1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
DatesApril 30 - September 24, 1961
Teams31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Down (2nd win)
Captain Paddy Doherty
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Offaly
Captain Willie Nolan
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Offaly
Ulster Down
Connacht Roscommon
Championship statistics
No. matches played32
1960
1962

The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 75th staging of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 30 April 1961 and ended on 24 September 1961.

Contents

Kilkenny return to the Leinster championship for the first time since 1944. The Leinster final in Portlaoise was the last to date not played at Croke Park.

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

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway 0–10 – 0–6 Mayo
F O’Leary (0-1), M Ruane (0-2); T Treacy (0-1), T O’Boyle (0-1). Sub: J Langan (0-1).
Tuam Stadium, Tuam
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: J. Martin (Roscommon)

Roscommon 2–9 – 2–6 Sligo
Fr. O'Hara Park, Charlestown
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Patsy Geraghty (Galway)

Leitrim 2–9 – 4–11 Galway

Roscommon 1–11 – 2–7 Galway
McHale Park, Castlebar
Attendance: 19,876
Referee: A. Carroll (Clare)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Wexford 2–11 – 0–11 Wicklow
Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
Referee: F. Long (Carlow)

Kildare 3–8 – 3–4 Kilkenny
P.Tyrell 2-4, Paddy Moore 1-0, P.Cummins 0-2, P.Connolly, F.Gibbons 0-1

Longford 3–10 – 0–8 Westmeath

Carlow 3-11– 3–9 Laois

Longford 0–8 – 1–6 Meath

Kildare 4–7 – 2–5 Louth
F.Gibbons 3-2, P.Tyrell 1-1, P.Cummins 0-2, J.Redpath, J.Cummins 0-1

Dublin 4–7 – 0–7 Wexford

Offaly 0–17 – 2–6 Carlow
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: J Kavanagh (Kildare)

Offaly 3–9 – 0–6 Kildare
P.Tyrell, J.J.Walsh 0-2, J.Redpath, P.Cummins 0-1
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)

Dublin 4–14 – 1–7 Meath
Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Attendance: 23,271

Offaly 1–13 – 1–8 Dublin
Har Donnelly 0-6 (0-4f), Mick Casey 1-2, Donie O'Hanlon 0-5 (0-1f)John Timmons 0-5 (0-4f), Mickey Whelan 1-1, Paddy Farnan and Kevin Heffernan 0-1 each
O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Attendance: 26,836
Referee: J Kavanagh (Kildare)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Waterford 1–7 – 3–13 Tipperary
Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: D. O'Donovan (C)

Cork 2–9 – 2–4 Tipperary
C. O'Sullivan (0-1), S .O'Sullivan (0-1), E. McCarthy (0-4), J. O'Sullivan (1-1), V, Barrett (0-2) & M. Burke (1-0).
Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: L. Crotty (W)

Kerry 1–13 – 1–0 Clare
T Long (0-2), D Geaney (0-4), G McMahon (1-1), J Burke(0-1) T, Burke (0-5)

Kerry 0–10 – 1–7 Cork
Mick O'Connell 0-3 (0-1f), Dan McAuliffe 0-2f, Mick O'Dwyer, Seamus Murphy, Tom Long, Dave Geaney, Gary Clifford 0-1 eachJoe O'Sullivan 1-2, Gene McCarthy (0-1f) and Vincent Barrett (0-1f) 0-2 eachm Con Sullivan 0-1
Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: A Carroll (Clare)

Kerry 2–13 – 1–4 Cork
Dan McAuliffe 0-7 (0-5f), Gary Clifford 1-1, Brian Sheehy 1-0, John Dowling 0-3, Mick O'Dwyer and Tim O'Sullivan 0-1 eachGene McCarthy 1-2 (0-1f) and George White 0-2
Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
Attendance: 27,852
Referee: A Carroll (Clare)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry 2–10 – 0–4 Donegal

Armagh 2–7 – 0–8 Cavan

Monaghan 1–10 – 0–6 Antrim
St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney
Attendance: 4,000

Down 0–12 – 0–7 Fermanagh

Derry 1–9 – 0–10 Tyrone

Armagh 5–9 – 0–5 Monaghan
O'Neill Park, Dungannon
Attendance: 6,000

Down 2–12 – 1–10 Derry
Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 18,000

Down 2–10 – 1–10 Armagh
Casement Park, Belfast
Attendance: 38,500

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Down 1–12 – 0–9 Kerry
M O'Dwyer (0-2), D McAuliffe (0-1), T O'Sullivan (0-3), T Dowd (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 64,112

Offaly 3–6 – 0–6 Roscommon
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,573
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)

Down 3–6 – 2–8 Offaly
J. McCartan, S. O'Neill 1-1, B. Morgan 1-0, P. Doherty & T. Hadden 0-2.M. Casey, P. Daly 1-0, H. Donnelly 0-6, Ti Cullen & S. Brereton 0-1.
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 90,556
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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