1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
{{Short description|1961 inter-county junior hurling championship}}
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{{Infobox All-Ireland Hurling
| type = Junior
| year = 1961
| image =
| dates =
| teams =
| connacht = Roscommon
| munster =
| leinster = Meath
| ulster = Antrim
| matches =
| team = Kerry
| titles = 1st
| captain = Mick Hennessy
| manager =
| team2 = London
| captain2 =
| manager2 =
| totalgoals =
| totalpoints =
| topscorer =
| previous = 1960
| next = 1962
}}
The 1961 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.
London entered the championship as the defending champions.
The All-Ireland final was played on 1 October 1961 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Kerry and London, in what was their first meeting in the final. Kerry won the match by 4-14 to 2-05 to claim their first championship title.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/sport/gaa/diamonds-are-forever-sixty-years-on-from-kerrys-last-all-ireland-hurling-triumph-40906885.html|title=Diamonds are forever: sixty years on from Kerry’s last All Ireland hurling triumph|date=3 October 2021|publisher=The Kerryman|access-date=15 April 2021|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile|title=Kerry profile|date=|publisher=Hogan Stand website|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}}
[[All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship]]
=All-Ireland semi-finals=
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| date = 13 August 1961
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = Antrim
| score = 1-05 - 2-10
| team2 = Kerry
| report =
| goals1 = D Coyle 1-1, L Hamill 0-2, A Forsythe 0-1, S Wright 0-1.
| goals2 = E O'Sullivan 1-1, M Hennessy 0-4, J Culloty 0-4, S Lovett 1-0, J Barry 0-1.
| stadium = Casement Park
| referee =
}}
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| date = 27 August 1961
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = Meath
| score = 3-05 - 3-03
| team2 = Roscommon
| report =
| goals1 = J Curtis 1-1, M Garry 1-0, C Hilliard 1-0, C Cunningham 0-2, P Christie 0-1, TJ Geraghty 0-1.
| goals2 = M Hoare 1-0, G O'Malley 1-0, M Kelly 1-0, B Boyle 0-2, J Walton 0-1.
| stadium = St. Loman's Park
| referee =
}}
=All-Ireland home final=
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| date = 12 September 1961
| round = Home final
| team1 = Kerry
| score = 4-09 - 5-02
| team2 = Meath
| report =
| goals1 = J Culloty 2-1, T Hennessy 0-4, J Barry 1-0, A Murphy 1-0, B McCarthy 0-2, E O'Sullivan 0-1, B Lawlor 0-1.
| goals2 = B Cannon 2-1, S Collier 1-0, N Smith 1-0, S Giles 1-0, P McCabe 0-1.
| stadium = Croke Park
| referee =
}}
=All-Ireland final=
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| date = 1 October 1961
| round = Final
| team1 = Kerry
| score = 4-14 - 2-05
| team2 = London
| report =
| goals1 = B McCarthy 2-0, T Hennessy 1-3, E O'Sullivan 1-2, S Healy 0-5, J Culloty 0-2, J Barry 0-1, P Sullivan 0-1.
| goals2 = C Hickey 1-3, S Somers 1-0, T Delaney 0-1, P Dwyer 0-1.
| stadium = Austin Stack Park
| referee =
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship}}