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1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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The 1989 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 59th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

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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 Final Kildare 1-07 - 1-06 Louth Páirc Tailteann
S Merrins 0-4, J Lowry 1-0, G Donnelly 0-1, J Tynan 0-1, J Tompkins 0-1. D McCarthy 1-2, M Malone 0-4. Referee: P Kavanagh (Meath)

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

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References

  1. [1]
    "9th October 1988: A great day for Meath football". Hogan Stand. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Junior football". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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