The 1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 55th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions but lost to Kerry in the opening round of the Munster Championship.
The All-Ireland final was played in Tuam on 6 October 1985 between Galway and Warwickshire, in what was the first ever meeting in a final between the two counties. Galway won the match by twenty-five points to claim their first title at the grade since 1965 and a fourth overall.
Results
Munster Junior Football Championship
Leinster Junior Football Championship
GK1 Brian Campbell (Beann Éadair)RCB2 Tomás Mannion (Ballymun Kickhams)FB3 Martin Cooke (Kilmore)LCB4 Peter Nolan (Robert Emmets)RHB5 Ciarán Griffin (Fingal Ravens)CHB6 Tom Byrne (An Caisleán)LHB7 Donal McCarthy (Scoil Uí Chonaill)MF8 Anthony White (Clann Mhuire)MF9 Anthony Costello (Naomh Fionnbarra)RHF10 David Delappe (St Anne's)CHF11 Edward McHugh (An Caisleán)LHF12 Jack Sheedy Lucan Sarsfields)RCF13 Joe Watson (Skerries Harps)FF14 Richie Crean (Lucan Sarsfields)LCF15 Ciarán Richardson (Robert Emmets) GK1 Mal Clarke (Oliver Plunketts)RCB2 Tom Conlon (Naomh Malachi)FB3 Declan Healy (Naomh Máirtín) LCB4 Jim Matthews (Hunterstown Rovers)RHB5 Barry O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's)CHB6 Mickey Rossiter (Oliver Plunketts) (c) LHB7 Stephen Matthews (St Kevin's)MF8 Stephen Melia (John Mitchels)MF9 Brian Gorham (Dundalk Young Irelands)RHF10 John O'Donoghue (Oliver Plunketts)CHF11 Denis Kelleher (Dreadnots)LHF12 Vincent O'Connor (Dundalk Young Irelands)RCF13 Gerry Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)FF14 Frank Taaffe (Oliver Plunketts)LCF15 Seán McGahon (Seán McDermott's)Substitutes: 16 Pádraig Califf (Dreadnots) for O'Connor 17 Pat Hand (Naomh Fionnbarra) for Reynolds 18 Noel Healy (Naomh Máirtín) for Gorham
Ulster Junior Football Championship
Connacht Junior Football Championship
All-Ireland semi-finals
All-Ireland home final
All-Ireland final
References