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1961 All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Winning team
  
Tipperary (18th win)

Losing team
  
Dublin

Munster
  
Tipperary

Captain
  
Matt Hassett

Captain
  
Noel Drumgoole

Dates
  
16 April 1961 - 3 September 1961

The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 75th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 16 April 1961 and ended on 3 September 1961.

Contents

Wexford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Tipperary won the title after defeating Dublin by 0-16 to 1-12 in the All-Ireland final.

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The two provincial representatives from Leinster and Munster made up the two final teams with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Miscellaneous

  • The Munster final between Cork and Tipperary breaks all previous attendance records. An official crowd of 62,175 is the biggest ever attendance recorded at a sporting event outside of Croke Park in Dublin. An unofficial attendance, due to spectators storming the gates, meant that the crowd could have been as high as 70,000 or more. It remains a record for a Munster decider.

    • References

    1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Wikipedia
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