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1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLimerick (2nd win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterLimerick
LeinsterDublin
Championship statistics
1895
1897

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.[1][2][3]

Results

Leinster

Louth1-6 – 02Offaly

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

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

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