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
Manager P. Tully
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Meath
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Mayo
Championship statistics
← 1950
1952 →

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]

Limerick rejoined the Munster championship after a 2 year lapse break.

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]

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
P Donohoe (0–4), T Tighe (1–4), Cassidy (1–1)Denvir (0–1), Fitzsimmons (0–3), Fitzmaurice (0–3)
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
P Donohoe (0–2), T Tighe (0–2), Mc Enroe (1–1), Ed Carolan (0–1)J E Mullan (0–3), J Murphy (1–0), P Keenan (0–1)
The Playing Fields, Lurgan
Attendance: 7,000
Antrim 1–7 – 2–3 Cavan
D Forde (1–1), Pa O Hara (0–1), K Armstrong (0–2), J Mc Callin (0–1), R Beirne (0–2)P Donohoe (1–2), Ed Carolan (1–1)
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.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Results 1941 – 1970". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  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.
  5. ↑ Gannon, Colm (14 June 2019). "The Flying Doctor – one of the true greats of Mayo". Mayo Advertiser . Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Healy, Martin (26 September 2021). "Paddy Prendergast, the final member of the Mayo 1951 team, dies aged 95". Extra.ie. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Roche, Frank (26 September 2021). "Paddy Prendergast, the last surviving member of Mayo's 1951 All-Ireland winning XV, passes away aged 95". Irish Independent . Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  8. ↑ Fogarty, John (26 September 2021). "Mayo great Paddy Prendergast passes away". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. ↑ O'Toole, Fintan (26 September 2021). "Mayo All-Ireland winning hero from 1951 team passes away". The42.ie . Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  10. ↑ Mannion, Teresa (22 April 2023). "Former GAA President Dr Michael Loftus dies aged 93". RTÉ News . Retrieved 22 April 2023.
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