The 1989 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 59th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.
Meath entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kildare in the Leinster quarter-final.
The All-Ireland final was played on 10 September 1989 in Coventry, between Cork and Warwickshire, in what was their first meeting in the final in two years. Cork won the match by 0–18 to 0–03 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first title since 1987.
Cork's Noel Twomey was the championship's top scorer with 1-16.
Results Leinster Junior Football Championship Leinster quarter-finals
Leinster semi-finals
Leinster final
GK1 Joe Halligan (Ballykelly)RCB2 Noel Connolly (Grange)FB3 Shay Walsh (Ballyteague)LCB4 Paul Donnelly (Castlemitchell)RHB5 Peter McConnon (Round Towers) (c)CHB6 Michael Behan (Kill)LHB7 Willie Dowling (Eadestown)MF8 Tom Travers (Rathcoffey)MF9 Bernard Salmon (Suncroft)RHF10 Syl Merrins (Nurney)CHF11 Gerard Donnelly (Castlemitchell)LHF12 Joe Tynan (Castlemitchell)RCF13 John Lowry (Clogherinkoe)FF14 Joe Tompkins (Two Mile House)LCF15 Noel Cocoman (Kill)Substitutes: 16 Billy Farrell (Straffan) for Cocoman 17 Noel Donlon (Round Towers) for Merrins GK1 Cathal Copas (Dundalk Gaels)RCB2 Gerry Winters (Naomh Máirtín)FB3 Hugh Logue (St Kevin's)LCB4 Fra Fagan (Roche Emmets)RHB5 Stephen Matthews (St Kevin's)CHB6 Tony McCarragher (Cooley Kickhams)LHB7 Mark Gogarty (Naomh Malachi)MF8 Martin Morgan (Naomh Máirtín)MF9 Donal McCarthy (St Patrick's)RHF10 Alan O'Connor (St Joseph's)CHF11 Michael Malone (St Mary's)LHF12 Paul Gallagher (Roche Emmets)RCF13 Gerry Reynolds (Stabannon Parnells)FF14 Pat Mulligan (St Joseph's)LCF15 Liam Kelleher (Dreadnots)Substitutes: 16 John McDonald (Cooley Kickhams) for Gallagher
Munster Junior Football Championship Munster quarter-finals
Munster semi-finals
Munster final
All-Ireland Junior Football Championship All-Ireland home final
All-Ireland final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Noel TwomeyCork1-161944.752William O'RiordanCork0-161644.003Syl MerrinsKildare1-111443.504Sean GeaneyKerry2-03924.505John LowryKildare2-02842.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Sean GeaneyKerry2-028Waterford2Noel TwomeyCork1-047KildareWilliam O'RiordanCork0-077Warwickshire4Syl MerrinsKildare1-036MeathNoel TwomeyCork0-066WarwickshireLiam O'BrienWaterford0-066Limerick7Alan O'ConnorLouth1-025CarlowDonal McCarthyLouth1-025KildareSéamus DillonKildare0-055KilkennyJohnny O'GormanClare0-055Tipperary
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