1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Down (1st win)
Captain	Kevin Mussen
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
← 1959 1961 →

The 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 74th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.

Down won their first title.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

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

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
				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	Westmeath	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

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
				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

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
				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

Final

25 September 1960 Final	Down	2-10 – 0-8	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
				Referee: 87,768

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

The Dublin vs Longford game had 1 of the highest scores in history.
Offaly win their 1st Leinster title.
Down win their 1st All Ireland title and become the 2nd team from Ulster after Cavan to win the All Ireland and 1st from Northern Ireland.
The attendance of 87,768 at the All-Ireland final between Down and Kerry sets a new official record.

References

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