1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Championship details
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Donegal (2nd win)
Captain	John Cunningham
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Laois
Ulster	Donegal
Connacht	Galway

The 1987 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 24th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.

On 28 June 1987, Donegal won the championship following a 1–12 to 2–4 defeat of Kerry in an All-Ireland final replay.[1] This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in five championship seasons; the following players won the Sam Maguire Cup with their county in 1992: Manus Boyle, John Cunningham, John Joe Doherty, Barry McGowan and Tommy Ryan; Boyle scored 1–7 in the final; Sean Bonner (brother of Declan) was in the full-back line; the losing Kerry team featured Mick Galwey, who scored a goal.[2]

Results

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Semi-finals

Domegal v Laois

17 May 1987 Semi-final

Domegal

1–7 - 1–6

Laois

Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick

Kerry v Galway

29 May 1987 Semi-final

Kerry

1–9 - 1–7

Galway

Cusack Park, Ennis

Finals

Donegal v Kerry

7 June 1987 Final

Donegal

0–10 - 1–7

Kerry

Tuam Stadium, Tuam

Donegal v Kerry

28 June 1987 Final replay

Donegal

1–12 - 2–4

Kerry

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon

Statistics

Miscellaneous

• The All-Ireland final ended in a draw for the fifth time in the history of the championship.

References

1. "Donegal downed the Kingdom back in 1987 too". Donegal Democrat. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
2. McNulty, Chris (20 July 2018). "Declan Bonner yearning for repeat of the long-term rewards from the golden age". Retrieved 20 July 2018.