1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
Dates	5 April - 4 October 1970
Teams	31
Champions	Cork (1st title); Donal Hunt (captain)
Runners-up	Fermanagh; Éamonn McPartland (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	94 (2.85 per match)
Points scored	585 (17.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mickey Freyne (1-17)
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Dates5 April - 4 October 1970

Teams31

Champions

Cork (1st title)
Donal Hunt (captain)

Runners-up

Fermanagh
Éamonn McPartland (captain)

The 1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship ran from 5 April to 4 October 1970.

Antrim entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Derry in the Ulster quarter-final.^[1]^[2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 4 October 1970 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cork and Fermanagh, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 2-11 to 0-09 to claim their first ever All-Ireland U21 title.^[3]

Roscommon's Mickey Freyne was the championship's top scorer with 1-17.

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3 May 1970 Quarter-final	Roscommon	1-08 - 1-07	Sligo	Kilcoyne Park
	T Regan 1-1, M Flanagan 0-3, M McDermott 0-1, T Hunt 0-1, J Gavin 0-1, M Freyne 0-1.		J Noone 1-2, M Brennan 0-2, H Quinn 0-2, S Feeney 0-1.

3 May 1970 Semi-final	Mayo	1-08 - 0-05	Galway	Claremorris Grounds
	D Griffith 1-3, T O'Malley 0-2, P O'Grady 0-1, S Kilbride 0-1, T Holland 0-1.		G Dooley 0-3, J Hughes 0-1, F Rushe 0-1.

10 May 1970 Semi-final	Leitrim	1-05 - 2-14	Roscommon	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
	S Keegan 1-1, P Rourke 0-3, D Brennan 0-1.		M Freyne 1-8, M Flanagan 1-3, A Regan 0-2, M McDermott 0-1.

19 July 1970 Final	Roscommon	1-10 - 0-14	Mayo	Dr. Hyde Park
	M Freyne 0-8, B O'Hara 1-1, C Keaveney 0-1.		T Holland 0-4, T O'Malley 0-2, S O'Grady 0-2, A Kelly 0-2, M McIntyre 0-1, W Henry 0-1, D Griffiths 0-1, S O'Reilly 0-1.

5 April 1970 First round	Carlow	2-05 - 0-11	Wicklow	Dr. Cullen Park
	L Foster 1-1, P Doyle 1-0, K Conway 0-3, E Ellis 0-1.		G O'Toole 0-3, J Simpson 0-3, M O'Toole 0-3, T Fortune 0-2.

1970 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

Connacht quarter-final

Connacht semi-finals

Connacht final

Leinster Under-21 Football Championship

Leinster first round

Leinster quarter-finals

Leinster semi-finals

Leinster final

Munster Under-21 Football Championship

Munster quarter-finals

Munster semi-finals

Munster final

Ulster Under-21 Football Championship

Ulster preliminary round

Ulster quarter-finals

Ulster semi-finals

Ulster final

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland final

Statistics

Top scorers

Miscellaneous

References

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5 April 1970 First round	Laois	1-07 - 3-07	Offaly	O'Moore Park
	T O'Brien 1-6, S Allen 0-1.		S Darby 1-2, R Gleeson 1-2, P Fenning 1-1, P Moran 0-2.

5 April 1970 First round	Westmeath	0-02 - 0-16	Longford	Cusack Park
	W Bray 0-1, D Hogan 0-1.		P Burke 0-8, F Sheridan 0-4, F Farrell 0-1, K Hanniffy 0-1, S Lee 0-1, TP Cashell 0-1.

19 April 1970 First round replay	Wicklow	1-09 - 2-08	Carlow	Aughrim County Ground
	J Simpson 1-2, M O'Toole 0-4, G Farrell 0-1, G O'Toole 0-1, P Carthy 0-1.		K Conway 1-2, T Geoghegan 1-2, P Doyle 0-2, T Moriarty 0-1, D Power 0-1.

19 April 1970 Quarter-final	Louth	1-10 - 1-09	Dublin	Gaelic Grounds
	D Reid 0-5, D Lynch 1-1, Terry Doherty 0-2, M McDonald 0-1, R Barry 0-1.		P Leahy 0-4, K Hegarty 1-0, D Hickey 0-3, P O'Neill 0-1, V Daly 0-1.

3 May 1970 Quarter-final	Longford	1-07 - 1-10	Offaly	Cusack Park
	K Hanniffy 1-2, P Burke 0-4, K Higgins 0-1.		S Darby 0-5, F Grehan 1-1, P Fenning 0-1, C Dunne 0-1, R Gleeson 0-1, S Lowry 0-1.

