1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:	1891
Team:	Dublin
Titles:	1st
Team2:	Cork
Leinster:	Dublin
Munster:	Cork
Ulster:	Cavan
Connacht:	Not played
Next:	1892

The 1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the fifth staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the champions ending Cork's spell.^{[1] [2]}

Representative clubs

From 1887 until 1891 the club champions represented the whole county.

County	Club
Armagh
Cavan	Cavan Slashers
Cork	Clondrohid
Dublin	Young Irelands
Kerry	Ballymacelligott
Kildare	Mountrice Blunts
Waterford

Results

Connacht Championship

There were no entrants from Connacht.

Munster Championship

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Leinster Championship

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Ulster Championship

----Game was replayed due to an objection.----

All-Ireland Championship

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See main article: 1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Dublin win both their first Leinster and All Ireland titles.
• Cavan win their first Ulster title.
• Dublin played the All-Ireland Semi-Final and the All-Ireland Final on the same day. The 1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final between Kerry and Wexford was played between the two football matches.^[3]

Roll of Honour

• Limerick - 1 (1887)
• Tipperary - 1 (1889)
• Cork - 1 (1890)
• Dublin - 1 (1891)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA . 2011-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030258/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1887_1910.html . 2012-03-21 . dead .
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
3. "The Irish Press", 10 February 1965, p. 12