1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 11th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the winners.[1][2][3]

1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (4th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
Championship statistics
← 1896
1898 →

Results

Leinster
OffalyLost – WonWicklow
Jones's Road, Dublin
Kildare2-17 – 0-9Laois
Jones's Road, Dublin
Kildare0-2 – 2-5Dublin
Jones's Road, Dublin
Dublin1-9 – 0-3Wicklow
Jones's Road, Dublin

Munster
Cork1-5 – 1-4Waterford
Cork0-5 – 1-0Tipperary
Cork Park
Referee: J. Wall (Waterford)
Cork0-5 – 0-3Limerick

All-Ireland Final
Main article: 1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin2-6 – 0-2Cork
Jones's Road, Dublin
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Spencer Lyons (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Dublin begin their 1st All Ireland triple and the first county ever to do it.

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)
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