3 May 1970 Quarter-final	Wexford	8-08 - 0-06	Carlow	Páirc Uí Shíocháin
	L Bent 2-4, M Molloy 2-1, D Carthy 2-0, L Byrne 1-2, W French 1-1.		W Cullen 0-2, L Foster 0-1, E Ellis 0-1, J Sheerin 0-1, T Moriarty 0-1.

27 May 1970 Quarter-final	Meath	1-09 - 1-09	Kildare	Drumree Road
	M Costello 1-1, E Mulvihill 0-3, A Burns 0-2, M Fay 0-1, K Rennicks 0-1, B Blighe 0-1.		J Reilly 1-1, K Connolly 0-4, D Flanagan 0-2, J Balfe 0-1, A Comerford 0-1.

24 June 1970 Quarter-final replay	Meath	0-11 - 2-12	Kildare	Páirc Mhuire
				Referee: D Guerin (Dublin)

9 July 1970 Semi-final	Louth	2-08 - 1-09	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann
	A McGrath 1-2, J Byrne 1-2, D Reid 0-2, R Brennan 0-1, R Barry 0-1.		J Goulding 0-6, K Connolly 1-0, J Kelly 0-2, D Flanagan 0-1.

26 July 1970 Semi-final	Offaly	3-08 - 2-08	Wexford	Croke Park
	C Dunne 2-0, F Grehan 0-4, M Quirke 1-0, S Darby 0-3, V Smith 0-1.		P Cullen 1-1, M Kehoe 1-1, J Dunphy 0-4, D Carthy 0-1, G Howlin 0-1.

23 August 1970 Final	Cork	5-12 - 1-07	Clare	Fr. Con Buckley Park
	J Coleman 2-1, N Kirby 1-2, T O'Brien 0-5, J Barrett 1-1, D Hunt 1-0, T Murphy 0-2, D Barron 0-1.		S Moloney 1-3, P Friel 0-3, E Mescall 0-1.	Referee: S Moloney (Tipperary)

24 May 1970 Preliminary round	Antrim	4-11 - 0-04	Monaghan	Casement Park
	G McCann 1-3, A Hamill 1-2, R Graffin 1-2, A McCallin 1-0, B Rainey 0-3, B Storie 0-1.		E Donnelly 0-2, M Quinn 0-1, D Beatty 0-1.

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mickey Freyne	Roscommon	1-17	20	3	6.66
2	Eugene Treacy	Fermanagh	2-12	18	5	3.60
2	Teddy O'Brien	Cork	1-15	18	4	4.50
4	Gene Cusack	Cavan	2-11	17	3	5.66
4	Damien Reid	Louth	1-14	17	4	4.25
6	Freddie Grehan	Offaly	2-08	14	3	4.66
6	Éamonn McPartland	Fermanagh	1-11	14	4	3.50
8	Ned Kirby	Cork	2-07	13	4	3.25
	Des Griffith	Mayo	2-07	13	3	4.33
	Séamus Darby	Offaly	1-10	13	3	4.33

2 August 1970^[4]^[5]^[6]	Louth	2-13 - 3-09	Offaly	Croke Park
	D Reid 1-4, R Barry 1-3, E Sheelan 0-2, A McGrath 0-2, T Doherty 0-1, J Boylan 0-1.		F Grehan 1-3, D Murphy 1-2, M Connor 1-0, S Darby 0-2, L Hanlon 0-1, K Malone 0-1.	Referee: R Barry (Meath)

5 April 1970 Quarter-final	Tipperary	0-04 - 2-10	Kerry	St. Ailbe's Park
	C O'Flaherty 0-2, P Coffey 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1.		P Lynch 0-5, B Lynch 0-4, J Galwey 1-1, M Moran 1-0.

12 April 1970 Quarter-final	Limerick	0-08 - 1-05	Waterford	FitzGerald Park
	C Cregan 0-3, S Bourke 0-2, P Geoghegan 0-2, D Enright 0-1.		J Murphy 1-0, S Fitzgerald 0-2, T Doyle 0-1, J Flynn 0-1, P Morrissey 0-1.	Referee: D Twomey (Cork)

31 May 1970 Quarter-final replay	Waterford	2-09 - 3-08	Limerick	Fraher Field
	P Morrissey 1-2, M Coffey 1-1, T Power 0-3, S Fitzgerald 0-2, T Doyle 0-1.		S Burke 2-0, J Landers 1-0, D Geoghegan 0-3, C Cregan 0-3, D Holmes 0-1, P Ryan 0-1.

