# Leinster Minor Football Championship

The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 championship following a vote at the GAA Congress on 26 February 2016.
The current Leinster champions are Longford. The Leinster minor football championship is known as the Fr. Larry Murray Trophy. The Cup is named after Fr. Larry Murray who was an underage GAA mentor in both Louth and Armagh, hence the Ulster Minor Football Championship is also named after Fr. Larry Murray.

## History

The Leinster Minor Football Championship was first played in 1928, however progress stalled at the semi-final stage and the competition was never completed. The first completed Leinster MFC was in 1929 and Longford won the inaugural title beating Dublin in the final in Navan on a scoreline of 3–4 to 1–4 on 10 November 1929. Longford progressed to the All-Ireland final that year (only Leinster and Munster involved) but were beaten by Clare in the All-Ireland final on 1 March 1930. With the exception of 1943 & 1944 the Leinster MFC has been completed every year since 1929.

## Roll of honour

| # | County | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
| 1 | Dublin | 35 | 16 | 1930, 1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2022, 2023 | 1929, 1935, 1947, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2019, 2021 |
| 2 | Meath | 13 | 14 | 1957, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2020, 2021 | 1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2002, 2011, 2012 |
| 3 | Kildare | 9 | 15 | 1973, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019 | 1934, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1953, 1965, 1980, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2023 |
| 3 | Laois | 9 | 7 | 1932, 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007 | 1933, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1995, 2003, 2016 |
| 5 | Louth | 8 | 8 | 1931, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1953 | 1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1958, 1960, 1971, 2017 |
| 6 | Offaly | 6 | 13 | 1947, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1989 | 1948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1976, 1985, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2020 |
| 7 | Westmeath | 5 | 5 | 1939, 1952, 1963, 1995, 2000 | 1951, 1982, 1984, 1992, 2013 |
| 8 | Longford | 5 | 3 | 1929, 1938, 2002, 2010, 2024 | 1930, 1974, 2015 |
| 9 | Wexford | 3 | 7 | 1937, 1950, 1969 | 1931, 1936, 1941, 1945, 1978, 1994, 1999 |
| 10 | Wicklow | 1 | 3 | 1974 | 1952, 1993, 1997 |
| 11 | Carlow | 0 | 1 | — | 2007 |
* All (1928–1999) Leinster Minor Football Results available here .

