1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details | |
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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 → |
The 1961 inter-county Gaelic football tournament.
The championship began on 30 April 1961 and ended on 24 September 1961.
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.
Down won their second All-Ireland in a row.[1][2][3]
Results
Connacht Senior Football Championship
Galway | 0–10 – 0–6 | Mayo |
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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
Kilkenny | ||
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P.Tyrell 2-4, Paddy Moore 1-0, P.Cummins 0-2, P.Connolly, F.Gibbons 0-1 |
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Offaly | 3–9 – 0–6 | Kildare |
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P.Tyrell, J.J.Walsh 0-2, J.Redpath, P.Cummins 0-1 |
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
Offaly | 1–13 – 1–8 | Dublin |
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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
Cork | 2–9 – 2–4 | Tipperary |
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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 | 1–13 – 1–0 | Clare |
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T Long (0-2), D Geaney (0-4), G McMahon (1-1), J Burke(0-1) T, Burke (0-5) |
Newcastlewest
Kerry | 0–10 – 1–7 | Cork |
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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 |
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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
Monaghan | 1–10 – 0–6 | Antrim |
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St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Attendance: 4,000
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Down | 1–12 – 0–9 | Kerry |
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M O'Dwyer (0-2), D McAuliffe (0-1), T O'Sullivan (0-3), T Dowd (0-1). |
Attendance: 64,112
Down | 3–6 – 2–8 | Offaly |
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J. McCartan, S. O'Neill 1-1, B. Morgan 1-0, P. Doherty & T. Hadden 0-2. | M. Casey, P. Daly 1-0, H. Donnelly 0-6, Ti Cullen & S. Brereton 0-1. |
Championship statistics
Scorers
- Overall
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
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- Single game
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
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Miscellaneous
- 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.
- (2004–2006).
References
- ^ "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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