12 July 1970 Semi-final	Clare	1-10 - 0-08	Limerick	MacDonagh Park
	J Hehir 1-4, L Friel 0-2, M Tubridy 0-1, S Moloney 0-1, E Mescall 0-1, P Friel 0-1.		D Geoghegan 0-4, J Heddigan 0-2, J Martin 0-1, D Holmes 0-1.

15 July 1970 Semi-final	Cork	2-13 - 0-10	Kerry	Cork Athletic Grounds
	J Barrett 2-1, D Long 0-5, T O'Brien 0-3, N Kirby 0-2, D Hunt 0-1, D Barron 0-1.		B Lynch 0-6, N O'Sullivan 0-2, P O'Connell 0-1, M O'Donnell 0-1.	Referee: S Moloney (Tipperary)

17 May 1970 Quarter-final	Cavan	4-06 - 2-10	Armagh	Breffni Park
	G Cusack 2-1, O Leddy 1-2, M Galligan 1-0, J Brown 0-1, T Corcoran 0-1, T O'Reilly 0-1.		P Loughran 1-3, L McCabe 1-1, J Smith 0-2, C Sweeney 0-2, G Hart 0-2.

24 May 1970 Quarter-final	Tyrone	2-10 - 2-05	Down	Fr. Peter Campbell Park
	F Daly 1-1, P Park 0-4, T Donnelly 1-0, E Morgan 0-2, N Barbour 0-1, W Martin 0-1, S Donaghy 0-1.		P Rooney 1-2, E Grant 1-1, J Swail 0-1, E Tomelty 0-1.

24 May 1970 Quarter-final	Donegal	1-04 - 1-11	Fermanagh	MacCumhaill Park
	S Driscoll 1-0, T Bradley 0-2, M Carney 0-2.		E Treacy 1-1, A Campbell 0-3, T Boyle 0-2, P McGinnity 0-2, D McKenna 0-1, T McGrath 0-1, S Sheridan 0-1.

14 June 1970 Quarter-final	Derry	2-07 - 1-08	Antrim	Rossa Park
	B Gormley 1-1, J O'Leary 0-4, H Niblock 1-0, P Doherty 0-1, B Ward 0-1.		G Gillon 1-0, A McCallin 0-3, P Storie 0-2, T Dunlop 0-2, G McCann 0-1.

14 June 1970 Semi-final	Cavan	1-15 - 3-07	Tyrone	Breffni Park
	G Cusack 0-8, P O'Reilly 1-3, S McGuigan 0-2, J Brown 0-1, F Donnelly 0-1.		T Donnelly 2-2, N Barbour 1-0, P Park 0-2, F Daly 0-1, L Kelly 0-1, J McCarroll 0-1.

21 June 1970 Semi-final	Fermanagh	2-09 - 1-10	Derry	St. Molaise Park
	E Treacy 1-2, E McPartland 0-4, A Campbell 1-0, P McGinnity 0-3.		G Forrest 1-2, JJ Rocks 0-2, M Moran 0-1, B Gormley 0-1, A McGurk 0-1, C Mullan 0-1, H Niblock 0-1, P Doherty 0-1.

19 July 1970 Final	Fermanagh	0-13 - 0-08	Cavan	St. Tiernach's Park
	E Tracey 0-5, E McPartland 0-2, G Gallagher 0-2, P McGinnity 0-2, D McKenna 0-1, D Campbell 0-1.		S O'Reilly 0-3, G Cusack 0-2, M Hanna 0-1, S McGuigan 0-1, J Browne 0-1.	Referee: J Greene (Antrim)

30 August 1970 Semi-final	Louth	1-05 - 1-08	Fermanagh	St Brigid's Park
	E Sheelan 1-1, D Reid 0-3, T Lennon 0-1.		E McParland 1-2, A Campbell 0-3, E Treacy 0-1, D Campbell 0-1, C Campbell 0-1.	Referee: P Rooney (Down)

30 August 1970 Semi-final	Mayo	1-13 - 1-15	Cork	MacHale Park
	D Griffith 1-3, D Holland 0-5, D Dolan 0-2, T O'Malley 0-1, B O'Reilly 0-1, M McIntyre 0-1.		D Hunt 0-6, D Barron 1-1, T O'Brien 0-2, T Murphy 0-2, D Long 0-2, D Aherne 0-1, N Kirby 0-1.	Referee: F Tierney (Cavan)

4 October 1970^[7] Final	Cork	2-11 - 0-09	Fermanagh	Croke Park
	T O'Brien 1-5, N Kirby 1-2, J Coleman 0-2, D Long 0-1, D Hunt 0-1.		E Treacy 0-3, E McPartland 0-3, D McKenna 0-1, P McGinnity 0-1, D Campbell 0-1.	Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)