1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Football championship
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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
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
Final
Statistics
- Limerick win a Munster SFC title and a second All-Ireland SFC title.