1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (4th win)
CaptainP. J. Walsh
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
Championship statistics
← 1896
1898 →

The 1897 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 11th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The Munster final saw Cork ending Limerick's All Ireland title. The Leinster championship was notable for seeing Wicklow's only Leinster SFC final appearance.[1]

Dublin were the Leinster and All-Ireland winners.[2][3][4]

Results

Leinster

Dublin0–14 – 0–1Kilkenny
WestmeathLost – WonWicklow
Kildare2–17 – 0–9Laois
Kildare0–2 – 2–5Dublin
OffalyLost – WonWicklow
Meath0–3 – 1–7Louth
Wexford2–24 – 0–5Carlow
Wexford1–7 – 1–5Dublin
Wexford0–9 – 0–10Dublin
Wicklow1–6 – 1–4Louth
Dublinscr. – w/oWicklow

Dublin did not take the field, assuming that heavy rain and a waterlogged pitch meant the game would be cancelled.[5][6] Wicklow were initially declared Leinster champions by default, but this was overturned.[7]

Dublin1–9 – 0–3Wicklow

Munster

TipperaryWin – LostKerry
Cork1–5 – 1–4Waterford
Cork0–5 – 1–0Tipperary
Referee: J. Wall (Waterford)
Clare1–1 – 0–9Limerick
Cork0–5 – 0–3Limerick

Final

Dublin2–6 – 0–2Cork
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Spencer Lyons (Limerick)

Statistics

  • Dublin begin their first All-Ireland SFC triple and the first county ever to do it.
  • Wicklow's only appearance in a Leinster SFC final.

Roll of Honour

  • Dublin – 4 (1897)
  • Tipperary – 2 (1895)
  • Limerick – 2 (1896)
  • Cork – 1 (1890)
  • Wexford – 1 (1893)

References

  1. ↑ "O'Byrne, Pat - HoganStand". www.hoganstand.com.
  2. ↑ "Football Results 1887 – 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Corrigan, E. (2010). The History of Gaelic Football: The Definitive History of Gaelic Football from 1873. Ireland: Gill Books.
  6. ↑ "How 'low can you go?". Irish Independent. 5 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "History | Wicklow GAA". wicklowgaaonline.com.
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