1891_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship
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]
Quick Facts All-Ireland Champions, Winning team ...
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Dublin (1st win) |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Cavan |
| Connacht | Not played |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1890 1892 → | |
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From 1887 until 1891 the club champions represented the whole county.
More information County, Club ...
| County | Club |
|---|---|
| Armagh | |
| Cavan | Cavan Slashers |
| Cork | Clondrohid |
| Dublin | Young Irelands |
| Kerry | Ballymacelligott |
| Kildare | Mountrice Blunts |
| Waterford |
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Connacht Championship
There were no entrants from Connacht.
Munster Championship
Leinster Championship
Referee: A Murphy (Dublin)
Ulster Championship
Referee: James Lennon
Referee: Connolly
Game was replayed due to an objection.
All-Ireland Championship
Referee: Patrick Larkin (Galway)
Main article: 1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Referee: T.J. Whelan (Laois)
Miscellaneous
- 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]
- Limerick - 1 (1887)
- Tipperary - 1 (1889)
- Cork - 1 (1890)
- Dublin - 1 (1891)
- "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