1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained
| Year: | 1896 |
| Team: | Limerick |
| Titles: | 2nd |
| Team2: | Dublin |
| Leinster: | Dublin |
| Munster: | Limerick |
| Ulster: | Not played |
| Connacht: | Not played |
| Next: | 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. In the Munster final they beat Tipperary, the defending champions.[1] [2] [3]
Results
Leinster
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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
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All-Ireland final
See main article: 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Limerick win their Munster title and their second ever All Ireland title.
Notes and References
- Web site: Football results 1887-1910 . GAA . 2011-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030258/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1887_1910.html . 2012-03-21 . dead .
- Web site: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010 . HoganStand . 2011-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
- Web site: Leinster Senior Football Champions . Leinster GAA . 2011-09-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 2011-09-28 .
