1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 30th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won the second title of their four-in-a-row.[1][2][3]

1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamWexford (3rd win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1915
1917 →

Results

Connacht Championship
Leitrim2-2 – 0-3Sligo
Leitrim0-2 – 1-2Roscommon
Mayo2-6 – 2-2Galway
Mayo1-5 – 0-3Roscommon
Attendance: 4,000

Leinster Championship
Preliminary Round
Meath1-2 – 0-4Laois
Quarter Final
Kildare3-3 – 1-4Louth
Quarter Final
WexfordWexford win in a walkoverDublin
Semi Final
Kildare1-6 - 1-3Kilkenny
Barrett's Park, New Ross
Semi Final
Wexford6-5 – 1-2Meath
Final
Wexford1-7 – 1-0Kildare
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Munster Championship
Kerry2-2 – 0-1Tipperary
Referee: T. Irwin ( C )

Kerry withdrew from the Munster Championship after this victory.[4]

Cork4-3 – 2-4Waterford
Clare3-1 – 0-0Limerick
Cork2-2 – 1-4Clare

Ulster Championship
AntrimW – LArmagh
Cavan2-3 – 0-1Fermanagh
Wattlebridge
Monaghan2-5 – 0-1Derry
Monaghan4-3 – 1-5Cavan
Antrim1-3 – 1-0Down
Monaghan2-3 – 0-2Antrim

All-Ireland Championship
Wexford0-9 – 1-1Monaghan
Mayo1-2 – 0-2Cork

Cork made an objection and a replay was ordered.

Mayo1-2 – 1-1Cork
Main article: 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Wexford3-4 – 1-2Mayo
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Mayo play in their first All Ireland final but are beaten by Wexford.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-07.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. http://history.launerangers.ie/?p=1110
  5. "Munster Championship", Meath Chronicle, 5 August 1916, p. 1
  6. Cork's Lucky Double, Irish Independent, 4 September 1916, p. 5
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