1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners Louth (4th win)
CaptainGussie Sheelan [1]
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Yorkshire
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Louth
Ulster Monaghan
Connacht Galway
1960
1962

The 1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 40th staging of the championship since its establishment by the GAA in 1912.

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The competition format saw the four provincial champions compete in two 'Home' semi-finals, the winners of which then contested the All-Ireland 'Home' final at Croke Park.

Louth, having accounted for Meath, Longford and Offaly in the Leinster preliminary rounds and Dublin in the provincial final, went on to defeat Kerry and Galway in the All-Ireland Series to emerge as 'Home' champions.

In the last stage of the competition, the victorious 'Home' finalists then met the champions of Britain to determine who would be crowned overall All-Ireland Junior Football Champions for 1961. [2]

The title match was played on 8 October in Leeds. The 1961 British champions Yorkshire provided the opposition for Louth. A tight game ended in victory for the Wee County side by three points. [3] [4]

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Final

6 August 1961 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 2–04 - 0–08 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan
GK1Jim Clifford (St Patrick's)
RCB2Oliver Coombes (Wolfe Tones)
FB3Jim Butterly (Mattock Rangers)
LCB4Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots)
RHB5Gussie Sheelan (St Patrick's) (c)
CHB6Michael Kelly (Wolfe Tones)
LHB7Noel McDonnell (Drogheda Parnells)
MF8Ted Russell (Naomh Mhuire)
MF9Paddy Jordan (St Patrick's)
RHF10Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers)
CHF11Jim Sheelan (St Patrick's)
LHF12Jim Judge (Newtown Blues)
RCF13Ronnie McDonnell (Seán McDermott's)
FF14Henry Donnelly (St Patrick's)
LCF15Fra Kirk (Clan Na Gael)
Substitutes:
16Jim Kearns (O'Connells) for Judge
17Paddy Reilly (Naomh Mhuire) for Ronnie McDonnell
GK1M. Leonard
RCB2P. Archibold
FB3L. Hickey
LCB4B. Cooney
RHB5P. Fox
CHB6L. O'Hagan (c)
LHB7D. Dempsey
MF8C. Fox
MF9F. McKearney
RHF10P. Barrett
CHF11B. Ennis
LHF12S. Kinsella
RCF13N. Dempsey
FF14A. Burke
LCF15P. Somers
Substitutes:
16P. McNally for Burke
17E. Burgess for Kinsella
18F. Sheehan for C. Fox

Ulster Junior Football Championship

Connacht Junior Football Championship

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

'Home' Semi-Finals

27 August 1961 Colours of Louth.svg Louth 2–07 - 1–08 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
27 August 1961 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 5–09 - 1–01 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan Ballinasloe, County Galway

'Home' Final

10 September 1961 Colours of Louth.svg Louth [6] 0–11 - 1–07 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Croke Park, Dublin

All-Ireland Final

(Roundhay Park, Leeds, England)

8 October 1961
Colours of Louth.svg Louth [8] 1–13 1–10 Yorkshire
(HT: 0–08 - 1–05)
Gls: Jim Sheelan (1-0)
Pts: Kirk (0-06), Fagan (0-02), Jim Sheelan (0-02), Donnelly (0-02) Judge (0-01)

Referee: Brian Smyth (Meath)
GK1Jim Clifford (St Patrick's)
RCB2Oliver Coombes (Wolfe Tones)
FB3Jim Butterly (Mattock Rangers)
LCB4Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots)
RHB5Gussie Sheelan (St Patrick's) (c)
CHB6Michael Kelly (Wolfe Tones)
LHB7Paddy Dixon (Clan Na Gael)
MF8Frank Fagan (Newtown Blues)
MF9Paddy Jordan (St Patrick's)
RHF10Jim Sheelan (St Patrick's)
CHF11Muckle McKeown (O'Raghallaighs)
LHF12Jim Judge (Newtown Blues)
RCF13Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers)
FF14Henry Donnelly (St Patrick's)
LCF15Fra Kirk (Clan Na Gael)
Substitutes:
16Joe Mallon (Newtown Blues) for Jordan
17Leslie Toal (Clan Na Gael) for Coombes

Manager:
Paddy McArdle

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