1984 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1984 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (6th win)
Captain	Ciarán O'Reilly
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Warwickshire
Captain	P. Moran
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Galway
← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 54th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Cork in the Munster final.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 9 September 1984 at Roger Casement Park in Coventry between Cork and Warwickshire, in what was their third ever meeting in the final and a first in 29 years. Cork won the match by 3–20 to 0–07 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first tile in 12 years.[2][3]

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

Kerry v Cork

13 July 1984[4] Final	Kerry	0-09 - 1-12	Cork	Con Keating Park, Cahersiveen
				Referee: R. Moloney (Limerick)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Wexford v Louth

10 June 1984[5][6] Final	Wexford	0-08 - 0-06	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin
	S. O'Shea 0-3, G. Hearne 0-3, G. Foley, E. O'Brien 0-1 each		S. McGahon 0-2, S. Melia, P. Hand, E. Murray, D. McCarthy 0-1 each	Referee: T. Jordan (Dublin)

GK 1 Phil Walsh (Bannow–Ballymitty) RCB 2 Brendan Murphy (St Joseph's) FB 3 Jack O'Leary (Blackwater) LCB 4 Eamonn O'Connor (St John's Volunteers) (c) RHB 5 Luke Finn (Craanford) CHB 6 Ger O'Brien (Réalt na Mara) LHB 7 George Foley (Fethard St Mogues) MF 8 John Creane (St Mary's, Maudlintown) MF 9 Pat McGrath (Bannow–Ballymitty) RHF 10 George Hearne (Horeswood) CHF 11 Pat Barden (Adamstown) LHF 12 Seánie O'Shea (Blackwater) RCF 13 Séamus Kennelly (Réalt na Mara) FF 14 Michael Walsh (Glynn–Barntown) LCF 15 Nicky Jones (St John's Volunteers) Substitutes: 16 Eugene O'Brien (Réalt na Mara) for McGrath 17 Matty Furlong (Blackwater) for M. Walsh 18 James Stafford (Clongeen) for Kennelly

GK 1 Mal Clarke (Oliver Plunketts) RCB 2 Dessie Tuite (Seán O'Mahony's) FB 3 Brendan Byrne (St Mochta's) (c) LCB 4 Declan Healy (Naomh Máirtín) RHB 5 Eugene Murtagh (St Joseph's) CHB 6 Barry O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's) LHB 7 Jim Matthews (Hunterstown Rovers) MF 8 Stephen Melia (John Mitchels) MF 9 Eamonn McCann (St Patrick's) RHF 10 Gerry Murphy (Naomh Malachi) CHF 11 Seán McGahon (Seán McDermott's) LHF 12 Pat Hand (Naomh Fionnbarra) RCF 13 Paul Matthews (Naomh Malachi) FF 14 Donal McCarthy (St Patrick's) LCF 15 Enda Murray (Dundalk Young Irelands) Substitutes: 16 Kevin Roden (Oliver Plunketts) for Matthews 17 Pat Lynch (Dreadnots) for McCarthy 18 Stefan White (O'Connells) for Murphy

Ulster Junior Football Championship

Cavan v Tyrone

15 June 1984[7] Final	Cavan	2-07 - 0-10	Tyrone	Brewster Park, Enniskillen
				Referee: B. Mone (Monaghan)

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Mayo v Galway

26 May 1984[8] Final	Mayo	0-07 - 2-07	Galway	Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe
				Referee: P. Kearns (Sligo)

All-Ireland semi-finals

Galway v Cork

22 July 1984[9] Semi-final	Galway	2-05 - 1-09	Cork	Tuam Stadium
				Referee: C. Ó'Connalláin (Westmeath)

Cavan v Wexford

22 July 1984[10] Semi-final	Cavan	0-04 - 0-09	Wexford	Breffni Park, Cavan
				Referee: S. Mullanny (Roscommon)

All-Ireland home final

Cork v Wexford

12 August 1984[11] Home final	Cork	1-10 - 0-09	Wexford	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
				Referee: P. Russell (Tipperary)

All-Ireland final

Warwickshire v Cork

9 September 1984[12] Final	Warwickshire	0-07 - 3-20	Cork	Roger Casement Park, Coventry
	D. Brennan, N. McLean, S. Dunne 0-2 each, A. Smith 0-1		M. McCarthy 3-4, N. O'Connor 0-4, T. Cole, C. Collins, P. Barrett, C. O'Reilly, P. O'Connor 0-2 each, J. O'Sullivan, G. O'Rourke 0-1 each	Referee: T. Moran (Leitrim)

References

1. "Kerry profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
3. "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
4. "Kerry Juniors blow it!". The Kerryman. 20 July 1984.
5. "Poor Louth Performance in Junior Final". Dundalk Democrat. 16 June 1984.
6. "Wexford 'surprise' winners of title". Irish Independent. 11 June 1984.
7. "Cavan Juniors Bring Provincial Honours To Breffni". The Anglo-Celt. 22 June 1984.
8. "Mayo Juniors Defeated In Provincial Final". Mayo News. 30 May 1984.
9. "Wasted Chances Prove Costly For The Juniors". Connacht Tribune. 27 July 1984.
10. "Cavan's Title Hopes Ended By Wexford". The Anglo-Celt. 27 July 1984.
11. "Cork footballers take All-Ireland junior title". The Corkman. 17 August 1984.
12. "McCarthy scores major factor in Cork's triumph". The Southern Star. 15 September 1984.