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

1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLimerick (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
Provincial Champions
MunsterLimerick
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot played
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
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1897 →

Results

Leinster
Dublin0-12 – 1-3Wicklow
Louth1-6 – 0-2Offaly
Kildare0-6 – 02Wexford
Kildare1-12 – 2-13Dublin
Kilkenny0-4 – 1-10Meath
Dublin2-4 – 1-5
Unfinished		Meath

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
Main article: 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Limerick1-5 – 0-7Dublin
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Thomas Dooley (Cork)

Championship statistics

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

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