1895 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1895 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the ninth staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Meath in the Leinster final. Tipperary were the champions.[1][2][3]

1895 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamTipperary (2nd win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMeath
Provincial Champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterMeath
UlsterNot played
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
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1896 →

Results

Leinster
Louth0-6– 0-1Cavan
Kildare1-4 – 0-4Wexford
Kildare2-10 – 0-2Louth
Kildare0-4 – 2-7Dublin
Kilkenny1-0 – 1-13Meath
Meath0-6 – 0-2Dublin

Munster
Limerick0-0 – 0-0Waterford
Limerick5-6 – 1-1Kerry
Referee: RT Blake[4]
Tipperary2-7 – 0-1Waterford
Tipperary0-5 – 0-2Limerick
Referee: RT. Blake

All-Ireland final
Main article: 1895 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Tipperary0-4 – 0-3Meath
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: J.J. Kenny (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Cavan were part of Leinster championship.
  • Meath win their first Leinster title.
  • Tipperary like Cork in 1890 won the Hurling and Football double in the same year, they would do so again 5 years later in 1900.

References
  1. "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. Cork Examiner, Monday December 2, 1895
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