1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Limerick gaa football team 1896.jpg
Limerick, champions
Event 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date6 February 1898
Venue Jones' Road, Dublin
Referee Thomas Dooley (Cork)
Attendance3,500
Weatherdry, cold, windy
1895
1897

The 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the ninth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Limerick were represented by the Commercials club with Young Irelands representing Dublin.

Bill Murphy scored Limerick's decisive goal, after which Limerick sat back to defend their lead. [1] Limerick have not appeared in an All-Ireland football final since.

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References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.