1952 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

1952 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cavan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Westmeath
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Galway

The 1952 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 21st staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.

Roscommon entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.

On 29 September 1952, Galway won the championship following a 2-9 to 1-6 defeat of Cavan in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.

Results

Connacht Minor Football Championship

Quarter-final

Galway 2-11 Leitrim 0-3.

Semi-finals

Sligo 3-5 Mayo 1-5.

Galway 2-3 Roscommon 1-3.

Final

Galway 4-11 Sligo 0-3 Castlebar.

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Semi-Finals

Final

Galway v Cavan

29 September 1952 Final

Galway

2-09 - 1-06

Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• In three of the provincial championships there are wins for teams after long absences. Cork and Westmeath win the respective Munster and Leinster titles for the first time since 1939, while Cavan claim the Ulster title for the first time since 1938.