1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamWexford (3rd win)
CaptainSeán O'Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamMayo
CaptainD. F. Courell
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1915
1917 →

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]

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary Round
Meath1–2 – 0–4Laois
Quarter-Final
Kilkenny2–2 – 0–5Westmeath
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

Munster Senior Football Championship

Kerry2–2 – 0–1Tipperary
Referee: T. Irwin (Cork)

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

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

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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

Semi-finals

Wexford0–9 – 1–1Monaghan
Mayo1–2 – 0–2Cork

Cork made an objection and a replay was ordered.

Mayo1–2 – 1–1Cork

Final

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

Statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Mayo play in a first All-Ireland final, but lose to Wexford.

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ^ "1916". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  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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