1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 1987 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 56th 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.
Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.
On 20 September 1987, Down won the championship following a 1-12 to 1-5 defeat of Cork in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in ten championship seasons.
Future Comedian Patrick Kielty was on the Down team.
Results
[Connacht Minor Football Championship]
Semi-Finals'''Final'''
[Leinster Minor Football Championship]
Quarter-FinalsSemi-Finals
'''Final'''
[Munster Minor Football Championship]
Quarter-FinalsSemi-Finals
'''Finals'''
[Ulster Minor Football Championship]
Preliminary RoundQuarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
'''Final'''
[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]
Semi-Finals'''Final'''
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Cork set a new record by becoming the first team to be defeated in three successive All-Ireland finals.