1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final

Event	1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary Dublin 0-16 1-12
Date	3 September 1961
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	G. Fitzgerald (Limerick)[1]
Attendance	67,866[2]

The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 74th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland.[3] The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 3 September 1961, between Tipperary and Dublin. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a scoreline of 0-16 to 1-12.[4][5]

Match details

3 September 1961
15:15 IST

Tipperary	0-16 – 1-12	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 67,866

Referee: G. FitzGerald (Limerick)

References

1. The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (PDF). Dublin: DBA Publications Ltd. 2021. p. 28. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
2. Fogarty, John (15 April 2020). "Plenty of discoveries to be made in deep dive of GAA digital archive". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
3. Scully, Niall (8 November 2021). "Our hurling heroes of 1961 return to Parnell Park". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
4. Scully, Niall (9 May 2022). "Jimmy Gray's book will be a riveting read". Irish Independent. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
5. "Tipperary GAA mourns five times All Ireland senior hurling winner Liam Devaney". www.tipperarylive.ie. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2024.