1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Format

1900 saw the introduction of a new All-Ireland format. The four provincial championships would be played as usual. The four champions play in the "Home" championship, with the winners of the Home final going on to face London in the All-Ireland final.

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Galway were the only entrants, so they received a bye to the Home semi-final.

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Semi-final

Semi-final

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• Kilkenny fielded the Slate Quarry Miners side that won the 1900 Kilkenny Senior Football Championship. Louth were represented by Drogheda Independents, the outgoing Louth county champions.

Munster

Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final

Quarter-Final

Semi-final

Semi-final

Final

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Antrim were the only entrants, so they received a bye to the Home semi-final.

Semi-finals

Home Semi-final

Home Semi-final Tipperary made an objection and were awarded the game.

Home Final

Final

Main article: 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Final

Statistics

Miscellaneous

• Connacht and Munster back for the first time since 1892.
• London become part of the All Ireland Series.
• Tipperary won the double in football and hurling for the like 5 years before hand in 1895 the last time that it happened until Cork in 1990.

References

References

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12. Cork Examiner; 14 May 1902
13. "All-Ireland Championships", Freemans Journal, 22 September 1902, p. 7