1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none June 2017 January 2025 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme.jpg 250 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Down 40px 3–6(15) Offaly 40px 2–8(14) 24 September 1961 Croke Park Dublin L Maguire (Cavan) 90,556 1960 1962 The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 74th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. A crowd of 90,556 (a record at the old Croke Park) watched the match between Down and Offaly.Alistair Grant http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/see-u2-at-croker-for-25-1665713.html See U2 at Croker... for €25: World tour tipped to include thousands of cheap tickets Irish Independent Independent News & Media 9 March 2009 9 March 2009 Match Summary The biggest crowd ever to attend Croke Park saw an explosive opening to the match - Offaly's Mick Casey and Peter Daly got goals to put them six points ahead with the match barely begun. Down recovered with three goals by half-time, and led by two points with minutes to go. Har Donnelly had a 21-yard free for Offaly, and took a point when a goal was really needed.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. This was Down's second appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final, and their second win from two.http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/ni-news/co-tyrone/down-fans-travel-to-all-ireland-final-1-1850283 Down fans travel to All-Ireland final The News Letter 19 September 2010 19 September 2010 It was the second of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Down in the 1960s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Galway who also won three.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-1885579.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent Independent News & Media 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 Details 24 September 1961 Down football 3–6 – 2–8 Offaly football J. McCartan, S. O'Neill 1-1, B. Morgan 1-0, P. Doherty & T. Hadden 0-2. M. Casey, P. Daly 1-0, H. Donnelly 0-6, Ti Cullen & S. Brereton 0-1. Croke Park, Dublin 90,556 L Maguire (Cavan) Down 1 E. McKay 2 G. Lavery 3 L. Murphy 4 P. Rice 5 P. O'Hagan 6 D. McCartan 7 J. Smith 8 J. Carey 9 J. Lennon 10 S. O'Neill 11 J. McCartan 12 P. Doherty (c) 13 T. Hadden 14 P. J. McElroy 15 B. Morgan Subs used K. O'Neill for P. Rice P. Rice for G. Lavery Manager B. Carr Offaly 1 W. Nolan (c) 2 P. McCormack 3 G. Hughes 4 J. Egan 5 P. O'Reilly 6 M. Brady 7 C. Wrenn 8 S. Brereton 9 S. Ryan 10 T. Cullen 11 P. Daly 12 T. Greene 13 M. Casey 14 D. Hanlon 15 H. Donnelly Subs used F. Weir for M. Casey S. Foran for S. Ryan F. Higgins for P. O'Reilly Trainer P. O'Reilly References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Down county football team matches Category:Offaly county football team matches