1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
1961 inter-county junior hurling championship
All Ireland Champions | |
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Winners | Kerry (1st win) |
Captain | Mick Hennessy |
All Ireland Runners-up | |
Runners-up | London |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Not Played |
Leinster | Meath |
Ulster | Antrim |
Connacht | Roscommon |
← 1960 1962 → |
The 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.
London entered the championship as the defending champions.
The All-Ireland final was played on 1 October 1961 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Kerry and London, in what was their first meeting in the final. Kerry won the match by 4-14 to 2-05 to claim their first championship title.[1][2]
All-Ireland semi-finals
Antrim v Kerry
13 August 1961 Semi-final | Antrim | 1-05 - 2-10 | Kerry | Casement Park |
D Coyle 1-1, L Hamill 0-2, A Forsythe 0-1, S Wright 0-1. | E O'Sullivan 1-1, M Hennessy 0-4, J Culloty 0-4, S Lovett 1-0, J Barry 0-1. |
Meath v Roscommon
27 August 1961 Semi-final | Meath | 3-05 - 3-03 | Roscommon | St. Loman's Park |
J Curtis 1-1, M Garry 1-0, C Hilliard 1-0, C Cunningham 0-2, P Christie 0-1, TJ Geraghty 0-1. | M Hoare 1-0, G O'Malley 1-0, M Kelly 1-0, B Boyle 0-2, J Walton 0-1. |
All-Ireland home final
Kerry v Meath
12 September 1961 Home final | Kerry | 4-09 - 5-02 | Meath | Croke Park |
J Culloty 2-1, T Hennessy 0-4, J Barry 1-0, A Murphy 1-0, B McCarthy 0-2, E O'Sullivan 0-1, B Lawlor 0-1. | B Cannon 2-1, S Collier 1-0, N Smith 1-0, S Giles 1-0, P McCabe 0-1. |
All-Ireland final
Kerry v London
1 October 1961 Final | Kerry | 4-14 - 2-05 | London | Austin Stack Park |
B McCarthy 2-0, T Hennessy 1-3, E O'Sullivan 1-2, S Healy 0-5, J Culloty 0-2, J Barry 0-1, P Sullivan 0-1. | C Hickey 1-3, S Somers 1-0, T Delaney 0-1, P Dwyer 0-1. |
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