1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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

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

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 8th 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

Leinster Junior Football Championship

Final

6 August 1961 Louth 2–04 - 0–08 Dublin Páirc Tailteann, Navan

'Home' Semi-Finals
27 August 1961 Louth 2–07 - 1–08 Kerry Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda
27 August 1961 Galway 5–09 - 1–01 Monaghan Ballinasloe, Co.Galway

'Home' Final
10 September 1961 Louth[6] 0–11 - 1–07 Galway Croke Park, Dublin


All-Ireland Final (Roundhay Park, Leeds, England)

8 October 1961
Louth[8] 1–13 – 1–10 Yorkshire
(HT: 0–08 - 1–05)
Gls: Jim Sheelan (1-0)
Pts: Kirk (0-06), Fagan (0-02), Jim Sheelan (0-02), Donnelly (0-02) Judge (0-01)

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) (c)
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
GK1
RCB2
FB3
LCB4
RHB5
CHB6
LHB7
MF8
MF9
RHF10
CHF11
LHF12
RCF13
FF14
LCF15
Substitutes:

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. "Nicknames at very core of GAA folklore". Drogheda Independent. 25 August 2011.
  6. "Nicknames at very core of GAA folklore". Drogheda Independent. 25 August 2011.
  7. "Duleek Gate had lots of great greyhound men". Drogheda Independent. 21 October 2005.
  8. "Duleek Gate had lots of great greyhound men". Drogheda Independent. 21 October 2005.
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