1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 75th staging of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 30 April 1961 and ended on 24 September 1961.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 30 - September 24, 1961 |
| Teams | 31 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Down (2nd win) |
| Captain | Paddy Doherty |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Offaly |
| Captain | Willie Nolan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Offaly |
| Ulster | Down |
| Connacht | Roscommon |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 32 |
← 1960 1962 → | |
Kilkenny return to the Leinster championship for the first time since 1944. The Leinster final in Portlaoise was the last to date not played at Croke Park.
Down won their second All-Ireland in a row.
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