The 1961 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 30th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (1st win) |
| Captain | Ned Coughlan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Mayo |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Armagh |
| Connacht | Mayo |
Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship.
On 24 September 1961, Cork won the championship following a 3-7 to 0-5 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.[1]
Results
editQuarter-final
Mayo 1-14 Galway 2-8 Castlebar.
Semi-finals
Mayo 2-11 Leitrim 1-3.
Sligo 0-13 Roscommon 1-7.
Final
Mayo 5-8 Sligo 0-5 Ballina.
Semi-finals
| 6 August 1961 Semi-final | Cork | 0-12 - 1-09 | Armagh | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 20 August 1961 Semi-final | Mayo | 1-10 - 2-06 | Dublin | Croke Park, Dublin |
Final
| 24 September 1961 Final | Cork | 3-07 - 0-05 | Mayo | Croke Park, Dublin |
| T Monaghan 2-1, P Hayes 1-1, D Philpott 0-3, D Barrett 0-1, M Archer 0-1. | J Madden 0-2, J Warde 0-1, M Connaughton 0-1, J Nealon 0-1. | Referee: B Smith (Meath) |
References
edit- ^ "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.