1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Championship Details
Dates3 May – 10 September 1989
Teams13
All Ireland Champions
WinnersCork (8th win)
CaptainDiarmuid McCarthy
ManagerSeán Ryan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upWarwickshire
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKildare
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played12
Total Goals14 (1.16 per game)
Total Points203 (16.91 per game)
Top Scorer Noel Twomey (1-16)
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The 1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 59th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster quarter-final.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 10 September 1989 in Coventry, between Cork and Warwickshire, in what was their first meeting in the final in two years. Cork won the match by 0–18 to 0–03 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first title since 1987.[2][3]

Cork's Noel Twomey was the championship's top scorer with 1-16.

Results

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Leinster quarter-finals

3 May 1989 Quarter-final Louth 0-10 - 0-05 Dublin Drogheda Park
C O'Hanlon 0-3, L Kelleher 0-2, G Reynolds 0-2, N Browne 0-1, P Butterley 0-1, P O'Connor 0-1. M Barnes 0-4, B Holland 0-1.
3 May 1989 Quarter-final Meath 2-04 - 2-06 Kildare Walterstown Grounds
J Henry 1-1, S Reilly 1-0, T Matthews 0-2, L Smith 0-1. S Merrins 1-3, B Farrell 1-1, J Lowry 0-1, T Harris 0-1.

Leinster semi-finals

17 May 1989 Semi-final Louth 1-13 - 1-05 Carlow Drogheda Park
A O'Connor 1-2, G Reynolds 0-3, P Gallagher 0-3, Martin Morgan 0-3, D McCarthy 0-1, P Butterly 0-1. J Byrne 1-0, B Murphy 0-3, D Moore 0-1, B Dunne 0-1.
17 May 1989 Semi-final Kildare 1-12 - 0-11 Kilkenny St. Conleth's Park
S Dillon 0-5, J Lowry 1-1, J Tynan 0-3, N Corcoran 0-1, S Merrins 0-1, P McConnon 0-1. W Blanchfield 0-4, B Smith 0-3, N Connery 0-2, L Cassin 0-1, M Morrissey 0-1.

Leinster final

11 June 1989[4][5] Final Kildare 1-07 - 1-06 Louth Páirc Tailteann
S Merrins 0-4 (3f), J Lowry 1-0, G Donnelly 0-2 (1f), J Tynan 0-1 D McCarthy 1-1, M Malone 0-5 (4f) Referee: P Kavanagh (Meath)
GK 1 Joe Halligan (Ballykelly)
RCB 2 Noel Connolly (Grange)
FB 3 Shay Walsh (Ballyteague)
LCB 4 Paul Donnelly (Castlemitchell)
RHB 5 Peter McConnon (Round Towers) (c)
CHB 6 Michael Behan (Kill)
LHB 7 Willie Dowling (Eadestown)
MF 8 Tom Travers (Rathcoffey)
MF 9 Bernard Salmon (Suncroft)
RHF 10 Syl Merrins (Nurney)
CHF 11 Gerard Donnelly (Castlemitchell)
LHF 12 Joe Tynan (Castlemitchell)
RCF 13 John Lowry (Clogherinkoe)
FF 14 Joe Tompkins (Two Mile House)
LCF 15 Noel Cocoman (Kill)
Substitutes:
16 Billy Farrell (Straffan) for Cocoman
17 Noel Donlon (Round Towers) for Merrins
GK 1 Cathal Copas (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB 2 Gerry Winters (Naomh Máirtín)
FB 3 Hugh Logue (St Kevin's)
LCB 4 Fra Fagan (Roche Emmets)
RHB 5 Stephen Matthews (St Kevin's)
CHB 6 Tony McCarragher (Cooley Kickhams)
LHB 7 Mark Gogarty (Naomh Malachi)
MF 8 Martin Morgan (Naomh Máirtín)
MF 9 Donal McCarthy (St Patrick's)
RHF 10 Alan O'Connor (St Joseph's)
CHF 11 Michael Malone (St Mary's)
LHF 12 Paul Gallagher (Roche Emmets)
RCF 13 Gerry Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)
FF 14 Pat Mulligan (St Joseph's)
LCF 15 Liam Kelleher (Dreadnots)
Substitutes:
16 John McDonald (Cooley Kickhams) for Gallagher


