From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1961
dates	April 30 – September 24, 1961
teams	31
team	Down
titles	2nd
captain	Paddy Doherty
manager	B. Carr
team2	Offaly
captain2	Willie Nolan
manager2	Peter O'Reilly
leinster	Offaly
munster	Kerry
ulster	Down
connacht	Roscommon
matches	32
previous	[1960](1960-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
next	[1962](1962-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.

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.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

[[Leinster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary round

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Final replay

[[Ulster Senior Football Championship]]

Preliminary round

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]

Semi-final

Main article: 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final

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

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report