1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
(Redirected from All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1891)
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]
| 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 → | |
Representative clubs
editFrom 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
editConnacht Championship
editThere were no entrants from Connacht.
Munster Championship
editLeinster Championship
editUlster Championship
editGame was replayed due to an objection.
All-Ireland Championship
editChampionship statistics
editMiscellaneous
edit- 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
edit- Limerick - 1 (1887)
- Tipperary - 1 (1889)
- Cork - 1 (1890)
- Dublin - 1 (1891)
References
edit- ^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Freemans Journal", 29 February 1892, p. 7
- ^ "The Irish Press", 10 February 1965, p. 12