1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersLouth (4th win)
CaptainGussie Sheelan[1]
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upYorkshire
CaptainHugh Keegan
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtGalway
← 1960
1962 →

The 1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 40th staging of the championship since its establishment by the GAA in 1912.

The competition format saw the four provincial champions compete in two 'Home' semi-finals, the winners of which then contested the All-Ireland 'Home' final at Croke Park.

Louth, having accounted for Meath, Longford and Offaly in the Leinster preliminary rounds and Dublin in the provincial final, went on to defeat Kerry and Galway in the All-Ireland Series to emerge as 'Home' champions.

In the last stage of the competition, the victorious 'Home' finalists then met the champions of Britain to determine who would be crowned overall All-Ireland Junior Football Champions for 1961.[2]

The title match was played on 8 October in Leeds. The 1961 British champions Yorkshire provided the opposition for Louth. A tight game ended in victory for the Wee County side by three points.[3][4]

Results

Munster Junior Football Championship

2 July 1961 Final Kerry 2–04 - 0–06 Cork Sam Maguire Memorial Park, Dunmanway
Referee: F. Neenan (Limerick)

Leinster Junior Football Championship

6 August 1961 Final Louth 2–04 - 0–08 Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan
Referee: T. Million (Meath)
GK1Jim Clifford (St Patrick's)
RCB2Oliver Coombes (Wolfe Tones)
FB3Jim Butterly (Mattock Rangers)
LCB4Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots)
RHB5Gussie Sheelan (St Patrick's) (c)
CHB6Michael Kelly (Wolfe Tones)
LHB7Noel McDonnell (Drogheda Parnells)
MF8Ted Russell (Naomh Mhuire)
MF9Paddy Jordan (St Patrick's)
RHF10Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers)
CHF11Jim Sheelan (St Patrick's)
LHF12Jim Judge (Newtown Blues)
RCF13Ronnie McDonnell (Seán McDermott's)
FF14Henry Donnelly (St Patrick's)
LCF15Fra Kirk (Clan na Gael)
Substitutes:
16Jimmy Kierans[5] (O'Connells) for Judge
17Paddy Reilly (Naomh Mhuire) for Ronnie McDonnell
GK1Martin Leonard (St Maur's)
RCB2Paddy Archibold (St Joseph's)
FB3Leo Hickey (Ballyboughal)
LCB4Brian Cooney (Rialto Gaels)
RHB5Pat Fox (Rialto Gaels)
CHB6Liam O'Hagan (Synge Street) (c)
LHB7Denis Dempsey (Rialto Gaels)
MF8Colm Fox (Ballyboughal)
MF9Frank McKearney (St Joseph's)
RHF10Paddy Barrett (Ballyboughal)
CHF11Bert Ennis (Garristown)
LHF12Noel Kinsella (Fingal Ravens)
RCF13Nicky Dempsey (Rialto Gaels)
FF14Anthony Burke (Na Fianna)
LCF15Pat Somers (St Anne's)
Substitutes:
16Paddy Nally (Seán McDermotts) for Burke
17Eamonn Burgess (Good Counsel) for Kinsella
18Finbarr Sheehan (St Patrick's, Donabate) for C. Fox

Ulster Junior Football Championship

21 May 1961 Final Monaghan 2–08 - 1–06 Antrim Davitt Park, Lurgan
Referee: P. Rooney (Down)

Connacht Junior Football Championship

4 June 1961 Final Galway 2–12 - 0–09 Mayo Duggan Park, Ballinasloe
Referee: J. McPhillips (Roscommon)

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

'Home' Semi-Finals

27 August 1961 Louth 2–07 - 1–08 Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
Referee: L. Maguire (Monaghan)
27 August 1961 Galway 5–09 - 1–01 Monaghan Duggan Park, Ballinasloe
Referee: J. Dowling (Offaly)

'Home' Final

10 September 1961 Louth[7] 0–11 - 1–07 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P. Rooney (Down)

All-Ireland Final

8 October 1961[8][9][10] Louth 1–13 - 1–10 Yorkshire Roundhay Park, Leeds
F. Kirk 0-6, J. Sheelan 1-2, H. Donnelly, F. Fagan 0-2 each, J. Judge 0-1 M. Neary 1-4, P. O'Hara, J. Sheils 0-2 each, M. Jordan, G. Kelly 0-1 each Referee: Brian Smyth (Meath)
GK1Jim Clifford (St Patrick's)
RCB2Oliver Coombes (Wolfe Tones)
FB3Jim Butterly (Mattock Rangers)
LCB4Anthony Kirwan (Dreadnots)
RHB5Gussie Sheelan (St Patrick's)
CHB6Michael Kelly (Wolfe Tones)
LHB7Paddy Dixon (Clan na Gael)
MF8Frank Fagan (Newtown Blues)
MF9Paddy Jordan (St Patrick's)
RHF10Jim Sheelan (St Patrick's)
CHF11Muckle McKeown (O'Raghallaighs)
LHF12Jim Judge (Newtown Blues)
RCF13Seán Goodman (Walshestown Rovers)
FF14Henry Donnelly (St Patrick's)
LCF15Fra Kirk (Clan na Gael)
Substitutes:
16Joe Mallon (Newtown Blues) for Jordan
17Leslie Toal (Clan na Gael) for Coombes

Manager:
Paddy McArdle
GK1Michael Courtney (Kerry)
RCB2Jim Grennan (Offaly)
FB3Leo Daly (Louth)
LCB4Tom Fox (Meath)
RHB5Pat Donnellan (Galway)
CHB6Pat Beirne (Roscommon)
LHB7Patrick O'Hara (Meath)
MF8Michael Jordan (Mayo)
MF9Jimmy Kelly (Laois)
RHF10Pat Marron (Monaghan)
CHF11Hugh Keegan (Westmeath)
LHF12Gene Kelly (Limerick)
RCF13Pat Burke (Tipperary)
FF14Michael Neary (Dublin)
LCF15Joe Sheils (Louth)

References

  1. ↑ "Condolence Book for Augustine (Gussie) SHEELAN". www.rip.ie/Deathnotices/Louth. 11 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Louth Juniors take on Yorkshire at Leeds". Drogheda Independent. 7 October 1961.
  3. ↑ "Remembering Louth All-Ireland junior winner Paddy Jordan". Dundalk Democrat. 25 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Louth Profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "GAA Oral History - Jimmy Kierans". GAA.ie. GAA. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Nicknames at very core of GAA folklore". Drogheda Independent. 25 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Nicknames at very core of GAA folklore". Drogheda Independent. 25 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Duleek Gate had lots of great greyhound men". Drogheda Independent. 21 October 2005.
  9. ↑ "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (PDF). GAA. 2021.
  10. ↑ "Louth's Great All-Ireland Win At Leeds". Dundalk Democrat. 14 October 1961.
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