1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Dublin (1st win)
Captain	John Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Not played
Championship statistics
← 1890 1892 →

The 1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the fifth staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the champions ending Cork's spell. ^{[1] [2]}

Representative clubs

From 1887 until 1891 the club champions represented the whole county.

County	Club
Armagh
Cavan	Cavan Slashers
Cork	Clondrohid
Dublin	Young Irelands
Kerry	Ballymacelligott
Kildare	Mountrice Blunts
Waterford

Results

Connacht Championship

There were no entrants from Connacht.

Munster Championship

1891
Semi-Final

Limerick	0-0 – 0-0	Waterford

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20 September 1891
Semi-Final

Cork	2-5 – 0-2	Kerry

Killarney

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1 November 1891
Final

Cork	1-5 - 0-4	Waterford

Youghal

Leinster Championship

1891
Semi Final

Dublin	4-11 - 0-0	Wicklow

Clonturk

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8 November 1891
Semi Final

Kildare	0-5 - 0-0	Laois

Clonturk

Referee: A Murphy (Dublin)

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8 November 1891
Final

Dublin	w/o - scr.	Kildare

Clonturk

Ulster Championship

18 October 1891
Semi-final

Cavan	3-9 - 0-0	Antrim

Armagh

Referee: James Lennon

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1 November 1891
Final

Cavan	0-7 - 0-1	Armagh

Bailieboro

Referee: Connolly

Game was replayed due to an objection.

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6 December 1891
Final Replay

Cavan	1-11 - 0-0	Armagh

Smithborough

All-Ireland Championship

28 February 1892
Semi-Final

Dublin	3-7 - 0-3	Cavan

Clonturk Park, Drumcondra ^[3]

Referee: Patrick Larkin (Galway)

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Main article: 1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

28 February 1892

Dublin	2-1 - 1-1	Cork

Clonturk Park, Drumcondra

Referee: T.J. Whelan (Laois)

Statistics

• Dublin win both their first Leinster and All-Ireland titles.
• Cavan win their first Ulster title.
• Dublin played the All-Ireland semi-final and the All-Ireland final on the same day. The 1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final between Kerry and Wexford was played between the two football matches. ^[4]

Roll of Honour

• Limerick - 1 (1887)
• Tipperary - 1 (1889)
• Cork - 1 (1890)
• Dublin - 1 (1891)

References

1. "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
3. "The Freemans Journal", 29 February 1892, p. 7
4. "The Irish Press", 10 February 1965, p. 12