## List of finals

* All-Ireland champions
* All-Ireland runners-up
| Year | Winners | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up | Venue | Winning Captain |
| Year | County | Score | County | Score | Venue | Winning Captain |
| 1929$^1$ | Longford | 3–04 | Dublin | 1–04 | Navan | Paddy Keenan |
| 1930 | Dublin | 1–06 | Longford | 0–04 | Mullingar | Brendan Synnott |
| 1931 | Louth | 1–05 | Wexford | 0–03 | Croke Park, Dublin | John Harlin |
| 1932 | Laois | 3–02 | Louth | 1–07 | Croke Park, Dublin | Joe Hinchin |
| 1933 | Dublin | 3–07 | Laois | 0–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | |
| 1934 | Dublin | 0–05 | Kildare | 0–02 | Naas | |
| 1935 | Louth | 1–07 | Dublin | 1–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | |
| 1936 | Louth | 3–06 | Wexford | 2–01 | Croke Park, Dublin | Larry McEntee |
| 1937 | Wexford | 2–07 | Louth | 2–05 | Croke Park, Dublin | Nick Butler |
| 1938 | Longford | 3–06 | Louth | 2–08 | Croke Park, Dublin | |
| 1939 | Westmeath | 1–02 | Louth | 0–02 | Croke Park, Dublin | |
| 1940 | Louth | 3–05 | Kildare | 1–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Brendan Burke |
| 1941 | Louth | 4–04 | Wexford | 1–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Mick O'Grady |
| 1942 | Louth | 5–10 | Kildare | 0–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Brendan O'Dowda |
| 1943 | No competition | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1944 | No competition | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1945 | Dublin | 3–05 | Wexford | 1–00 | Portlaoise | Seán McEntaggart |
| 1946 | Dublin | 4–06 | Meath | 0–03 | Navan | |
| 1947 | Offaly | 1–07, 1–07 (R) | Dublin | 1–07, 1–05 (R) | Croke Park, Dublin R Mullingar | Paddy Hanamy |
| 1948 | Dublin | 2–05 | Offaly | 1–06 | Naas | Cyril Freaney |
| 1949 | Dublin | 3–10 | Kildare | 1–05 | Portlaoise | |
| 1950 | Wexford | 3–06 | Dublin | 2–08 | Croke Park, Dublin | Bernie McGuinness |
| 1951 | Louth | 3–09 | Westmeath | 2–05 | Croke Park, Dublin | Michael Brennan |
| 1952 | Westmeath | 3–14 | Wicklow | 3–03 | Croke Park, Dublin | Declan O'Sullivan |
| 1953 | Louth | 1–06 | Kildare | 0–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | John McArdle |
| 1954 | Dublin | 2–07 | Meath | 0–11 | Croke Park, Dublin | |
| 1955 | Dublin | 2–11 | Meath | 1–04 | Croke Park, Dublin | Paddy Heron |
| 1956 | Dublin | 1–10 | Meath | 1–09 | Croke Park, Dublin | Lar Foley |
| 1957 | Meath | 0–08 | Offaly | 0–05 | Mullingar | Brendan Cahill |
| 1958 | Dublin | 2–10 | Louth | 1–06 | Navan | Des Foley |
| 1959 | Dublin | 3–13 | Offaly | 1–07 | Tullamore | Mick Kissane |
| 1960 | Offaly | 1–12 | Louth | 1–05 | Croke Park, Dublin | Pat Heffernan |
| 1961 | Dublin | 2–08 | Offaly | 1–08 | Portlaoise | |
| 1962 | Offaly | 2–08 | Dublin | 1–04 | Croke Park, Dublin | Kieran Kenny |
| 1963 | Westmeath | 2–14 | Dublin | 3–07 | Tullamore | Frankie Connaughton |
| 1964 | Offaly | 1–07 | Laois | 1–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Seán Grogan |
| 1965 | Offaly | 2–11 | Kildare | 1–05 | Croke Park, Dublin | Paddy Byrne |
| 1966 | Laois | 1–10 | Offaly | 0–07 | Croke Park, Dublin | Johnny Lawlor |
| 1967 | Laois | 1–08 | Dublin | 2–04 | Newbridge | Jim Mangan |
| 1968 | Dublin | 1–11 | Laois | 0–08 | Croke Park, Dublin | |
| 1969 | Wexford | 0–11 | Dublin | 0–07 | Carlow | Brendan Murphy |
| 1970 | Dublin | 2–08 | Meath | 0–13 | Croke Park, Dublin | Joe Finucane |
| 1971 | Dublin | 2–07 | Louth | 0–04 | Croke Park, Dublin | |
| 1972 | Meath | 3–08 | Dublin | 1–10 | Croke Park, Dublin | Eamonn O'Brien |
| 1973 | Kildare | 4–11 | Laois | 0–10 | Croke Park, Dublin | Jack Graham |
| 1974 | Wicklow | 5–06 | Longford | 1–09 | Croke Park, Dublin | Pat O'Toole |
| 1975 | Kildare | 2–09 | Meath | 3–05 | Croke Park, Dublin | Ron Mackey |
| 1976 | Dublin | 2–08 | Offaly | 0–13 | Croke Park, Dublin | Larry Broderick |
| 1977 | Meath | 1–07 | Dublin | 0–09 | Croke Park, Dublin | Gerard Cooney |
