1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 12th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the winners.[1][2][3]

Results

11 July 1898

Wexford	2-24 – 0-5	Carlow

1898

Louth	1-7 – 0-3	Meath

19 March 1899

Offaly	2-6 – 1-3	Wicklow

Jones's Road, Dublin

Referee: Charles Brady

19 November 1899
Quarter-Final

Offaly	0-4 – 1-11	Wexford

Jones's Road, Dublin

4 February 1900
Final

Dublin	2-6 – 0-0 Unfinished	Wexford

Jones's Road, Dublin

Dublin were awarded the game.

10 September 1899
Semi-Final

Limerick	scr. – scr.	Clare

24 September 1899
Final

Waterford	1-3 – 0-4	Cork

8 April 1900

Dublin	2-8 – 0-4	Waterford

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: J McCarthy (Kilkenny)

Waterford won their only ever Munster final.
Waterford were represented by Erin's Hope with a few representatives from Lismore Blackwater Ramblers.
Limerick and Clare were thrown out because they refused to play their tie at Tipperary.[5]
It was Dublin's second two in a row as All Ireland champions.

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