2016 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship
The 2016 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an inter county football competition between 31 of the 32 counties of Ireland. Provincial championships were held in Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster with the winners progressing to the All-Ireland semi-finals.
The competition was sponsored for the second time by EirGrid.
2016 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship
Quarter-final
- Roscommon 1-16 Galway 2-10 Kiltoom
Semi-finals
- Roscommon 1-18 Sligo 0-8 Markievicz Park
- Mayo 4-12 Leitrim 0-15 Carrick-on-Shannon
2016 Leinster Under-21 Football Championship
Preliminary round
- Wicklow 5-12 Carlow 3-13 IT Carlow
- Laois 3-15 Louth 1-14 Haggardstown
- Wexford 0-14 Longford 2-5 Enniscorthy
Quarter-finals
- Dublin 1-12 Meath 0-9 Parnell Park
- Kildare 2-14 Offaly 1-6 Hawkfield
- Wexford 0-7 Westmeath 1-5 Enniscorthy
- Laois 0-20 Wicklow 3-9 O'Moore Park
2016 Munster Under-21 Football Championship
Quarter-finals
- Cork 0-23 Clare 0-8 Cooraclare
- Kerry 0-11 Tipperary 1-7 Austin Stack Park, Tralee
2016 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship
Preliminary round
- Derry 0-16 Antrim 0-11 Celtic Park
Quarter-finals
- Monaghan 1-15 Fermanagh 0-3 Iniskeen
- Down 0-9 Armagh 5-16 Pairc Esler
- Cavan 0-10 Tyrone 2-10 Breffni Park
- Donegal 0-14 Derry 2-7 Ballybofey
Semi-finals
- Monaghan 2-16 Armagh 0-9 Pairc Esler
- Tyrone 1-15 Donegal 2-8 Celtic Park