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)
CaptainMatt Rea
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamWaterford
Provincial Champions
MunsterWaterford
LeinsterDublin
UlsterNot played
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
1897
1899

Results

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Leinster

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Meath2-6 – 0-6Offaly

Wexford2-24 – 0-5Carlow

Louth1-7 – 0-3Meath

Offaly2-6 – 1-3Wicklow
Referee: Charles Brady

Offaly0-4 – 1-11Wexford

Dublin2-6 – 0-6Laois

Dublin1-16 – 0-1Kilkenny

Wexford3-10 – 0-3Wicklow

Dublin2-6 – 0-0
Unfinished
Wexford

Dublin were awarded the game.

Munster

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Limerickscr. – scr.Clare

Waterford0-9 – 0-0Tipperary

Waterford1-3 – 0-4Cork

All-Ireland final

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Dublin2-8 – 0-4Waterford
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: J McCarthy (Kilkenny)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  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. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: 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