1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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

Leinster

1896
Quarter-Final

Dublin	0-12 – 1-3	Wicklow

Jones's Road, Dublin

29 November 1896
Quarter-Final

Louth	1-6 – 0-2	Offaly

Jones's Road, Dublin

6 December 1896
Quarter-Final

Kildare	0-6 – 02	Wexford

Jones's Road, Dublin

30 May 1897
Semi-Final

Kildare	1-12 – 2-13	Dublin

Jones's Road, Dublin

1897
Semi-Final

Kilkenny	0-4 – 1-10	Meath

Jones's Road, Dublin

24 October 1897
Final

Dublin	2-4 – 1-5 Unfinished	Meath

Jones's Road, Dublin

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

14 March 1897
Quarter-final

Limerick	1-2 – 1-1	Cork

Tipperary

3 November 1897
Semi-final

Limerick	2-4 – 0-6	Tipperary

Mallow

Referee: D.Power

21 November 1897
Final

Limerick	0-4 – 0-1	Waterford

Mallow^[4]

All-Ireland final

6 January 1898

Limerick	1-5 – 0-7	Dublin

Jones's Road, Dublin

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Thomas Dooley (Cork)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Limerick win their Munster title and their second ever All Ireland title.

References

^ "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

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Finals	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Seasons	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024