1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final explained

1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event:1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Team1score:2–8
(14)
Team2score:0–4
(4)
Date:8 April 1900
City:Tipperary
Referee:John McCarthy (Kilkenny)
Attendance:1,000
Weather:wind and rain
Previous:1897
Next:1899

The 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the eleventh All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Dublin, who led 1–6 to 0–3 at the interval, were the winners, with Joe Ledwidge scoring both goals.[1] The captain of the winning team was Matt Rea.

At this time, club teams represented their counties with the Geraldines club representing Dublin and Waterford represented by the Erin's Hope club of Dungarvan.

It was the fifth of six All-Ireland football titles won by Dublin in the 1890s.[2]

Notes and References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. News: Kerry on honour roll. Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. 14 September 2009.