It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players under the age of 17 in Ireland and has been contested every year - except for a three-year absence during the Emergency - since 1928.

Having previously been played on a straight knockout basis, the championship has incorporated a round robin since 2018.

This was supplemented by the creation of the All-Ireland Junior Championship in 1912 which provided a springboard to develop players before progressing to senior level.

After a draw on the first day, Cork won the All-Ireland final replay on 27 October 1929 to take the title.

Over time the Leinster and Munster teams grew to become the superpowers of the game, as Gaelic football was the more dominant sport in Ulster and Connacht.

After some time Galway became the only credible team in Connacht and was essentially given an automatic pass to the All-Ireland semi-final every year.

This new structure allowed the defeated Munster and Leinster finalists another chance to regain a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

On 26 January 2008, a radical motion was brought before a special Congress in an effort to combat player burnout.

[2] In an effort to combat player burnout, a new proposal to change the championship from an under-18 competition to an under-17 one was introduced by GAA Director-General Páraic Duffy at Congress on 26 February 2016.

Cork in 2017 won the inaugural Minor U17 All Ireland Championship Final defeating Dublin in Croke Park 1-19 to 1-17.

The 1980s saw Galway and Offaly claim their first All-Ireland Championships, while Limerick secured the Centenary-year title after a lapse of nearly 30 years.

Between 1999 and 2020 they claimed 11 All-Ireland Championships from 15 final appearances, including an historic 4-in-a-row from 2017 to 2020, being the first county to every achieve such a feat.

On 30 August 1949, The Irish Press Ltd. announced that they had presented a silver cup to the Gaelic Athletic Association to mark the 21st anniversary of the All-Ireland Championship.

In accordance with GAA rules, the Central Council awards up to twenty-six gold medals to the winners of the All-Ireland final.