The 1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 40th staging of the championship since its establishment by the GAA in 1912.
| All Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winners | Louth (4th win) |
| Captain | Gussie Sheelan[1] |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Yorkshire |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Monaghan |
| Connacht | Galway |
← 1960 1962 → | |
The competition format saw the four provincial champions compete in two 'Home' semi-finals, the winners of which then contested the All-Ireland 'Home' final at Croke Park.
Louth, having accounted for Meath, Longford and Offaly in the Leinster preliminary rounds and Dublin in the provincial final, went on to defeat Kerry and Galway in the All-Ireland Series to emerge as 'Home' champions.
In the last stage of the competition, the victorious 'Home' finalists then met the champions of Britain to determine who would be crowned overall All-Ireland Junior Football Champions for 1961.[2]
The title match was played on 8 October in Leeds. The 1961 British champions Yorkshire provided the opposition for Louth. A tight game ended in victory for the Wee County side by three points.[3][4]
Results edit
Munster Junior Football Championship edit
Leinster Junior Football Championship edit
Final
| 6 August 1961 |  Louth | 2–04 - 0–08 |  Dublin | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
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Ulster Junior Football Championship edit
Connacht Junior Football Championship edit
All-Ireland Junior Football Championship edit
'Home' Semi-Finals edit
| 27 August 1961 | Louth | 2–07 - 1–08 |  Kerry | Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda |
| 27 August 1961 |  Galway | 5–09 - 1–01 |  Monaghan | Ballinasloe, County Galway |
'Home' Final edit
| 10 September 1961 | Louth[5] | 0–11 - 1–07 | Galway | Croke Park, Dublin |
All-Ireland Final edit
(Roundhay Park, Leeds, England)
8 October 1961
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| Louth[6]
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1–13 – 1–10 | Yorkshire |
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| (HT: 0–08 - 1–05) | ||
| Gls: Jim Sheelan (1-0) Pts: Kirk (0-06), Fagan (0-02), Jim Sheelan (0-02), Donnelly (0-02) Judge (0-01) |
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| GK | 1 | Jim Clifford (St Patrick's) | |
| RCB | 2 | Oliver Coombes (Wolfe Tones) | |
| FB | 3 | Jim Butterly (Mattock Rangers) | |
| LCB | 4 | Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots) | |
| RHB | 5 | Gussie Sheelan (St Patrick's) (c) | |
| CHB | 6 | Michael Kelly (Wolfe Tones) | |
| LHB | 7 | Paddy Dixon (Clan Na Gael) | |
| MF | 8 | Frank Fagan (Newtown Blues) | |
| MF | 9 | Paddy Jordan (St Patrick's) | |
| RHF | 10 | Jim Sheelan (St Patrick's) | |
| CHF | 11 | Muckle McKeown (O'Raghallaighs) | |
| LHF | 12 | Jim Judge (Newtown Blues) | |
| RCF | 13 | Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers) | |
| FF | 14 | Henry Donnelly (St Patrick's) | |
| LCF | 15 | Fra Kirk (Clan Na Gael) | |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 16 | Joe Mallon (Newtown Blues) for Jordan | ||
| 17 | Leslie Toal (Clan Na Gael) for Coombes | ||
Manager: | |||
| Paddy McArdle | |||
References edit
- ^ "Condolence Book for Augustine (Gussie) SHEELAN". www.rip.ie/Deathnotices/Louth. 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Louth Juniors take on Yorkshire at Leeds". Drogheda Independent. 7 October 1961.
- ^ "Remembering Louth All-Ireland junior winner Paddy Jordan". Dundalk Democrat. 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Louth Profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- ^ "Nicknames at very core of GAA folklore". Drogheda Independent. 25 August 2011.
- ^ "Duleek Gate had lots of great greyhound men". Drogheda Independent. 21 October 2005.