1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Down (2nd win)
Captain	Paddy Doherty
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
← 1960 1962 →

The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 75th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

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

Results

Connacht

Galway v Mayo

11 June 1961
Quarter-Final

Galway	0-10 – 0-6	Mayo

Tuam
Attendance: 10,000

Roscommon v Sligo

18 June 1961
Semi-Final

Roscommon	2-9 – 2-6	Sligo

Charlestown
Attendance: 6,000

Leitrim v Galway

9 July 1961
Semi-Final

Leitrim	2-9 – 4-11	Galway

Ballinamore
Attendance: 4,000

Roscommon v Galway

9 July 1961
Final

Roscommon	1-11 – 2-7	Galway

Castlebar
Attendance: 19,876

Leinster

Wexford v Kilkenny

30 April 1961
Preliminary Round

Wexford	2-11 – 0-11	Kilkenny

Carlow

Kildare v Kilkenny

7 May 1961
Preliminary Round

Kildare	3-8 – 3-4	Kilkenny

Newbridge

Longford v Westmeath

7 May 1961
Preliminary Round

Longford	3-10 – 0-8	Westmeath

Tullamore

Carlow v Laois

14 May 1961
Preliminary Round

Carlow	3-11– 3-9	Laois

Geraldine Park, Athy

Longford v Meath

21 May 1961
Quarter-Final

Longford	0-8 – 1-6	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

Kildare v Louth

28 May 1961
Quarter-Final

Kildare	4-7 – 2-5	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

Offaly v Carlow

11 June 1961
Quarter-Final

Offaly	0-17 – 2-6	Carlow

Newbridge
Attendance: 20000
Referee: J Kavanagh

Offaly v Kildare

2 July 1961
Semi-Final

Offaly	3-9 – 0-6	Kildare

Portlaoise
Referee: E Moules

Dublin v Meath

9 July 1961
Semi-Final

Dublin	4-14 – 1-7	Meath

Navan
Attendance: 23,271

Offaly v Dublin

23 July 1961
Final

Offaly	1-13 – 1-8	Dublin

Portlaoise
Attendance: 26826
Referee: J Kavanagh

Munster

Waterford v Tipperary

14 May 1961
Quarter-Final

Waterford	1-7 – 3-13	Tipperary

Dungarvan
Referee: D. O'Donovan (C)

Cork v Tipperary

18 June 1961
Semi-Final

Cork	2-9 – 2-4	Tipperary

Fermoy
Referee: L. Crotty (W)

Kerry v Clare

25 June 1961
Semi-Final

Kerry	1-13 – 1-0	Clare

Newcastlewest

Kerry v Cork

16 July 1961
Final

Kerry	0-10 – 1-7	Cork

Cork

Kerry v Cork

23 July 1961
Final Replay

Kerry	2-13 – 1-4	Cork

Killarney

Ulster

Derry v Donegal

28 May 1961
Preliminary Round

Derry	2-10 – 0-4	Donegal

Ballybofey

Armagh v Cavan

4 June 1961
Quarter-Final

Armagh	2-7 – 0-8	Cavan

Lurgan

Monaghan v Antrim

4 June 1961
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	1-10 – 0-6	Antrim

Castleblayney
Attendance: 4,000

Down v Fermanagh

11 June 1961
Quarter-Final

Down	0-12 – 0-7	Fermanagh

Newry

Derry v Tyrone

11 June 1961
Quarter-Final

Derry	1-9 – 0-10	Tyrone

Ballinascreen
Attendance: 4,000

Armagh v Monaghan

25 June 1961
Semi-Final

Armagh	5-9 – 0-5	Monaghan

Dungannon
Attendance: 6,000

Down v Derry

2 July 1961
Semi-Final

Down	2-12 – 1-10	Derry

Belfast
Attendance: 18,000

Down v Armagh

23 July 1961
Final

Down	2-10 – 1-10	Armagh

Belfast
Attendance: 38,500

All-Ireland Championship

Down v Kerry

6 August 1961
Semi-Final

Down	1-12 – 0-9	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 64,112

Offaly v Roscommon

20 August 1961
Semi-Final

Offaly	3-6 – 0-6	Roscommon

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 71,573
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)

Main article: 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Down v Offaly

24 September 1961
Final

Down	3-6 – 2-8	Offaly

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 90,556
Referee: L Maguire (Cavan)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Offally reach their first All Ireland final but were beaten by Down.

References

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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