1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Limerick (2nd win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Dublin |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Limerick |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Not played |
| Connacht | Not played |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1895 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[edit]
Leinster[edit]
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[edit]
All-Ireland final[edit]
Championship statistics[edit]
Miscellaneous[edit]
- Limerick win their Munster title and their second ever All Ireland title.
References[edit]
- ^ "Football results 1887-1910". GAA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010". HoganStand. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
- ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "The Munster Football Championships", Munster Express, 27 November 1897, p.8