1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (4th win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot played
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
1896
1898

The 1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 11th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The Munster final saw Cork ending Limerick's All Ireland title. Dublin were the winners.[1][2][3]

Results

Leinster

Dublin0-14 – 0-1Kilkenny

WestmeathLost – WonWicklow

OffalyLost – WonWicklow
Jones's Road, Dublin




Wexford2-24 – 0-5Carlow
Jones's Road, Dublin




Munster


Cork1-5 – 1-4Waterford

Cork0-5 – 1-0Tipperary
Cork Park
Referee: J. Wall (Waterford)

Clare1-1 – 0-9Limerick

Cork0-5 – 0-3Limerick

All-Ireland final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Dublin begin their 1st All Ireland triple and the first county ever to do it.
  • Wicklow's only appearance in a Leinster final.

Roll of Honour

  • Dublin - 4 (1897)
  • Tipperary - 2 (1895)
  • Limerick - 2 (1896)
  • Cork - 1 (1890)
  • Wexford - 1 (1893)

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)