1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the tenth staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. It was the first championship in which a goal was worth three points. Limerick won their second, and so far last, title. In the Munster final they beat Tipperary, the defending champions.[1][2][3]

1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLimerick (2nd win)
CaptainCon Fitzgerald
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
Provincial Champions
MunsterLimerick
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot played
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
1895
1897

Results

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Leinster

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Dublin0-12 – 1-3Wicklow

Louth1-6 – 0-2Offaly

Kildare0-6 – 02Wexford

Kildare1-12 – 2-13Dublin

Kilkenny0-4 – 1-10Meath

Dublin2-4 – 1-5
Unfinished
Meath

The final was abandoned after 50 minutes of play. It was refixed on several occasions but never replayed. On 2 January 1898 Dublin were awarded the Leinster title.

Munster

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Limerick1-2 – 1-1Cork

Limerick2-4 – 0-6Tipperary
Referee: D.Power

Limerick0-4 – 0-1Waterford

All-Ireland final

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Limerick1-5 – 0-7Dublin
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Thomas Dooley (Cork)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Limerick win their Munster title and their second ever All Ireland title.

References

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  1. ^ "Football results 1887-1910". GAA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010". HoganStand. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ^ "The Munster Football Championships", Munster Express, 27 November 1897, p.8