1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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
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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

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
Attendance: 4,000
Roscommon1–11 – 2–7Galway
Attendance: 19,876
Referee: A. Carroll (Clare)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Wexford2–11 – 0–11Wicklow
Referee: F. Long (Carlow)
Kildare3–8 – 3–4Kilkenny
P.Tyrell 2-4, Paddy Moore 1-0, P.Cummins 0-2, P.Connolly, F.Gibbons 0-1
Longford3–10 – 0–8Westmeath
Carlow3-11– 3–9Laois
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
Offaly0–17 – 2–6Carlow
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: J Kavanagh (Kildare)
Offaly3–9 – 0–6Kildare
P.Tyrell, J.J.Walsh 0-2, J.Redpath, P.Cummins 0-1
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)
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)
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
Attendance: 4,000
Down0–12 – 0–7Fermanagh
Derry1–9 – 0–10Tyrone
Attendance: 4,000
Armagh5–9 – 0–5Monaghan
Attendance: 6,000
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)
Main article: 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
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

  • 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

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  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)