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
CaptainHugh Keegan
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Louth
Ulster Monaghan
Connacht Galway
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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

2 July 1961Final Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 2–04 - 0–06 Colours of Cork.svg Cork Sam Maguire Memorial Park, Dunmanway
Referee: F. Neenan (Limerick)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

6 August 1961Final Colours of Louth.svg Louth 2–04 - 0–08 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Referee: T. Million (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)
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
GK1Martin Leonard (St Maur's)
RCB2Paddy Archibold (St Joseph's)
FB3 Leo Hickey (Ballyboughal)
LCB4Brian Cooney (Rialto Gaels)
RHB5Pat Fox (Rialto Gaels)
CHB6Liam O'Hagan (Synge Street) (c)
LHB7Denis Dempsey (Rialto Gaels)
MF8Colm Fox (Ballyboughal)
MF9Frank McKearney (St Joseph's)
RHF10Paddy Barrett (Ballyboughal)
CHF11Bert Ennis (Garristown)
LHF12Noel Kinsella (Fingal Ravens)
RCF13Nicky Dempsey (Rialto Gaels)
FF14Anthony Burke (Na Fianna)
LCF15Pat Somers (St Anne's)
Substitutes:
16Paddy Nally (Seán McDermotts) for Burke
17Eamonn Burgess (Good Counsel) for Kinsella
18Finbarr Sheehan (St Patrick's, Donabate) for C. Fox

Ulster Junior Football Championship

21 May 1961Final Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 2–08 - 1–06 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim Davitt Park, Lurgan
Referee: P. Rooney (Down)

Connacht Junior Football Championship

4 June 1961Final Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2–12 - 0–09 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Duggan Park, Ballinasloe
Referee: J. McPhillips (Roscommon)

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
Referee: L. Maguire (Monaghan)
27 August 1961 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 5–09 - 1–01 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan Duggan Park, Ballinasloe
Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)

'Home' Final

10 September 1961 Colours of Louth.svg Louth [6] 0–11 - 1–07 Colours of Galway.svg Galway Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P. Rooney (Down)

All-Ireland Final

8 October 1961 [7] [8] [9] Colours of Louth.svg Louth 1–13 - 1–10 Yorkshire Roundhay Park, Leeds
F. Kirk 0-6, J. Sheelan 1-2, H. Donnelly, F. Fagan 0-2 each, J. Judge 0-1M. Neary 1-4, P. O'Hara, J. Sheils 0-2 each, M. Jordan, G. Kelly 0-1 eachReferee: Brian Smyth (Meath)
GK1Jim Clifford (St Patrick's)
RCB2Oliver Coombes (Wolfe Tones)
FB3Jim Butterly (Mattock Rangers)
LCB4Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots)
RHB5Gussie Sheelan (St Patrick's)
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
17 Leslie Toal (Clan na Gael) for Coombes

Manager:
Paddy McArdle
GK1Michael Courtney (Kerry)
RCB2Jim Grennan (Offaly)
FB3Leo Daly (Louth)
LCB4Tom Fox (Meath)
RHB5Pat Donnellan (Galway)
CHB6Pat Beirne (Roscommon)
LHB7Patrick O'Hara (Meath)
MF8Michael Jordan (Mayo)
MF9Jimmy Kelly (Laois)
RHF10Pat Marron (Monaghan)
CHF11Hugh Keegan (Westmeath)
LHF12Gene Kelly (Limerick)
RCF13Pat Burke (Tipperary)
FF14Michael Neary (Dublin)
LCF15Joe Sheils (Louth)

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  2. ↑ "Louth Juniors take on Yorkshire at Leeds". Drogheda Independent . 7 October 1961.
  3. ↑ "Remembering Louth All-Ireland junior winner Paddy Jordan". Dundalk Democrat . 25 December 2021.
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  8. ↑ "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (PDF). GAA . 2021.
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