1961 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
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| All Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winners | Louth (4th win) |
| Captain | Gussie Sheelan[1] |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Yorkshire |
| Captain | Hugh Keegan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Louth |
| Ulster | Monaghan |
| Connacht | Galway |
← 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]
