{{Short description|Gaelic football competition}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2008}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Redirect|UMFC|the Polish university|Chopin University of Music}} {{Infobox GAA tournament | name = Ulster Minor Football Championship | currentlyrunning = | image = | caption = | irish = | code = | founded = 1930 | abolished = | region = | trophy = Fr. Murray Cup | teams = | title holders = [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | currentordinal = 27 | most titles = [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | mostordinal = 27 | sponsors = ESB | tv = | motto = | website = }} The '''Ulster Minor Football Championship''' is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of [[Gaelic football]] played in the province of [[Ulster]] in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the [[Ulster GAA|Ulster Council]]. The trophy for the winning side is The Larry Murray Cup. The competition began in 1930, with [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] winning during the inaugural year. The most successful county to date is [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] who have won on 27 occasions. The winner and the beaten finalist represent [[Ulster GAA|Ulster]] in the [[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]].
==List of winners by county== {|class="wikitable" ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Team ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Wins ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Years won ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Runners up ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Years runners up |- | 1 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 27 | 1931, 1934, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2021, 2022, 2025, 2026 | 10 | 1932, 1936, 1953, 1969, 1979, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2019 |- | 2 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 17 | 1965, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024 | 10 | 1966, 1968, 1974, 1993, 1996, 2007, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2026 |- | 3 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 12 | 1930, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1992, 1994, 2005, 2009 | 17 | 1931, 1933, 1937, 1947, 1950, 1956, 1962, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2024 |- | 4 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 10 | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1977, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1999 | 10 | 1934, 1945, 1952, 1982, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2009 |- | 5 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 8 | 1932, 1933, 1936, 1941, 1950, 1955, 1964, 1982 | 6 | 1938, 1940, 1959, 1997, 1998, 2006 |- | 6 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 7 | 1956, 1985, 1991, 1996, 2006, 2014, 2016 | 5 | 1949, 1957, 1963, 1992, 1999 |- | 7 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 6 | 1939, 1940, 1945, 2013, 2018, 2019 | 11 | 1930, 1946, 1948, 1960, 1961, 1978, 1983, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2023 |- | 8 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 6 | 1937, 1938, 1952, 1959, 1974, 2011 | 15 | 1939, 1941, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1988, 2015, 2017, 2025 |- | 9 | [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]] | 0 | {{n/a}} | 4 | 1967, 1970, 1971, 2003 |}
==Finals listed by year==
{| class="wikitable" |- |style="background-color:#FFD700"| |All-Ireland champions |- |style="background-color:#C0C0C0"| |All-Ireland runners-up |}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! style="background:#069; color:white;" colspan = 5| Under 17 Competition |- ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Year ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Winner ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Score ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Opponent ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Score |- | 2026 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 2-16 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1-12 |- | 2025 | style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 2-11 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 1-08 |- | 2024 |style="background-color:#FFD700"| [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 0-12 |style="background:silver;"|[[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 1-07 |- | 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ulster.gaa.ie/2023/05/electric-ireland-ulster-mfc-final-dramatic-win-for-derry-over-monaghan/#:~:text=Derry%20are%20Electric%20Ireland%20Ulster,a%20dramatic%20final%20in%20Armagh. | title=Electric Ireland Ulster MFC Final: Dramatic win for Derry over Monaghan | date=30 May 2023 }}</ref> |style="background-color:#FFD700"| [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1-15 (AET) <br /> Derry win 4-2 on penalties |style="background:silver;"|[[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 3-09 |- | 2022 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 4-08 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 0-16 |- |2021<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-13|title=Tyrone minors set up Cork clash with Ulster title victory over Donegal|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40359035.html|access-date=2021-08-13|website=Irish Examiner|language=en}}</ref> |style="background:silver;"| [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 2-11 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 1-7 |- | 2020 |style="background-color:#FFD700"| [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1-15 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 0-15 |- | 2019 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 1-13 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1-11 |- | 2018 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 1–09 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 0-09 |- ! style="background:#069; color:white;" colspan = 5| Under 18 Competition |- ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Year ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Winner ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Score ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Opponent ! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Score |- | 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=273065 |title=Ulster MFC: Well drilled Derry capture title in style |access-date=18 July 2017 |work=[[Hogan Stand]] |date=16 July 2017}}</ref> |style="background:silver;"| [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–22 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 2–12 |- | 2016 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 2–10 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–11 |- | 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/bonners-minors-make-it-perfect-day-for-donegal-30446248.html |title=Win for Derry minors |access-date=19 July 2015 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=19 July 2015}}</ref> | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–11 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 0–11 |- |- 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/bonners-minors-make-it-perfect-day-for-donegal-30446248.html |title=Bonners minors-make itperfect day for Donegal |access-date=21 July 2014 |work=[[Irish Independent]] |date=21 July 2014}}</ref> | 2014 |style="background:silver;"|[[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 2–12 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–10 |- | 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=197022 |title=Ulster MFC final: Monaghan bridge 68-year gap |access-date=21 July 2013 |work=[[Hogan Stand]] |date=21 July 2013}}</ref> | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 4–10 | style="background:silver;"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 2–14 |- | 2012 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–14 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 1–08 |- | 2011 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 0–12 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 1–06 |- | 2010 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1–14 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–05 |- | 2009 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 1–08 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–05 |- | 2008 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–13 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 0–10 |- | 2007 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–10 | style="background:silver;"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–06 |- | 2006<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/secondhalf-surge-sees-donegal-end-long-title-wait-87073.html|title=Second-half surge sees Donegal end long title wait|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=10 July 2006|access-date=10 July 2006}}</ref> | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 2–12 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 1–05 |- | 2005 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–11 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Down GAA|Down]] | 0–10 |- | 2004 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–11, 0–15 (R) | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 0–11, 0–08 (R) |- | 2003 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 3–09 | [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]] | 0–09 |- | 2002 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 0–12 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–11 |- | 2001 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 2–13 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 0–13 |- | 2000 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 2–11 