1 | Paddy Bird (Naomh Mhuire) |
| RCB | 2 | Paddy Oliver (St Patrick's) |
| FB | 3 | Terry Lennon (St Bride's) (c) |
| LCB | 4 | Gerry Carroll (St Patrick's) |
| RHB | 5 | Davy Byrne (Newtown Blues) |
| CHB | 6 | Gerry Sheridan (Glyde Rangers) |
| LHB | 7 | Jack Curran (Dowdallshill) |
| MF | 8 | John Boylan (St Kevin's) |
| MF | 9 | Eugene Sheelan (St Patrick's) |
| RHF | 10 | Richie Barry (Dowdallshill) |
| CHF | 11 | Denis Lynch (Oliver Plunketts) |
| LHF | 12 | Terry Doherty (Dundalk Gaels) |
| RCF | 13 | Damien Reid (Mattock Rangers) |
| FF | 14 | Richie Brennan (Glyde Rangers) |
| LCF | 15 | Alo McGrath (Cooley Kickhams) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Larry Muckian (Clan na Gael) for Lynch |
| | 17 | Pat Murphy (St Patrick's) for Doherty |
| | 18 | Peter Lennon (St Bride's) for Muckian |
| GK | 1 | Gerry McGee (Tullamore) |
| RCB | 2 | Liam Pender (Edenderry) |
| FB | 3 | Jackie Egan (Doon) |
| LCB | 4 | Pádraig Horan (St Rynagh's) |
| RHB | 5 | Seán Lowry (Ferbane) |
| CHB | 6 | Christy Dunne (Edenderry) |
| LHB | 7 | Ollie Daly (Ballycumber) |
| MF | 8 | Kieran Claffey (Doon) |
| MF | 9 | Murt Connor (Éire Óg) |
| RHF | 10 | Daithí Murphy (Gracefield) |
| CHF | 11 | Paddy Fenning (Tullamore) (c) |
| LHF | 12 | Freddie Grehan (Edenderry) |
| RCF | 13 | Séamus Darby (Rhode) |
| FF | 14 | Kevin Malone (Rhode) |
| LCF | 15 | Steve Coughlan (Tullamore) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Liam Hanlon (Daingean) for Daly |
| | 17 | Mick Currams (Na Piarsaigh) for Coughlan |
| | 18 | Mick Slattery (Éire Óg) for Darby |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Mickey Freyne | Roscommon | 1-17 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 2 | Eugene Treacy | Fermanagh | 2-12 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| 2 | Teddy O'Brien | Cork | 1-15 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 4 | Gene Cusack | Cavan | 2-11 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 4 | Damien Reid | Louth | 1-14 | 17 | 4 | 4.25 |
| 6 | Freddie Grehan | Offaly | 2-08 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 6 | Éamonn McPartland | Fermanagh | 1-11 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 8 | Ned Kirby | Cork | 2-07 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 8 | Des Griffith | Mayo | 2-07 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 8 | Séamus Darby | Offaly | 1-10 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |

### Miscellaneous

* In the provincial championships there were a number of firsts as Fermanagh and Louth won 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.