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1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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The 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the sixth staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the champions, becoming the first county to retain the title.

Quick Facts All-Ireland Champions, Winning team ...

This was the first championship in which players from any part of a county (rather than just the county champions) could play on the county team. Other important rule changes were also introduced: the goal was made worth 5 points (previously, a goal was worth more than any number of points) and teams were reduced from 21-a-side to 17.[1][2]

Results

Connacht Championship

Roscommon were the only entrant, so they received a bye to the All-Ireland semi-final.

Leinster Championship

More information Dublin, 3-5 – 0-1 ...
Referee: JP Kavanagh
More information Dublin, w/o – scr. ...
Referee: JP Cox

Munster Championship

More information Kerry, 3-6 – 0-5 ...
More information Kerry, 1-6 – 0-3 ...

Ulster Championship

There were no entrants from Ulster.

All-Ireland Championship

More information Dublin, 1-9 – 1-1 ...
Main article: 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
More information Dublin, 1-4 – 0-3 ...
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dan Fraher (Waterford)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Dublin become the first county to win the All Ireland title for second year in a row.

References

  1. [1]
    "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  2. [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. [3]
    "G.A.A.: The Inter-County Championships", The Kerry Sentinel, 2 November 1892. p. 3
  4. [4]
    "G.A.A.: The Championship of Munster", Cork Examiner, 05 December 1892, p.7
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