1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:1961
Dates:April 30 - September 24, 1961
Teams:31
Team:Down
Titles:2nd
Team2:Offaly
Leinster:Offaly
Munster:Kerry
Ulster:Down
Connacht:Roscommon
Matches:32
Next:1962

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.[1] [2] [3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Munster Senior Football Championship

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Ulster Senior Football Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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See main article: 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Scorers

Overall
Single game

Miscellaneous

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football Results 1941 - 1970 | the Official Website of the GAA . 23 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030727/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1941_1970.html . 21 March 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 23 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 16 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 28 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 28 September 2011 .