1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

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1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
All Ireland Champions
Winners Kerry (1st win)
CaptainMick Hennessy
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up London
Provincial Champions
MunsterNot Played
Leinster Meath
Ulster Antrim
Connacht Roscommon
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The 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

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London entered the championship as the defending champions.

The All-Ireland final was played on 1 October 1961 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Kerry and London, in what was their first meeting in the final. Kerry won the match by 4-14 to 2-05 to claim their first championship title. [1] [2]

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

13 August 1961Semi-final Antrim 1-05 - 2-10 Kerry Casement Park
D Coyle 1-1, L Hamill 0-2, A Forsythe 0-1, S Wright 0-1.E O'Sullivan 1-1, M Hennessy 0-4, J Culloty 0-4, S Lovett 1-0, J Barry 0-1.
27 August 1961Semi-final Meath 3-05 - 3-03 Roscommon St. Loman's Park
J Curtis 1-1, M Garry 1-0, C Hilliard 1-0, C Cunningham 0-2, P Christie 0-1, TJ Geraghty 0-1.M Hoare 1-0, G O'Malley 1-0, M Kelly 1-0, B Boyle 0-2, J Walton 0-1.

All-Ireland home final

12 September 1961Home final Kerry 4-09 - 5-02 Meath Croke Park
J Culloty 2-1, T Hennessy 0-4, J Barry 1-0, A Murphy 1-0, B McCarthy 0-2, E O'Sullivan 0-1, B Lawlor 0-1.B Cannon 2-1, S Collier 1-0, N Smith 1-0, S Giles 1-0, P McCabe 0-1.

All-Ireland final

1 October 1961Final Kerry 4-14 - 2-05 London Austin Stack Park
B McCarthy 2-0, T Hennessy 1-3, E O'Sullivan 1-2, S Healy 0-5, J Culloty 0-2, J Barry 0-1, P Sullivan 0-1.C Hickey 1-3, S Somers 1-0, T Delaney 0-1, P Dwyer 0-1.

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References

  1. ↑ "Diamonds are forever: sixty years on from Kerry's last All Ireland hurling triumph". The Kerryman. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kerry profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
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