| Championship details | |
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| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (1st win) |
| Captain | Ned Coughlan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Mayo |
| 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.
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
Cork v Armagh| 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
Cork v Mayo| 24 September 1961 Final | Cork | 3-07 - 0-05 | Mayo | Croke Park, Dublin |
| 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. | Referee: B Smith (Meath) |
References
- "All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: Roll Of Honour". RTÉ Sport. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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