The 1942 Leinster Minor Football Championship was the fourteenth staging of the provincial Gaelic football competition for boys under the age of 18 by Leinster GAA, since its inception in 1929.
Louth entered the competition as defending champions and went on to retain the trophy for the third year in a row.
Leinster was the only province to crown a champion for 1942. The other three provincial councils abandoned their Minor competitions, due to travel restrictions imposed by the Irish Government during the Second World War.
Similarly, the Leinster Minor Football Championship was suspended in June 1942. In July 1943, Leinster GAA decided to complete the remaining rounds of their 1942 Minor football and Hurling competitions, as only three matches remained to be played.
The title match in Croke Park was between Louth and Kildare. Louth, ahead by 2–6 to 0–2 at half-time, defeated Kildare by nineteen points to claim their sixth provincial title. Unlike in previous years, the winners did not progress to an All-Ireland semi-final, as the other three provincial Championships had been abandoned. The 1942 competition was the last Leinster Minor Football Championship to be held until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
Results Leinster Minor Football Championship
Final
GK1 Paddy Rogers (De La Salle)RCB2 P.J. Grist (Cooley Kickhams)FB3 Tom Mulligan (Dundalk Gaels)LCB4 Johnny Blake (De La Salle)RHB5 Paddy Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands) CHB6 John Cullen (St. Mary's College)LHB7 Denis Ryan (Cooley Kickhams)MF8 John White (Cooley Kickhams)MF9 Brendan O'Dowda (De La Salle) (c)RHF10 Peter Donnelly (Drogheda C.B.S.)CHF11 Joe MacArtain (Dundalk Young Irelands)LHF12 Mickey Reynolds (Ardee Minors) RCF13 Charlie O'Brien (Drogheda C.B.S.)FF14 Paddy Burke (Ardee Minors)LCF15 Hugh O'Rourke (Cooley Kickhams) GK1 J. McShortall (Suncroft)RCB2 G. Headon (Ballymore Eustace)FB3 J. Farrell (Ardclough)LCB4 F. Sullivan (Naas)RHB5 J. Nevin (Caragh)CHB6 W. Hickey (Athy)LHB7 J. Byrne (Kilcullen)MF8 T. Fox (Athy)MF9 B. O'Connor (Ardclough)RHF10 D. Conlan (Moorefield)CHF11 F. Purcell (Athy)LHF12 T. Fullam (Naas)RCF13 R. Cullen (Ardclough)FF14 E. Monahan (Suncroft)LCF15 J. Grehan (Naas)
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