1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the ninth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date6 February 1898
VenueJones' Road, Dublin
RefereeThomas Dooley (Cork)
Attendance3,500

Bill Murphy scored Limerick's decisive goal, after which Limerick sat back to defend their lead.[1] Limerick have not appeared in an All-Ireland football final since.

References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
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