Dates | 8 October – 10 December 1961 | ||
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Teams | 8 | ||
Champions | ![]() | ||
Runners-up | ![]() | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 6 | ||
Goals scored | 19 (3.17 per match) | ||
Points scored | 70 (11.67 per match) | ||
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The 1961 Cork Junior Football Championship was the 63rd staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 8 October to 10 December 1961.
The final was played on 10 December 1961 at Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Mitchelstown and O'Donovan Rossa, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. [1] Mitchelstown won the match by 2–08 to 2–04 to claim their first ever championship title. [2] [3] [4]
8 October 1961Quarter-final | Kinsale | 1–07 – 0–01 | Glenville | Cork Athletic Grounds |
15 October 1961Quarter-final | O'Donovan Rossa | 2–06 – 1–04 | Adrigole | Wolfe Tone Park |
15 October 1961Quarter-final | Mitchelstown | 4–10 – 2–05 | Castlemagner | Páirc Uí Shíocháin |
15 October 1961Quarter-final | St Finbarr's | 1–06 – 0–06 | Canovee | Ballincollig Grounds |
29 October 1961Semi-final | Mitchelstown | 4–10 – 0–03 | Kinsale | Riverstown Sportsfield |
Semi-final | O'Donovan Rossa | w/o – scr. | St Finbarr's |
10 December 1961Final | Mitchelstown | 2–08 – 2–04 | O'Donovan Rossa | Cork Athletic Grounds |