| Type: | Junior |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Connacht: | Roscommon |
| Leinster: | Meath |
| Ulster: | Antrim |
| Team: | Kerry |
| Titles: | 1st |
| Captain: | Mick Hennessy |
| Team2: | London |
| Previous: | 1960 |
| Next: | 1962 |
The 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.
London entered the championship as the defending champions.
The All-Ireland final was played on 1 October 1961 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Kerry and London, in what was their first meeting in the final. Kerry won the match by 4-14 to 2-05 to claim their first championship title.[1] [2]