1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date26 March 1893
Venue
1893

The 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the fifth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

At this time, the club champions of each county represented their county in the All-Ireland championships. Dublin were represented by the Young Irelanders club while Kerry were represented by

Laune Rangers
.

The sides were level 0-3 apiece at half time

Dublin were the winners scoring the all important goal with ten minutes to go.

It was the second of six All-Ireland football titles won by Dublin in the 1890s.[1]

It was the first meeting between Dublin and Kerry. The rivalry between the sides would grow into something massive in the years and decades ahead.[2]

Details

Dublin1–4 – 0–3Kerry

Post-match

With their

1942 but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total.[3]

References

  1. Independent News & Media
    . 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. ^ Moran, Sean (17 September 2011). "Kerry pioneers the kings of the urban-rural frontier". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 17 September 2011. The first meeting in the 1892 All-Ireland final was at a time when the GAA was still in a state of flux – over the number of players on a team, the value of a goal (which when worth more than any number of points led to teams cramming their goalmouth; so if anyone says Donegal brought defence to a new extreme . . . )and the effects of the Parnell split were still vivid.
  3. ^ a b Moran, Seán (11 September 2019). "Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.