1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 12th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the winners.[1][2][3]

1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (5th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterWaterford
LeinsterDublin
Championship statistics
← 1897
1899 →

Results

Leinster
Wexford2-24 – 0-5Carlow
Louth1-7 – 0-3Meath
Offaly2-6 – 1-3Wicklow
Referee: Charles Brady
Offaly0-4 – 1-11Wexford
Dublin2-6 – 0-0
Unfinished		Wexford

Dublin were awarded the game.

Munster
Limerickscr. – scr.Clare
Waterford0-9 – 0-0Tipperary
Waterford1-3 – 0-4Cork

All-Ireland Final
Main article: 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin2-8 – 0-4Waterford
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J McCarthy (Kilkenny)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Waterford won their only ever Munster final.
  • Waterford were represented by Erin's Hope with a few representatives from Lismore Blackwater Ramblers.
  • Limerick and Clare were thrown out because they refused to play their tie at Tipperary.[5]
  • It was Dublin's second two in a row as All Ireland champions.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Meeting of the Central Council", Nenagh News, 23 September 1899, p.3
  5. "Gaelic Notes", Evening Herald, 23 September 1899, p.7
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