title: 1959 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
text: # 1959 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
  
  The 1959 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 28th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
  
  Dublin entered the championship as defending champions.
  
  On 27 September 1959, Dublin won the championship following an 0-11 to 1-4 defeat of Cavan in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession. It was also a fifth All-Ireland title in six championship seasons for Dublin.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Connacht Minor Football Championship
  
  Mayo 4-15 Sligo 1-5 Quarter Final Mayo 3-9 Leitrim 4-4 Semi Final Galway 2-5 Roscommon 1-4 Galway 3-9- Mayo 1-8 Final
  
  ### All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
  
  Semi-Finals
  
  Cavan 2-3 Galway 0-8
  
  Final
  
  