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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. Wexford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship.
The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 74th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. [3] The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 3 September 1961, between Tipperary and Dublin. The Leinster champions ...
The highest ever attendance at a Munster Championship game was recorded on 30 July 1961 when a crowd of 62,175 attended the Munster final between Cork and Tipperary. This is the officially-recorded attendance, however, due to spectators storming the gates the attendance could have been as high as 70,000 or more.
The 15-game unbeaten streak, which included just one drawn game, ended with a 4-22 to 1-22 extra-time loss to Tipperary in the replay of the 1987 Munster final. Limerick (15 matches): As of 11 June 2023, Limerick are currently unbeaten in 15 Munster Championship games, a run that started in the 2019 Munster Final on 30 June 2019.
Munster entered the championship as the defending champions. On 17 March 1961, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 4-12 to 3-09 defeat of Leinster in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. It was their fifth Railway Cup title in succession. Munster's Jimmy Doyle was the Railway Cup top scorer with 2-10.
This is a list of hurlers who have received a winners' medal in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.. Currently, the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association issues medals limited to the winning team, however, the individual county board has the option of ordering extra medals for members of the extended panel or for players, who may have played during the championship but missed ...
John was captain of the Toomevara side that retained the North Division title in 1961 by defeating Borrisokane [7] and became the very first recipient of the new trophy for the championship, the Frank McGrath Cup, [8] presented in honour of Frank McGrath, who himself won three senior hurling championships with Toomevara in 1912, 1913, and 1914 ...
Wall also had the honour of being picked for the Munster team in the inter-provincial hurling championship. [9] He first played for his province in 1958 as Munster qualified for the decider. A narrow 3–7 to 3–5 defeat of archrivals Leinster gave Wall a Railway Cup medal. It was the first of two-in-a-row, as Wall won a second medal following ...