1961 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship

Gaelic football competition April 2022 1961 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship vevent background:#BFD7FF; white-space: nowrap white-space: nowrap Championship details Dates Teams All-Ireland Champions Winning team Cork (1st win) Captain Ned Coughlan Manager All-Ireland Finalists Losing team Mayo Captain Manager Provincial Champions Munster Cork Leinster Dublin Ulster Armagh Connacht Mayo The 1961 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 30th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18. Galway entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the Connacht Championship. On 24 September 1961, Cork won the championship following a 3-7 to 0-5 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2008/0928/238817-minor_foot_roh/ All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour RTÉ Sport 20 September 2011 19 November 2012 Results Connacht Minor Football Championship Quarter-final Mayo 1-14 Galway 2-8 Castlebar. Semi-finals Mayo 2-11 Leitrim 1-3. Sligo 0-13 Roscommon 1-7. Final Mayo 5-8 Sligo 0-5 Ballina. Munster Minor Football Championship Leinster Minor Football Championship Ulster Minor Football Championship All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Semi-finals 6 August 1961 Semi-final Cork 0-12 - 1-09 Armagh Croke Park, Dublin 20 August 1961 Semi-final Mayo 1-10 - 2-06 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin Final 24 September 1961 Final Cork 3-07 - 0-05 Mayo T Monaghan 2-1, P Hayes 1-1, D Philpott 0-3, D Barrett 0-1, M Archer 0-1. J Madden 0-2, J Warde 0-1, M Connaughton 0-1, J Nealon 0-1. Croke Park, Dublin B Smith (Meath) References 1961 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship