1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLimerick (2nd win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterLimerick
LeinsterDublin
Championship statistics
← 1895
1897 →

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.[1][2][3]

Results[]

Leinster[]

Dublin0-12 – 1-3Wicklow
Jones's Road, Dublin
Louth1-6 – 0-2Offaly
Jones's Road, Dublin
Kildare0-6 – 02Wexford
Jones's Road, Dublin
Kildare1-12 – 2-13Dublin
Jones's Road, Dublin
Kilkenny0-4 – 1-10Meath
Jones's Road, Dublin
Dublin2-4 – 1-5
Unfinished		Meath
Jones's Road, Dublin

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[]

Limerick1-2 – 1-1Cork
Tipperary
Limerick2-4 – 0-6Tipperary
Mallow
Referee: D.Power
Limerick0-4 – 0-1Waterford
Mallow[4]

All-Ireland Final[]

Main article: 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Limerick1-5 – 0-7Dublin
Jones's Road, Dublin
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Thomas Dooley (Cork)

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

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

References below[]

  1. ^ "Football results 1887-1910". GAA. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  2. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010". HoganStand. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  3. ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
  4. ^ "The Munster Football Championships", Munster Express, 27 November 1897, p.8
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