1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
DatesApril 30 - September 24, 1961
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDown (2nd win)
CaptainPaddy Doherty
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamOffaly
CaptainWillie Nolan
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterOffaly
UlsterDown
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
No. matches played32
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

Galway0–10 – 0–6Mayo
F O’Leary (0-1), M Ruane (0-2); T Treacy (0-1), T O’Boyle (0-1). Sub: J Langan (0-1).
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: J. Martin (Roscommon)

Roscommon2–9 – 2–6Sligo
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Patsy Geraghty (Galway)

Leitrim2–9 – 4–11Galway

Roscommon1–11 – 2–7Galway

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Wexford2–11 – 0–11Wicklow




Longford0–8 – 1–6Meath

Kildare4–7 – 2–5Louth
F.Gibbons 3-2, P.Tyrell 1-1, P.Cummins 0-2, J.Redpath, J.Cummins 0-1

Dublin4–7 – 0–7Wexford
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow



Dublin4–14 – 1–7Meath
Attendance: 23,271

Offaly1–13 – 1–8Dublin
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
Attendance: 26,836
Referee: J Kavanagh (Kildare)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Waterford1–7 – 3–13Tipperary
Referee: D. O'Donovan (C)

Cork2–9 – 2–4Tipperary
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).
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: L. Crotty (W)

Kerry1–13 – 1–0Clare
T Long (0-2), D Geaney (0-4), G McMahon (1-1), J Burke(0-1) T, Burke (0-5)
Newcastlewest

Kerry0–10 – 1–7Cork
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
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: A Carroll (Clare)

Kerry2–13 – 1–4Cork
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
Attendance: 27,852
Referee: A Carroll (Clare)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry2–10 – 0–4Donegal

Armagh2–7 – 0–8Cavan

Monaghan1–10 – 0–6Antrim


Derry1–9 – 0–10Tyrone
Ballinascreen
Attendance: 4,000


Down2–12 – 1–10Derry
Attendance: 18,000

Down2–10 – 1–10Armagh
Attendance: 38,500

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Down1–12 – 0–9Kerry
M O'Dwyer (0-2), D McAuliffe (0-1), T O'Sullivan (0-3), T Dowd (0-1).
Attendance: 64,112

Offaly3–6 – 0–6Roscommon
Attendance: 71,573
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)

Down3–6 – 2–8Offaly
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.
Attendance: 90,556
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)

Championship statistics

Scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition

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.
  • 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

  1. ^ "Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)