Munster Junior Football Championship

Munster quarter-finals

14 May 1989 Quarter-final Limerick 1-06 - 0-12 Waterford Páirc na nGael
E McDaid 0-4, M O'Doherty 1-0, W Hanley 0-1, A Shanahan 0-1. L O'Brien 0-6, C McGrath 0-3, P Ferncombe 0-2, J Dunne 0-1.
14 May 1989 Quarter-final Tipperary 0-09 - 1-07 Clare Clonmel GAA Ground
C Coen 0-3, P Hallissey 0-3, L Connolly 0-2, J Lowry 0-1. J O'Gorman 0-5, F Carrig 1-1, J Fennell 0-1.

Munster semi-finals

17 June 1989 Semi-final Kerry 2-12 - 0-04 Waterford Mitchelstown Grounds
S Geaney 2-2, K Culhane 0-4, S McElligott 0-2, S Fitzgerald 0-2, C Walsh 0-1, T Brosnan 0-1. T Goff 0-2, L O'Brien 0-1, C McCraith 0-1. Referee: J O'Leary (Na Piarsaigh)
25 June 1989 Semi-final Cork 0-16 - 0-04 Clare Páirc Uí Chaoimh
N Twomey 0-4, J Ring 0-3, K Creed 0-3, N O'Connor 0-3, W O'Riordan 0-2, M Murphy 0-1. J O'Gorman 0-1, JJ Rouine 0-1, K O'Mahony 0-1, O Downes 0-1. Referee: P Lonergan (Tipperary)

Munster final

28 June 1989 Final Kerry 0-09 - 0-10 Cork Austin Stack Park
T Brosnan 0-2, K Culhane 0-2, S Stack 0-1, F Ashe 0-1, S McElligott 0-1, C Walsh 0-1, S Geaney 0-1. W O'Riordan 0-5, N Twomey 0-2, T Buckley 0-1, G Ring 0-1, G Casey 0-1.

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland home final

16 July 1989 Home final Cork 1-11 - 0-03 Kildare Semple Stadium
N Twomey 1-4, W O'Riordan 0-2, G Casey 0-2, M Murphy 0-1, S Dineen 0-1, N O'Connor 0-1. S Merrins 0-3. Referee: J Carney (Roscommon)

All-Ireland final

10 September 1989 Final Cork 0-18 - 0-03 Warwickshire Coventry
W O'Riordan 0-7, N Twomey 0-6, N O'Connor 0-3, T Buckley 0-1, P Buckley 0-1. G Butler 0-2, D Cook 0-1. Referee: M Cranny (Down)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Noel Twomey Cork 1-16 19 4 4.75
2 William O'Riordan Cork 0-16 16 4 4.00
3 Syl Merrins Kildare 1-11 14 4 3.50
4 Sean Geaney Kerry 2-03 9 2 4.50
5 John Lowry Kildare 2-02 8 4 2.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Sean Geaney Kerry 2-02 8 Waterford
2 Noel Twomey Cork 1-04 7 Kildare
William O'Riordan Cork 0-07 7 Warwickshire
4 Syl Merrins Kildare 1-03 6 Meath
Noel Twomey Cork 0-06 6 Warwickshire
Liam O'Brien Waterford 0-06 6 Limerick
7 Alan O'Connor Louth 1-02 5 Carlow
Donal McCarthy Louth 1-02 5 Kildare
Séamus Dillon Kildare 0-05 5 Kilkenny
Johnny O'Gorman Clare 0-05 5 Tipperary

References

  1. ^ "9th October 1988: A great day for Meath football". Hogan Stand. 9 October 2014. 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. ^ "Juniors Take Leinster Title". Leinster Express. 17 June 1989.
  5. ^ "Louth's Poor Show in Junior Final". Dundalk Democrat. 17 June 1989.