1971 Meath Senior Football Championship

The 1971 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 79th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Meath S.F.C.

Season	1971
Champions	Kilbride 5th Senior Championship Title
Relegated	Drumree
Leinster SCFC	Kilbride
All Ireland SCFC	n/a
Winning Captain	Pat Bruton (Kilbride)
Matches played	40
← 1970 1972 →

This season saw Dunderry's return to the top flight after claiming the 1970 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title. It was also Syddan's return to the top flight after their application to be promoted from the 1970 I.F.C. was granted, even though they had failed to reach the knockout stages of the competition.

Kilbride were the defending champions after they defeated Navan O'Mahonys in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title to claim a 3-in-a-row of titles and their 5th in 8 seasons when beating Skryne 1-8 to 0-9 in the final in Pairc Tailteann. It was also their 7th final appearance in 8 seasons, a feat achieved by no other club to date. Pat Bruton raised the Keegan Cup for the Dunboyne parish outfit.

Drumree applied to be regraded to the 1972 I.F.C. at the end of the campaign.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 1970 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

• Dunderry - (Intermediate Champions).
• Syddan

From S.F.C.

Regraded to I.F.C.

• Oldcastle

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kilbride	7	6	1	0	0	0	+0	12
Dunderry	7	6	1	0	0	0	+0	12
Duleek	7	6	1	0	0	0	+0	12
Gaeil Colmcille	7	3	4	0	0	0	+0	6
Navan O'Mahonys	7	3	4	0	0	0	+0	6
Walterstown	7	3	4	0	0	0	+0	6
St. Patrick's	7	1	6	0	0	0	+0	2
Drumree	7	0	7	0	0	0	+0	0

Round 1:

• Dunderry 1-8, 0-7 Walterstown, Kells, 18/4/1971,
• Kilbride +12, -12 Drumree, Dunshaughlin, 25/4/1971,
• Duleek w, l Gaeil Colmcille, Seneschalstown, 25/4/1971,
• Navan O'Mahonys w, l St. Patrick's, Duleek, 9/5/1971,

Round 2:

• Walterstown 2-15, 1-4 Drumree, Trim, 9/5/1971,
• Dunderry 1-6, 1-4 Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 9/5/1971,
• Duleek 0-10, 1-6 Navan O'Mahonys, Seneschalstown, 23/5/1971,
• Gaeil Colmcille 2-12, 0-6 St. Patrick's, Pairc Tailteann, 23/5/1971,

Round 3:

• Kilbride 0-12, 1-6 Walterstown, Dunshaughlin, 23/5/1971,
• Dunderry 2-10, 1-5 Drumree, Summerhill, 23/5/1971,
• Duleek w, l St. Patrick's, Dunshaughlin, 6/6/1971,
• Gaeil Colmcille 2-8, 0-5 Navan O'Mahonys, Athboy, 20/6/1971,

Round 4:

• Kilbride 2-11, 1-8 Duleek, Dunshaughlin, 13/6/1971,
• Dunderry 2-13, 1-5 St. Patrick's, Seneschalstown, 20/6/1971,
• Navan O'Mahonys 3-10, 2-7 Drumree, Kilmessan, 4/7/1971,
• Walterstown 0-13, 0-2 Gaeil Colmcille, Pairc Tailteann, 4/7/1971,

Round 5:

• Kilbride 3-7, 2-8 St. Patrick's, Duleek, 4/7/1971,
• Duleek w, l Drumree, Seneschalstown, 18/7/1971,
• Dunderry w, l Gaeil Colmcille, Pairc Tailteann, 18/7/1971,
• Navan O'Mahonys 1-12, 1-9 Walterstown, Pairc Tailteann, 15/8/1971,

Round 6:

• Kilbride 1-12, 0-10 Gaeil Colmcille, Pairc Tailteann, 15/8/1971,
• Dunderry w, l Navan O'Mahonys, Martry, 22/8/1971,
• Duleek w, l Walterstown, Stamullen, 22/8/1971,
• St. Patrick's w/o, scr Drumree,

Round 7:

• Kilbride 1-12, 0-5 Navan O'Mahonys, Skryne, 29/8/1971,
• Duleek 2-9, 1-11 Dunderry, Skryne, 29/8/1971,
• Gaeil Colmcille w/o, scr Drumree,
• Walterstown w/o, scr St. Patrick's,

Semi-final playoff:

• Kilbride 0-10, 1-7 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 5/9/1971,
• Dunderry 2-14, 1-3 Duleek, Pairc Tailteann, 12/9/1971,
• Kilbride 1-8, 1-6 Duleek, Kilmessan, 19/9/1971,

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Skryne	6	5	0	1	0	0	+0	11
Trim	6	5	1	0	0	0	+0	10
Seneschalstown	6	4	1	1	0	0	+0	9
Syddan	6	3	3	0	0	0	+0	6
Slane	6	2	4	0	0	0	+0	4
Ballinlough	6	1	5	0	0	0	+0	2
St. Vincent's	6	0	6	0	0	0	+0	0

Round 1:

• Syddan 2-7, 0-6 Slane, Kilbride, 18/4/1971,
• Skryne 1-8, 0-7 Ballinlough, Pairc Tailteann, 25/4/1971,
• Seneschalstown 0-14, 1-7 St. Vincent's, Dunshaughlin, 9/5/1971,
• Trim - Bye,

Round 2:

• Trim w, l Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, 9/5/1971,
• Ballinlough 2-9, 0-11 St. Vincent's, Pairc Tailteann, 23/5/1971,
• Skryne 1-7, 0-10 Seneschalstown, Duleek, 23/5/1971,
• Slane - Bye,

Round 3:

• Trim 3-10, 2-6 Slane, Kilmessan, 23/5/1971,
• Skryne 2-11, 1-9 St. Vincent's, Pairc Tailteann, 6/6/1971,
• Seneschalstown +10, -10 Ballinlough, Kells, 6/6/1971,
• Syddan - Bye,

Round 4:

• Trim 4-10, 3-5 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 13/6/1971,
• Syddan w, l St. Vincent's, Seneschalstown, 13/6/1971,
• Skryne 2-6, 0-3 Slane, Seneschalstown, 4/7/1971,
• Ballinlough - Bye,

Round 5:

• Syddan w/o, scr Ballinlough, Kells, 20/6/1971,
• Trim 1-9, 0-9 St. Vincent's, Dunshaughlin, 4/7/1971,
• Seneschalstown w, l Slane, Duleek, 11/7/1971,
• Skryne - Bye,

Round 6:

• Skryne w, l Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, 18/7/1971,
• Slane w, l St. Vincent's, 18/7/1971,
• Trim w, l Ballinlough,
• Seneschalstown - Bye,

Round 7:

• Skryne 1-11, 1-5 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 15/8/1971,
• Slane w, l Ballinlough,
• Seneschalstown w, l Syddan,
• St. Vincent's - Bye,

Knock-out Stages

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals.

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Kilbride	1-7
	4	Trim	0-7
						Kilbride		1-8
						Skryne		0-9
	3	Skryne	0-13
	2	Dunderry	0-5

Semi-finals:

• Kilbride 1-7, 0-7 Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 1/10/1971,
• Skryne 0-13, 0-5 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 10/10/1971,

Final:

• Kilbride 1-8, 0-9 Skryne, Pairc Tailteann, 24/10/1971,

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary round:

• Kilbride 0-8, 0-7 Athlone, Cusack Park, 11/4/1971,

Quarter-final:

• Kilbride v ???