1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Championship details
Dates	April 30 – September 24, 1961
Teams	31
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Down (2nd win)
Captain	Paddy Doherty
Manager	B. Carr
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Offaly
Captain	Willie Nolan
Manager	Peter O'Reilly
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
No. matches played	32
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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.

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

11 June 1961
Quarter-final

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)

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18 June 1961
Semi-final

Roscommon	2–9 – 2–6	Sligo

Fr. O'Hara Park, Charlestown

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Patsy Geraghty (Galway)

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25 June 1961
Semi-final

Leitrim	2–9 – 4–11	Galway

Seán O'Heslin Memorial Park, Ballinamore

Attendance: 4,000

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9 July 1961
Final

Roscommon	1–11 – 2–7	Galway

McHale Park, Castlebar

Attendance: 19,876

Referee: A. Carroll (Clare)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

30 April 1961
Preliminary round

Wexford	2–11 – 0–11	Wicklow

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: F. Long (Carlow)

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7 May 1961
Preliminary round

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

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

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7 May 1961
Preliminary round

Longford	3–10 – 0–8	Westmeath

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

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14 May 1961
Preliminary round

Carlow	3-11– 3–9	Laois

Geraldine Park, Athy

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21 May 1961
Quarter-final

Longford	0–8 – 1–6	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

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28 May 1961
Quarter-final

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

Croke Park, Dublin

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4 June 1961
Quarter-final

Dublin	4–7 – 0–7	Wexford

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

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11 June 1961
Quarter-final

Offaly	0–17 – 2–6	Carlow

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: J Kavanagh (Kildare)

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2 July 1961
Semi-final

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)

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9 July 1961
Semi-final

Dublin	4–14 – 1–7	Meath

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Attendance: 23,271

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23 July 1961
Final

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

14 May 1961
Quarter-final

Waterford	1–7 – 3–13	Tipperary

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Referee: D. O'Donovan (C)

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18 June 1961
Semi-final

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)

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25 June 1961
Semi-final

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)

Newcastlewest

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16 July 1961
Final

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 each		Joe 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)

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23 July 1961
Final replay

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 each		Gene McCarthy 1–2 (0-1f) and George White 0–2

Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney

Attendance: 27,852

Referee: A Carroll (Clare)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

28 May 1961
Preliminary round

Derry	2–10 – 0–4	Donegal

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

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4 June 1961
Quarter-final

Armagh	2–7 – 0–8	Cavan

The Playing Fields, Lurgan

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4 June 1961
Quarter-final

Monaghan	1–10 – 0–6	Antrim

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

Attendance: 4,000

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11 June 1961
Quarter-final

Down	0–12 – 0–7	Fermanagh

Pairc Esler, Newry

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11 June 1961
Quarter-final

Derry	1–9 – 0–10	Tyrone

Dean McGlinchey Park, Ballinascreen

Attendance: 4,000

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25 June 1961
Semi-final

Armagh	5–9 – 0–5	Monaghan

O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Attendance: 6,000

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2 July 1961
Semi-final

Down	2–12 – 1–10	Derry

Casement Park, Belfast

Attendance: 18,000

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23 July 1961
Final

Down	2–10 – 1–10	Armagh

Casement Park, Belfast

Attendance: 38,500

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

6 August 1961
Semi-final

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

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20 August 1961
Semi-final

Offaly	3–6 – 0–6	Roscommon

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 71,573

Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)

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Main article: 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

24 September 1961
Final

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

Scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition

Miscellaneous

• Carlow beat Laois only time in the Leinster football championship between 1948 & 1988.
• Seán O'Heslin Memorial Park, Ballinamore played host to Connacht semi-final between Galway vs Leitrim.
• The Kildare-Kilkenny game was the first Leinster championship game Kilkenny played since 1944 as they decided to rejoin it.
• Navan hosted Dublin vs Meath meeting for the last time until 1980 all in between fixtures were played at Croke Park, Dublin.
• The Leinster final between Offaly vs Dublin was the last Leinster final to date not played at Croke Park, Dublin when it was held at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise with the attendance of 26,826.
• The All Ireland semi-final Offaly vs Roscommon was their first championship meeting.
• Offaly reach their first All Ireland final but were beaten narrowly by Down won it for the second year in a row also were the last team to win a triple of Ulster titles until Armagh (2004–2006) with the attendance of 90,556.

References

1. "Football Results 1941 – 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.