1997 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
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| All Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winners | Mayo |
| Captain | Vinny Keane |
| Manager | Billy Fitzpatrick |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Kerry |
| Captain | Diarmuid Murphy |
| Manager | Buddy O'Grady |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Meath |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Mayo |
← 1996 1998 → | |
The 1997 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 67th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, but lost to Clare at the semi-final stage of the Munster Championship.[1]
The 1997 All-Ireland Junior Championship final was played on 23 August 1997 in Ennis, between Mayo and Kerry.
Mayo won the match by 2–08 to 1–10 to claim their fifth championship overall and a second in three years.
