The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 75th staging of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 30 April 1961 and ended on 24 September 1961.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 30 - September 24, 1961 |
| Teams | 31 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Down (2nd win) |
| Captain | Paddy Doherty |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Offaly |
| Captain | Willie Nolan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Offaly |
| Ulster | Down |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 32 |
← 1960 1962 → | |
Kilkenny return to the Leinster championship for the first time since 1944. The Leinster final in Portlaoise was the last to date not played at Croke Park.
Results edit
Connacht Senior Football Championship edit
| Galway | 0–10 – 0–6 | Mayo |
|---|---|---|
| F O’Leary (0-1), M Ruane (0-2); T Treacy (0-1), T O’Boyle (0-1). Sub: J Langan (0-1). |
Leinster Senior Football Championship edit
| Offaly | 3–9 – 0–6 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| P.Tyrell, J.J.Walsh 0-2, J.Redpath, P.Cummins 0-1 |
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
| Offaly | 1–13 – 1–8 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| Har Donnelly 0-6 (0-4f), Mick Casey 1-2, Donie O'Hanlon 0-5 (0-1f) | John Timmons 0-5 (0-4f), Mickey Whelan 1-1, Paddy Farnan and Kevin Heffernan 0-1 each |
Munster Senior Football Championship edit
| Cork | 2–9 – 2–4 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| C. O'Sullivan (0-1), S .O'Sullivan (0-1), E. McCarthy (0-4), J. O'Sullivan (1-1), V, Barrett (0-2) & M. Burke (1-0). |
| Kerry | 0–10 – 1–7 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| Mick O'Connell 0-3 (0-1f), Dan McAuliffe 0-2f, Mick O'Dwyer, Seamus Murphy, Tom Long, Dave Geaney, Gary Clifford 0-1 each | Joe O'Sullivan 1-2, Gene McCarthy (0-1f) and Vincent Barrett (0-1f) 0-2 eachm Con Sullivan 0-1 |
| Kerry | 2–13 – 1–4 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| Dan McAuliffe 0-7 (0-5f), Gary Clifford 1-1, Brian Sheehy 1-0, John Dowling 0-3, Mick O'Dwyer and Tim O'Sullivan 0-1 each | Gene McCarthy 1-2 (0-1f) and George White 0-2 |
Ulster Senior Football Championship edit
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship edit
| Down | 1–12 – 0–9 | Kerry |
|---|---|---|
| M O'Dwyer (0-2), D McAuliffe (0-1), T O'Sullivan (0-3), T Dowd (0-1). |
Attendance: 64,112
Championship statistics edit
Scorers edit
- Overall
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|
- Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|
Miscellaneous edit
- Carlow beat Laois only time in the Leinster football championship between 1948 & 1988.
- Seán O'Heslin Memorial Park, Ballinamore played host to Connacht semi-final between Galway vs Leitrim.
- The Kildare-Kilkenny game was the first Leinster championship game Kilkenny played since 1944 as they decided to rejoin it.
- The Leinster final between Offaly vs Dublin was the last Leinster final to date not played at Croke Park, Dublin when it was held at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise with the attendance of 26,826.
- The All Ireland semi-final Offaly vs Roscommon was their first championship meeting.
- Offaly reach their first All Ireland final but were beaten narrowly by Down won it for the second year in a row also were the last team to win a triple of Ulster titles until Armagh (2004–2006).
References edit
- ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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