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1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1891 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (1st win)
CaptainJohn Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamCork
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterCavan
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
1890
1892

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]

Representative clubs

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From 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

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Connacht Championship

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There were no entrants from Connacht.

Munster Championship

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Limerick0-0 – 0-0Waterford

Cork2-5 – 0-2Kerry

Cork1-5 - 0-4Waterford

Leinster Championship

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Dublin4-11 - 0-0Wicklow

Kildare0-5 - 0-0Laois
Referee: A Murphy (Dublin)

Dublinw/o - scr.Kildare

Ulster Championship

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Cavan3-9 - 0-0Antrim
Referee: James Lennon

Cavan0-7 - 0-1Armagh
Referee: Connolly

Game was replayed due to an objection.


Cavan1-11 - 0-0Armagh

All-Ireland Championship

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Dublin3-7 - 0-3Cavan
Referee: Patrick Larkin (Galway)

Dublin2-1 - 1-1Cork
Referee: T.J. Whelan (Laois)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • 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

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  • Limerick - 1 (1887)
  • Tipperary - 1 (1889)
  • Cork - 1 (1890)
  • Dublin - 1 (1891)


References

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "The Freemans Journal", 29 February 1892, p. 7
  4. ^ "The Irish Press", 10 February 1965, p. 12