1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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.

1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDown (2nd win)
CaptainPaddy Doherty
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterOffaly
UlsterDown
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
No. matches played32
1960
1962

Kilkenny return to the Leinster championship for the first time since 1943.

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

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway0–10 – 0–6Mayo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: J. Martin (Roscommon)

Roscommon2–9 – 2–6Sligo
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Patsy Geraghty (Galway)

Leitrim2–9 – 4–11Galway
Attendance: 4,000

Roscommon1–11 – 2–7Galway
Attendance: 19,876
Referee: A. Carroll (Clare)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Wexford2–11 – 0–11Wicklow
Referee: F. Long (Carlow)

Kildare3–8 – 3–4Kilkenny

Longford3–10 – 0–8Westmeath

Carlow3-11– 3–9Laois

Longford0–8 – 1–6Meath

Kildare4–7 – 2–5Louth

Dublin4–7 – 0–7Wexford

Offaly0–17 – 2–6Carlow
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: J Kavanagh

Offaly3–9 – 0–6Kildare
Referee: E Moules (Wicklow)

Dublin4–14 – 1–7Meath
Attendance: 23,271

Offaly1–13 – 1–8Dublin
Attendance: 26,826
Referee: J Kavanagh

Munster Senior Football Championship

Waterford1–7 – 3–13Tipperary
Referee: D. O'Donovan (C)

Cork2–9 – 2–4Tipperary
Referee: L. Crotty (W)

Kerry1–13 – 1–0Clare

Kerry0–10 – 1–7Cork

Kerry2–13 – 1–4Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Derry2–10 – 0–4Donegal

Armagh2–7 – 0–8Cavan

Monaghan1–10 – 0–6Antrim
Attendance: 4,000

Down0–12 – 0–7Fermanagh

Derry1–9 – 0–10Tyrone

Armagh5–9 – 0–5Monaghan
Attendance: 6,000

Down2–12 – 1–10Derry
Attendance: 18,000

Down2–10 – 1–10Armagh
Attendance: 38,500

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Down1–12 – 0–9Kerry
Attendance: 64,112

Offaly3–6 – 0–6Roscommon
Attendance: 71,573
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)

Down3–6 – 2–8Offaly
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

  • The Kildare-Kilkenny game was the first Leinster championship game Kilkenny played since 1944 as they decided to rejoin it.
  • 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).

References

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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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