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1–11 |- | 1999 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Down GAA|Down]] | 0–10, 2–07 (R) | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 0–10, 0–09 (R) |- | 1998 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 4–09 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–02 |- | 1997 | style="background:silver;"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 3–13 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–10 |- | 1996 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 0–09, 0–09 (R) | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 0–09, 1–05 (R) |- | 1995 | style="background:silver;"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 2–12 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–07 |- | 1994 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 3–13 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–07 |- | 1993 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1–09 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–05 |- | 1992 | style="background:silver;"|[[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–13 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 0–09 |- | 1991 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 1–10 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1–09 |- | 1990 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 2–10 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 2–08 |- | 1989 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 2–15 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 2–03 |- | 1988 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 2–07 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 0–03 |- | 1987 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–07 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–04 |- | 1986 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–12 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 0–10 |- | 1985 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 2–11 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 1–03 |- | 1984 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–04 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–03 |- | 1983 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 3–09 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 0–04 |- | 1982 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–10 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 3–05 |- | 1981 | style="background:silver;"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 0–11 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 1–02 |- | 1980 | style="background:silver;"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 3–14 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 1–02 |- | 1979 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–07 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–06 |- | 1978 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 3–11 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 2–09 |- | 1977 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Down GAA|Down]] | 0–08, 0–11 (R) | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 1–05, 1–06 (R) |- | 1976 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 5–07 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 1–09 |- | 1975 | style="background:silver;"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–10 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 0–07 |- | 1974 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 3–09 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–04 |- | 1973 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1–13 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 0–09 |- | 1972 | style="background:silver;"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 3–06 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 1–06 |- | 1971 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–19 | [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]] | 0–07 |- | 1970 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–14 | [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]] | 0–11 |- | 1969 | style="background:silver;"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–09 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–05 |- | 1968 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 4–08 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–07 |- | 1967 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–16 | [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]] | 2–05 |- | 1966 | style="background:silver;"|[[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–12 | [[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 1–09 |- | 1965 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Derry GAA|Derry]] | 3–11 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 2–04 |- | 1964 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–10 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 0–06 |- | 1963 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 4–06 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 2–11 |- | 1962 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 2–05 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–08 |- | 1961 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 3–08 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 1–04 |- | 1960 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 2–07 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 1–04 |- | 1959 | style="background:silver;"|[[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 2–11 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–07 |- | 1958 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 3–09 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 3–01 |- | 1957 | style="background:silver;"|[[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 3–06 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 0–10 |- | 1956 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 2–05 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–06 |- | 1955 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 4–03 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 2–06 |- | 1954 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 2–08 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 0–09 |- | 1953 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 2–15 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 3–02 |- | 1952 | style="background:silver;"|[[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 1–05 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–03 |- | 1951 | style="background:silver;"|[[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 3–01 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 1–04 |- | 1950 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 1–08, 1–09 (R) | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 1–08, 1–01 (R) |- | 1949 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 4–06 | [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] | 1–04 |- | 1948 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 5–07 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 2–03 |- | 1947 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 3–06 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 2–08 |- | 1946 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1–04 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 0–05 |- | 1945 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 1–07 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 0–07 |- | 1944 | Suspended | | | |- | 1943 | Suspended | | | |- | 1942 | Suspended | | | |- | 1941 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–05 | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 1–07 |- | 1940 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 0–08 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 0–04 |- | 1939 | style="background:silver;"|[[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 0–05, 1–08 (R) | [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 0–05, 1–07 (R) |- | 1938 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 2–07 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–04 |- | 1937 |style="background-color:#FFD700"|[[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] | 1–10 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–03 |- | 1936 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–07 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 2–04 |- | 1935 | No winner** | | | |- | 1934 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1–04 | [[Down GAA|Down]] | 1–03 |- | 1933 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–07 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 1–01 |- | 1932 | [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]] | 2–07 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 1–02 |- | 1931 | [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] | 0–07 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 0–04 |- | 1930 | [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]] | 3–04 | [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]] | 0–10 |}
* 1935 Final [[Down GAA|Down]] 2–02 [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] 2-01 Objection and counter objection. Competition declared null and void.
==See also== * [[Munster Minor Football Championship]] * [[Leinster Minor Football Championship]] * [[Connacht Minor Football Championship]]
==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111126130849/http://www.gaainfo.com/roh.php Roll of Honour on gaainfo.com] * [http://www.kilkennygaa.ie/KK%20GAA%20Bible.pdf Complete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118175238/http://www.kilkennygaa.ie/KK%20GAA%20Bible.pdf |date=18 November 2007 }}
==External links== * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/the_championship/7518882.stm "Ulster Minor Championship winners"]. [[BBC]]. 2008.
{{Minor Championships}} {{Ulster Council}}
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