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| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Donegal (1st win) |
| Captain | Brian Tuohy |
| Manager | Tom Conaghan[1] |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Roscommon |
| Manager | Martin McDermott[2] |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Laois |
| Ulster | Donegal |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
The 1982 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship was the 19th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Roscommon in the All-Ireland semi-final.
Donegal won the championship following an 0–8 to 0–5 defeat of Roscommon in the All-Ireland final.[3] This was their fourth All-Ireland title overall and their second in successive seasons.
The following players won the Sam Maguire Cup with their county in 1992: Paul Carr, Matt Gallagher, Martin McHugh, Joyce McMullan, Sylvester Maguire, Anthony Molloy, Charlie Mulgrew and Donal Reid.[4]
Before that, he had served his apprenticeship as manager of the Under 21 side, leading them to the Under 21 All-Ireland final in 1982, where they were beaten by Donegal in Carrick-on-Shannon on, what McDermott mournfully recalls as, 'a wet and miserable October day'.