2006 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

The 2006 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 76th staging of the competition since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

2006 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Kerry
Captain	Seán Hegarty
Manager	Buddy O'Grady
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Roscommon
Captain	Ronan Cox
Manager	Eamonn McManus
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Roscommon
← 2005 2007 →

Traditionally the four provincial championship winners face each other at the All-Ireland semi-final stage.

As the Ulster GAA council did not hold a provincial championship, the fourth semi-final spot was filled by overseas representatives Warwickshire, winners of the 2006 All-Britain Junior Football Championship.

Kerry's victory in the final, against Roscommon on 30 July, was the county's 14th in the history of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.^[1]

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

Kerry v Cork

5 July 2006[2] Final	Kerry	0-12 - 1-08	Cork	Austin Stack Park, Tralee
				Referee: R. Hickey (Clare)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Meath v Louth

25 June 2006[3] Final	Meath	1-12 - 0-11	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin
	R. Maguire 0-5 (1f), T. Dowd 1-0, B. Dillon 0-2 (2f), D. Barrett, I. McManus (1f), B. Meade, J. Gallagher, R. Kealy 0-1 each		S. Lennon 0-5 (3f), C. Judge 0-2 (1f), C. McArdle (1f), D. Shevlin, F. McCullough, N. Shevlin 0-1 each	Referee: S. O'Shea (Wexford)

GK 1 John Curry (Ballinabrackey) RCB 2 Trevor Bannon (Ballinabrackey) FB 3 Brian O'Reilly (Nobber) LCB 4 Paddy Nugent (Carnaross) (c) RHB 5 Barry Kieran (Meath Hill) CHB 6 Thomas Dillon (Syddan) LHB 7 John Bruton (Kilbride) MF 8 Brian Meade (Rathkenny) MF 9 Jim Gallagher (Gaeil Colmcille) RHF 10 Richie Kealy (Dunshaughlin) CHF 11 Stephen Dillon (Syddan) LHF 12 Tony Cunningham (Duleek) RCF 13 Rory Maguire (Longwood) FF 14 Brian Dillon (Syddan) LCF 15 Trevor Dowd (Dunshaughlin) Substitutes: 16 Ian McManus (Curraha) for B. Dillon 17 Dean Barrett (Na Fianna) for Gallagher Manager: Dessie Hamilton

GK 1 Seán Connor (St Patrick's) RCB 2 Derek Shevlin (Dreadnots) FB 3 Dessie Finnegan (St Patrick's) LCB 4 Fergal McGuigan (Dreadnots) RHB 5 J.J. Quigley (Clan na Gael) CHB 6 Gavin Long (Cooley Kickhams) LHB 7 Ronan Greene (Naomh Malachi) MF 8 Seán O'Neill (Cooley Kickhams) MF 9 John Doyle (Naomh Fionnbarra) RHF 10 Francis McCullough (Naomh Máirtín) CHF 11 David Hughes (Cooley Kickhams) LHF 12 David Reid (Mattock Rangers) RCF 13 Cormac McArdle (Dundalk Gaels) FF 14 Shane Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets) LCF 15 Colm Judge (Newtown Blues) Substitutes: 16 Nicky McDonnell (Naomh Máirtín) for McCullough 17 Stephen Fitzpatrick (Clan na Gael) for McGuigan 18 Peter Osborne (Seán McDermott's) for Long 19 Nigel Shevlin (Dreadnots) for McArdle 20 David Bracken (Glen Emmets) for Doyle Manager: Eamonn McEneaney

Connacht Junior Football Championship

Roscommon v Mayo

11 June 2006[4] Final (After Extra-time)	Roscommon	1-10 - 0-11	Mayo	Ballyhaunis
				Referee: R. McBrien(Leitrim)

All-Ireland Semi-Finals

Kerry v Meath

8 July 2006[5]	Kerry	0-13 - 0-07	Meath	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
				Referee: G. McCarron (Monaghan)

Roscommon v Warwickshire

14 July 2006[6]	Roscommon	3-19 - 1-08	Warwickshire	Páirc na hÉireann, Birmingham
				Referee: G. Walsh (Antrim)

All-Ireland Final

Kerry v Roscommon

30 July 2006	Kerry	1-09 - 0-10	Roscommon	Cusack Park, Ennis
	S. Wallace 1-2, R. McAuliffe 0-4, J. Buckley, M. Murphy, C. Daly 0-1 each		D. Moran (2f), R. O'Connor, M. Connolly, S. Purcell 0-2 each, S. Heneghan, J. Callery 0-1 each	Referee: F. Barrett (Kildare)