The 1898
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...
was the 12th staging of Ireland's premier
Gaelic football
Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...
knock-out competition. Dublin were the winners.
Results
Leinster
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Dublin were awarded the game.
Munster
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All-Ireland final
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.
["Gaelic Notes", Evening Herald, 23 September 1899, p.7]
* It was Dublin's second two in a row as All Ireland champions.
References
{{All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...