1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates	1 May 1960 – 25 September 1960
Teams	30
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Down (1st win)
Captain	Kevin Mussen
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Paudie Sheehy
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played	31
Player of the Year	James McCartan
	← 1959 1961 →

The 1960 All-Ireland Football Championship was the 74th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1960 and ended on 25 September 1960.

Fermanagh back in the Ulster championship for the first time since 1948.

Kerry entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 25 September 1960, Down won the championship following a 2–10 to 0–8 defeat of Kerry in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their first All-Ireland title.

Down's James McCartan was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

12 June 1960 Quarter-final	Mayo	1–6 – 2–5	Galway	McHale Park, Castlebar
				Attendance: 11,370

Semi-finals

19 June 1960 Semi-final	Leitrim	2–8 – 1–6	Roscommon	Markievicz Park, Sligo
				Attendance: 4,000

26 June 1960 Semi-final	Galway	1–8 – 1–3	Sligo	Tuam Stadium, Tuam
				Attendance: 5,000

Final

10 July 1960 Final	Galway	2–5 – 0–5	Leitrim	Markievicz Park, Sligo
				Attendance: 7,500

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

1 May 1960 First round	Kildare	1–9 – 2–3	Wexford	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	E.Treacy 2-0, K.O'Malley 0-4, P.Maguire 0-2, F.Gibbons, M.Geraghty 0-1

1 May 1960 First round	Longford	2–12 – 2–9	Meath	Cusack Park, Mullingar

8 May 1960 First round	Westmeath	2–10 – 1–11	Laois	O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Quarter-finals

15 May 1960 Quarter-final	Offaly	2–12 – 2–9	Carlow	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
				Attendance: 11,000 Referee: B Kavanagh

22 May 1960 Quarter-final	Louth	1–10 – 1–5	Wicklow	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 10,590

29 May 1960 Quarter-final	Dublin	10–13 – 3–8	Longford	Cusack Park, Mullingar

5 June 1960 Quarter-final	Kildare	2–9 – 2–8	Westmeath	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
	J.Hayden 1-1, B.Keogh, E.Treacy 0-3, P.Grainger, P.Tyrell 0-1			Attendance: 12,000

Semi-finals

26 June 1960 Semi-final	Offaly	3–9 – 0–9	Dublin	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
				Attendance: 18,000 Referee: J Kavanagh

3 July 1960 Semi-final	Louth	1–8 – 1–1	Kildare	Páirc Tailteann, Navan
				Attendance: 17,238

Final

31 July 1960 Final	Offaly	0–10 – 1–6	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 35,264 Referee: B Smith (Meath)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

29 May 1960 Quarter-final	Clare	1–6 – 1–8	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
				Referee: P Silke (Limerick)

Semi-finals

10 July 1960 Semi-final	Tipperary	0–3 – 0–11	Kerry	Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
			K. Coffey 0–2, M. O'Connell 0–1, D. McAuliffe 0–1, T. Long. 0–1, P. Sheehy 0–4, J. Dowling, 0–2.	Referee: A. Carroll (CIare)

10 July 1960 Semi-final	Waterford	1–9 – 0–11	Cork	Castle Grounds, Lismore
				Referee: D O Connell (Tipperary)

Final

24 July 1960 Final	Kerry	3–15 – 0–8	Waterford	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	M. O'Connell 0–3, J.D. O'Connor 0–1, D. Geaney 0–1, T. Long 1–2, P. Sheehy 1–4, J. Dowling 1–0, S. Murphy 0–4.

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

5 June 1960 Preliminary round	Cavan	1–10 – 1–0	Donegal	Breffni Park, Cavan
				Attendance: 4,000

Quarter-finals

5 June 1960 Quarter-final	Derry	3–10 – 1–9	Armagh	Rossa Park, Magherafelt
				Attendance: 6,000

12 June 1960 Quarter-final	Antrim	1–4 – 0–14	Down	Casement Park, Belfast
				Attendance: 5,000

19 June 1960 Quarter-final	Fermanagh	2–7 – 3–4	Cavan	St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown

26 June 1960 Quarter-final replay	Cavan	3–9 – 2–2	Fermanagh	Breffni Park, Cavan
				Attendance: 6,000

26 June 1960 Quarter-final	Tyrone	3–6 – 3–11	Monaghan	O'Neill Park, Dungannon

Semi-finals

10 July 1960 Semi-final	Down	2–11 – 0–7	Monaghan	O'Neill Park, Dungannon

17 July 1960 Semi-final	Cavan	3–6 – 0–5	Derry	Casement Park, Belfast
				Attendance: 8,000

Final

31 July 1960 Final	Down	3–7 – 1–8	Cavan	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
				Attendance: 33,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

7 August 1960 Semi-final	Kerry	1–8 – 0–8	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin
	T. Long 0–1, P. Sheehy 0–1, G. McMahon 1–0, J. Dowling 0–1, T. Lyne 0–5.			Attendance: 37,128

14 August 1960 Semi-final	Down	1–10 – 2–7	Offaly	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 64,232 Referee: T Cunningham

11 September 1960 Semi-final replay	Down	1–7 – 1–5	Offaly	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 68,023 Referee: M McArdle (Louth)

Final

25 September 1960 Final	Down	2–10 – 0–8	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
			M. O'Connell 0–2, J.D. O'Connor 0–1, S. Murphy 0–1, T. Lyne 0–4.	Referee: 87,768

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Kidare played Westmeath in the Leinster football championship for the first time since 1931.
Fermanagh back in the Ulster football championship for the first time since 1948.
The Dublin vs Longford game had 1 of the highest scores in history.
Waterford beat Cork for the first time since 1919.
Offaly win their first Leinster title.
Down win their first All Ireland title and become the second team from Ulster after Cavan back in 1933 to win the All Ireland and first from Northern Ireland.
The attendance of 87,768 at the All-Ireland final between Down and Kerry sets a new official record.

Scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition

References

↑ Breheny, Martin (17 September 2010). "1960: Down break new ground for a rich harvest". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

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[1] Breheny, Martin (17 September 2010). "1960: Down break new ground for a rich harvest". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

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