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.[1][2][3]

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

Results

Leinster

Louth1-6 – 02Offaly
Jones's Road, Dublin

Kildare0-6 – 02Wexford
Jones's Road, Dublin

Kildare1-12 – 2-13Dublin
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

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

Limerick0-4 – 0-1Waterford

All-Ireland 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

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "The Munster Football Championships", Munster Express, 27 November 1897, p.8
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