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1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1951 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
image	1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final match programme.jpg
image_size	150
event	[1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1951-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1	Mayo
team1association	[[File:Colours of Mayo.svg	40px]]
team1score	2–8
(14)
team2	Meath
team2association	[[File:Colours of Meath.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–9
(9)
date	23 September 1951
stadium	Croke Park
city	Dublin
referee	Bill Delaney (Laois)
attendance	78,201
previous	[1950](1950-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)
next	[1952](1952-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

Senior Football Championship final (14) (9) The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 64th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Mayo and Meath met to decide the destination of the Sam Maguire Cup.

Match

Summary

Mayo won their second title in a row with goals by Tommy Langan and Joe Gilvarry.

This was Mayo's second consecutive All-Ireland SFC title. They have not won an All-Ireland SFC title since. It is said that a legendary curse overshadows Mayo football since 1951 – see Sports-related curses and Mayo county football team#Curse.

Details

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Mayo

1 S. Wynne
2 J. Forde
3 P. Prendergast
4 S. Flanagan (c)
5 J. Staunton
6 H. Dixon
7 P. Quinn
8 É. Mongey
9 J. McAndrew
10 P. Irwin
11 P. Carney
12 S. Mulderrig
13 M. Flanagan
14 T. Langan
15 J. Gilvarry

;Sub used : 20 L. Hastings for H. Dixon

;Subs not used : 16 W. Casey : 17 J. Curran : 18 P. Jordan : 19 M. Loftus (awarded retrospectively) : 21 M. Mulderrig

Meath

1 K. Smyth
2 M. O'Brien
3 P. O'Brien
4 K. McConnell
5 S. Heery (c)
6 C. Kelly
7 C. Hand
8 D. Taaffe
9 P. Connell
10 F. Byrne
11 M. McDonnell
12 P. Meegan
13 B. Smyth
14 J. Reilly
15 P. McDermott

;Subs used : 16 P. Dixon for C. Hand : 7 C. Hand for S. Heery

;Subs not used : 17 P. Carolan : 18 B. Ruske : 19 L. McGuinness : 20 A. Foran

;Trainer : P. Tully

55 years later...

Mayo players Willie Casey, Paddy Jordan and former GAA President Dr. Mick Loftus belatedly received their All-Ireland senior football medals 55 years later. Though squad members, they had not appeared as substitutes in the final and had initially been denied their medals.

References

''High Ball'' magazine, issue #6, 1998.
McGee, Eugene. (6 February 2006). "First signs that Mayo might be set to turn back the clock". Independent News & Media.
Lord, Miriam. (22 September 2012). "Mayo God help us, says Enda, in plea to pope for big match digout". The Irish Times.
Daly, Michael. (22 September 2012). "The excitment builds, the green and gold flys all the way to Dublin". Donegal Democrat.
Foley, Alan. (21 September 2012). "Donegal sons – and their Mayo fathers". Irish Examiner.
Carroll, Rory. (4 September 2021). "The curse of Mayo: can Ireland's unluckiest side end a 70-year run?". [[The Guardian]].
(1 March 2025). "Kerry footballer to get All-Ireland winner's medal... 55 years later". Irish Examiner.
(28 November 2006). "Mayo trio to get All-Ireland medals". Independent News & Media.

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