[1][2][3][4][5][6] The practice of giving Dublin a bye into the Leinster final was ended in 1961 and they had to play Wexford in a first round championship match.
Antrim missed their full back Moya Forde from the All Ireland semi-final, a factor in Tipperary's morale-boosting win in Casement Park during which Kathleen Downes scored three goals, Tess Moloney two and Terry Cummins the sixth.
Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press: Dublin kept the trophy because of their better team work and crafty combination and yet this was a game in which Tipperary were not far behind the victors.
Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press: Kathleen Mills, the most famed camogie player of all time, bade farewell to the game in a blaze of glory at Croke Park where she played a big part in Dublin’s victory.
No wonder the crowd cheered the blonde winger from CIE club when, carrying the O’Duffy Cup, she was chaired by her team mates.