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1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship

Field	Value
year	1896
team	Limerick
titles	2nd
captain	Con Fitzgerald
team2	Dublin
leinster	Dublin
munster	Limerick
ulster	Not played
connacht	Not played
previous	1895
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.

Results

Leinster

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final Unfinished

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

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Final

Main article: 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Statistics

Limerick win a Munster SFC title and a second All-Ireland SFC title.

References

"Football results 1887–1910".
"All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887–2010".
"Leinster Senior Football Champions".
"The Munster Football Championships", Munster Express, 27 November 1897, p.8

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