1899 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:	1899
Team:	Dublin
Titles:	6th
Team2:	Cork
Leinster:	Dublin
Munster:	Cork
Ulster:	Not played
Connacht:	Not played
Next:	1900

The 1899 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 13th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the winners, completing the first three-in-a-row.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Leinster

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Munster

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The match finished at half time, as the Cork ball had burst, and Tipperary did not have a ball.^[4] --------Tipperary refused to take the field for the second half. They asked that their score in the first match be added to their first half score in this match.^[5]

All-Ireland final

See main article: 1899 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• It was a first three in a row for Dublin as All Ireland Champions.

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 .
4. "G.A.A.: Munster Football Championship", The Cork Examiner, 15 October 1900, p.7
5. "Munster Championship Final at Limerick"The Cork Examiner, 19 November 1900, p.7