1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:	1897
Team:	Dublin
Titles:	4th
Team2:	Cork
Leinster:	Dublin
Munster:	Cork
Ulster:	Not played
Connacht:	Not played
Next:	1898

The 1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 11th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The Munster final saw Cork ending Limerick's All Ireland title. Dublin were the winners.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Leinster

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Munster

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All-Ireland final

See main article: 1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Dublin begin their 1st All Ireland triple and the first county ever to do it.
• Wicklow's only appearance in a Leinster final.

Roll of Honour

• Dublin - 4 (1897)
• Tipperary - 2 (1895)
• Limerick - 2 (1896)
• Cork - 1 (1890)
• Wexford - 1 (1893)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA . 2011-07-04 . 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 . 2011-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-09-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 2011-09-28 .