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1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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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. In the Munster final they beat Tipperary, the defending champions.[1][2][3]

Quick Facts All-Ireland Champions, Winning team ...

Results

Leinster

More information Dublin, 0-12 – 1-3 ...
More information Louth, 1-6 – 0-2 ...
More information Kildare, 0-6 – 02 ...
More information Kildare, 1-12 – 2-13 ...
More information Kilkenny, 0-4 – 1-10 ...
More information Dublin, 2-4 – 1-5 Unfinished ...

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

More information Limerick, 1-2 – 1-1 ...
More information Limerick, 2-4 – 0-6 ...
Referee: D.Power
More information Limerick, 0-4 – 0-1 ...

All-Ireland final

Main article: 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
More information Limerick, 1-5 – 0-7 ...
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Thomas Dooley (Cork)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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

References

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