1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Mayo (3rd win) |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Meath |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
|
← 1950 1952 → | |
The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 65th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
Mayo won their second All-Ireland in a row.[1][2][3]
The Curse of 51
Mayo have not won an All-Ireland football final since 1951. Legend has it that a priest became incensed when the Mayo team bus returning home from the 1951 final passed by a funeral without showing due respect as they celebrated their All-Ireland win. The priest supposedly cast a spell on Mayo, claiming they would not win another title until all of the team had died. As of August 2013, three of the team that took to the Croke Park pitch for Mayo in 1951 are still alive. [4]
Results
Connacht Championship
Leinster Championship
20 May 1951 Preliminary Round |
| Offaly | 1-3 – 1-8 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge Referee: W Geraghty |
Munster Championship
Ulster Championship
All-Ireland Championship
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- In fact the Leinster football championship saw a triple of draws and replays they were in the following games as we know,
- Preliminary Round, Longford vs Carlow. - Quarter-Final, Wexford vs Westmeath. - Semi-Final, Meath vs Louth.
- Mayo are All Ireland Champions for 2 in a row & Connacht Champions for 4 in a row.
References
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- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ↑ Lord, Miriam (22 September 2012). "Mayo God help us, says Enda, in plea to pope for big match digout". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
Maybe the pope can help out with the legendary “curse” that has bugged Mayo football over the years.