1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship


The 1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 59th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster quarter-final.
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.
Cork's Noel Twomey was the championship's top scorer with 1-16.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Noel TwomeyCork1-161944.75
2William O'RiordanCork0-161644.00
3Syl MerrinsKildare1-111443.50
4Sean GeaneyKerry2-03924.50
5John LowryKildare2-02842.00

;In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Sean GeaneyKerry2-028Waterford
2Noel TwomeyCork1-047Kildare
2William O'RiordanCork0-077Warwickshire
4Syl MerrinsKildare1-036Meath
4Noel TwomeyCork0-066Warwickshire
4Liam O'BrienWaterford0-066Limerick
7Alan O'ConnorLouth1-025Carlow
7Donal McCarthyLouth1-025Kildare
7Séamus DillonKildare0-055Kilkenny
7Johnny O'GormanClare0-055Tipperary
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