1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Down (2nd win) |
Captain | Paddy Doherty |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Kerry |
Leinster | Offaly |
Ulster | Down |
Connacht | Roscommon |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 32 |
← 1960 1962 → |
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.
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). |
Roscommon | 2–9 – 2–6 | Sligo |
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Leitrim | 2–9 – 4–11 | Galway |
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, Ballinamore
Attendance: 4,000
Roscommon | 1–11 – 2–7 | Galway |
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McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 19,876
Referee: A. Carroll (Clare)
Leinster Senior Football Championship[]
Wexford | 2–11 – 0–11 | Wicklow |
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Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: F. Long (Carlow)
Kildare | 3–8 – 3–4 | 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
Longford | 3–10 – 0–8 | Westmeath |
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O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Carlow | 3-11– 3–9 | Laois |
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Geraldine Park, Athy
Longford | 0–8 – 1–6 | Meath |
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Croke Park, Dublin
Kildare | 4–7 – 2–5 | Louth |
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F.Gibbons 3-2, P.Tyrell 1-1, P.Cummins 0-2, J.Redpath, J.Cummins 0-1 |
Croke Park, Dublin
Dublin | 4–7 – 0–7 | Wexford |
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Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Offaly | 0–17 – 2–6 | Carlow |
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Offaly | 3–9 – 0–6 | Kildare |
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P.Tyrell, J.J.Walsh 0-2, J.Redpath, P.Cummins 0-1 |
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
Dublin | 4–14 – 1–7 | Meath |
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Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Attendance: 23,271
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[]
Waterford | 1–7 – 3–13 | Tipperary |
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Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: D. O'Donovan (C)
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). |
Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy
Referee: L. Crotty (W)
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[]
Derry | 2–10 – 0–4 | Donegal |
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MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey
Armagh | 2–7 – 0–8 | Cavan |
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The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Monaghan | 1–10 – 0–6 | Antrim |
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St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Attendance: 4,000
Down | 0–12 – 0–7 | Fermanagh |
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Pairc Esler, Newry
Derry | 1–9 – 0–10 | Tyrone |
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Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen
Attendance: 4,000
Armagh | 5–9 – 0–5 | Monaghan |
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O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Attendance: 6,000
Down | 2–12 – 1–10 | Derry |
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Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 18,000
Down | 2–10 – 1–10 | Armagh |
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Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 38,500
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). |
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 64,112
Offaly | 3–6 – 0–6 | Roscommon |
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Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,573
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)
Down | 3–6 – 2–8 | Offaly |
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Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 90,556
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)
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.
- 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[]
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