| 1978 | Dublin | 3–12 | Wexford | 0–11 | Croke Park, Dublin | Pat Canavan |
| 1979 | Dublin | 2–13 | Meath | 0–08 | Croke Park, Dublin | Mick Loftus |
| 1980 | Meath | 1–12 | Kildare | 1–09 | Croke Park, Dublin | Finian Murtagh |
| 1981 | Dublin | 1–08 | Meath | 0–09 | Croke Park, Dublin | Stephen Loftus |
| 1982 | Dublin | 0–10 | Westmeath | 0–04 | Croke Park, Dublin | Liam O'Rourke |
| 1983 | Kildare | 1–11 | Meath | 1–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Peter Loftus |
| 1984 | Dublin | 0–12 | Westmeath | 1–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Paul Clarke |
| 1985 | Meath | 0–11 | Offaly | 1–04 | Croke Park, Dublin | Phil Fay |
| 1986 | Dublin | 2–16 | Meath | 0–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Kevin Fagan |
| 1987 | Kildare | 0–13 | Dublin | 2–05 | Croke Park, Dublin | Fintan Buckley |
| 1988 | Dublin | 4–06 | Meath | 0–08 | Croke Park, Dublin | Ger Regan |
| 1989 | Offaly | 2–11 | Kildare | 0–07 | Croke Park, Dublin | Daragh Scully |
| 1990 | Meath | 1–19 | Kildare | 1–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Enda McManus |
| 1991 | Kildare | 2–08 | Dublin | 0–12 | Croke Park, Dublin | Niall Buckley |
| 1992 | Meath | 1–08 | Westmeath | 1–05 | Tullamore | Peter Sullivan |
| 1993 | Meath | 1–16 | Wicklow | 3–03 | Croke Park, Dublin | Barry Sheridan |
| 1994 | Dublin | 2–12 | Wexford | 2–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Ian Robertson |
| 1995 | Westmeath | 0–12, 3–12, 3–06, 1–10 (3R) | Laois | 1–09, 2–15, 2–09, 0–09 (3R) | Croke Park, Dublin R in Tullamore | Damien Gavin |
| 1996 | Laois | 0–15, 2–18 (R) | Dublin | 2–09, 1–08 (R) | Croke Park, Dublin R in Tullamore | Martin Delaney |
| 1997 | Laois | 2–11 | Wicklow | 0–10 | Croke Park, Dublin | Kieran Kelly |
| 1998 | Laois | 2–09 | Dublin | 0–12 | Croke Park, Dublin | Johnny Behan |
| 1999 | Dublin | 1–13, 2–13 (R) | Wexford | 2–10, 1–12 (R) | Croke Park, Dublin Carlow | Nicky Cleere |
| 2000 | Westmeath | 2–09 | Dublin | 1–10 | Croke Park, Dublin | Alan Lambden |
| 2001 | Dublin | 1–19 | Offaly | 0–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Barry Lyons |
| 2002 | Longford | 3–08 | Meath | 3–05 | Croke Park, Dublin | Enda Williams |
| 2003 | Dublin | 1–11 | Laois | 1–09 | Croke Park, Dublin | Cian Cleere |
| 2004 | Laois | 0–10 | Kildare | 0–06 | Croke Park, Dublin | Craig Rogers |
| 2005 | Laois | 1–12 | Offaly | 1–07 | Croke Park, Dublin | Richie Ryan |
| 2006 | Meath | 1–16 | Offaly | 2–05 | Croke Park, Dublin | Paddy Brady |
| 2007 | Laois | 3–08 | Carlow | 1–12 | Croke Park, Dublin | Seán Ramsbottom |
| 2008 | Meath | 1–14 | Offaly | 2–10 | Croke Park, Dublin | Tommy Johnson |
| 2009 | Dublin | 1–10, 1–15 (R) | Kildare | 1–10, 1–10 (R) | Croke Park, Dublin Carlow | Colm Carr |
| 2010 | Longford | 0–14 | Offaly | 0–08 | Croke Park, Dublin | Dylan Quinn |
| 2011 | Dublin | 2–18 | Meath | 1–11 | Croke Park, Dublin | Robbie McDaid |
| 2012 | Dublin | 3–17 | Meath | 1–11 | Croke Park, Dublin | David Byrne |
| 2013 | Kildare | 2–15 | Westmeath | 2–07 | Croke Park, Dublin | Mark Sherry |
| 2014 | Dublin | 3–16 | Kildare | 1–12 | Croke Park, Dublin | Con O'Callaghan |
| 2015 | Kildare | 2–15 | Longford | 1–09 | Croke Park, Dublin | Shea Ryan/Conor Hartley |
| 2016 | Kildare | 1–18 | Laois | 0–10 | Croke Park, Dublin | Brian McLoughlin |
| 2017 | Dublin | 2–19 | Louth | 0–12 | Croke Park, Dublin | Donal Ryan |
| 2018 | Meath | 1–15 | Kildare | 1–07 | O'Connor Park, Tullamore | Mathew Costello |
| 2019 | Kildare | 2–21 | Dublin | 1–19 | Pairc Tailteann, Navan | Kevin Eustace/Aaron Browne |
| 2020 | Meath | 1–07 | Offaly | 1–06 | Cusack Park, Mullingar | Eoghan Frayne |
| 2021 | Meath | 3–08 | Dublin | 1–03 | O'Connor Park, Tullamore | Liam Kelly |
| 2022 | Dublin | 2–10 | Kildare | 0–08 | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise | Daniel McCarthy/Clyde Burke |
| 2023 | Dublin | 0–19 | Kildare | 2–08 | Portlaoise | Cillian Emmett |
| 2024 | Longford | 0–15 | Dublin | 1–10 | O'Connor Park, Tullamore | Mark Cooney |