1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Mayo (3rd win)
Captain Sean Flanagan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Meath
Captain Séamus Heery
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Meath
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
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The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 65th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Contents

Mayo won their second All-Ireland in a row. [1] [2] [3]

The Curse of '51

Mayo have not won an All-Ireland football final since 1951. Legend has it that a priest became furious when the Mayo team bus returning home from the 1951 final passed by a funeral without showing respect as they celebrated their All-Ireland win. The priest supposedly put a curse on Mayo, that they would not win another title until all of the team had died. [4] All remaining members of the team had died by 2023. [5] [6] Paddy Prendergast, who was the final surviving member and played at full-back, died at the age of 95 on 26 September 2021. [7] [8] [9] Mick Loftus, who was a sub and did not play on the day, died at the age of 93 on 22 April 2023. [10]

The curse is one that was disproven, for records show there was no funeral in Foxford on that day. [11] In addition, there is no evidence of local belief in such a curse before the early 21st century.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Mayo 3-7 – 1-5 Sligo
M Flanagan (0-2), S Mulderrig (2-2, one goal a penalty), M Mulderrig (0-2) & T Langan (1-1).
Corran Park, Ballymote
Attendance: 7,000
Galway 2-10 – 1-4 Roscommon
Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Mayo 4-13 – 2-3 Galway
H Dixon (0-1), E Mongey (0-1), P Carney (0-3), S Mulderrig (0-3); M Mulderrig (0-1), T Langan (1-3) & P Solan (3-1).
Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Attendance: 27,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Kildare 2-9 – 1-3 Wicklow
P.White 1-6, C.Hanlon 1-1 & P.Quinn 0-2.
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Offaly 1-3 – 1-8 Dublin
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Referee: W Geraghty (Laois)
Longford 2-5 – 1-8 Carlow
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Longford 1-7 – 1-1 Carlow
Cusack Park, Mullingar
Louth 2-9 – 2-6 Kildare
C.Burke 1-1, C.Hanlon 1-0, P.White 0-3 & L.O'Brien 0-2.
Croke Park, Dublin
Wexford 2-5 – 2-5 Westmeath
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Laois 1-12 – 2-2 Longford
O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Meath 0-11 – 1-5 Dublin
Drogheda Park, Drogheda
Wexford 1-10 – 2-5 Westmeath
Croke Park, Dublin
Laois 1-9 – 2-4 Wexford
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Meath 0-6 – 0-6 Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Meath 0-7 – 0-6 Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Meath 4-9 – 0-3 Laois
Frankie Byrne 1-2 (0-2f), Jim Reilly 1-2, Brian Smyth and Matty McDonnell 1-1 each, Paddy Meegan 0-2f, Peter McDermott 0-1Tommy Murphy 0-2 (0-1 pen) and Des Connolly 0-1f
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 32,484
Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Clare 1-7 – 1-5 Tipperary
Austin Stack Park, Tralee
Referee: J. Brosnan (K)
Cork 2-13 – 2-4 Limerick
E. Young (0-1), C. McGrath (0-7), D. O'Sullivan (0-3), M. Cahill (0-3) & P. Spillane (2-0).
Buttevant Sportsfield, Buttevant
Cork 4-9 – 1-1 Clare
N. Duggan (0-1), C. McGrath (0-2), C. O'Sullivan (0-2), M. Cahill (4-1), P. Spillane (0-1) & D. Kellaher (0-1).
Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
Kerry 5-6 – 1-1 Waterford
J. Brosnan (0-1), P. Godley (0-3), S. O'Connor (2-0), F. O'Keeffe (1-1), E. Kennelly (1-0) & Tom Ashe (1-1).
Walsh Park, Waterford
Kerry 1-6 – 0-4 Cork
D. Hanafin (Snr) (1-0), T. Ashe (0-3), S. O'Connor (0-1), P. Godley (0-1) & G. O'Sullivan (0-1).C. McGrath (0-1) & M. Cahill (0-1).
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Antrim 2-7 – 2-7 Donegal
O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny
Armagh 7-13 – 2-3 Tyrone
Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Antrim 1-6 – 1-5 Donegal
Corrigan Park, Belfast
Cavan 2-9 – 0-7 Down
O'Raghallaigh Park, Kingscourt
Derry 1-3 – 0-5 Monaghan
Rossa Park, Magherafelt
Antrim 1-8 – 0-5 Armagh
Fr. Peter Campbell Park, Coalisland
Cavan 1-6 – 1-4 Derry
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Attendance: 7,000
Antrim 1-7 – 2-3 Cavan
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
Attendance: 33,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Mayo 1-5 – 1-5 Kerry
P Irwin (0-1), S Mulderrig (0-3, one free), T Langan (1-0) & P Solan (0-1).J. J. Sheehan (0-1), D. Hanafin (Snr) (0-1), P. Godley (1-0), T. Ashe (0-2) & G. O'Sullivan (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 39,971
Meath 2-6 – 1-7 Antrim
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 45,888
Mayo 2-4 – 1-5 Kerry
E Mongey (0-1), P Carney (0-1, free), S Mulderrig (0-1) & M Flanagan (2-1).E. Dowling (1-1), G. O'Sullivan (0-1) & T. Ashe (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 57,345
Mayo 2-8 – 0-9 Meath
E Mongey (0-1), P Irwin (0-1), P Carney (0-5, four free), T Langan (1-0) & J Gilvarry (1-1).P. Meegan & P. McDermott (0-2), C. Hand, J. Reilly, M. McDonnell, F. Byrne & D. Taafle (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 78,201
Referee: Bill Delaney (Laois)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

- Preliminary Round, Longford vs Carlow. - Quarter-Final, Wexford vs Westmeath. - Semi-Final, Meath vs Louth.

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  2. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions - Roll of Honours" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Fennessy, Paul (13 September 2013). "Ever heard the story about the priest who put a lifelong curse on the Mayo football team in 1951?". The 42. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
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