1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamDublin (11th win)
CaptainDave Kelleher
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLondon
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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1909 →

The 1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 22nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin won their eleventh All-Ireland title.[1][2][3]

Format

The four provincial championships were played as usual; the four champions joined London in the All-Ireland championship.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Leitrim0-1 – 0-5Sligo
Mayo1-6 – 1-3Sligo
RoscommonW – LGalway
Mayo2-5 – 0-4Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Laois2-9 – 0-9Wexford
Louth2-7 – 1-10Kilkenny
Louth0-11 – 0-6Kilkenny
Dublin0-0 – 0-0Meath
Dublin1-9 – 0-1Meath
Offaly0-0 – 0-0Kildare
Offaly0-1 – 2-13Kildare
Referee: D McCarthy
Dublin0-13 – 0-7Laois
Louth0-5 – 0-5Kildare
Louth1-5 – 1-6Kildare
Dublin1-7 – 0-3Kildare
Attendance: 4,000

Munster Senior Football Championship

Cork0-16 – 0-3Limerick
Waterford0-13 – 2-4Tipperary
Referee: D. Rounghan (L)
Kerry1-8 – 0-3Clare
Cork1-5 – 1-7Waterford
Kerry0-7 – 0-2Waterford

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Cavan0-3 – 0-2Antrim

An objection was made and a replay ordered.

Cavan2-4 – 0-4Antrim

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry2-4 – 0-1
Unfinished		Mayo
Dublin1-8 – 0-2Antrim
Dublin0-10 – 0-3Kerry
Main article: 1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin1-10 – 0-4London
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: M Conroy (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Dublin win a 10th All Ireland in 17 years a 2nd 3 in a row in history.

Roll of Honour

  • Dublin - 11 (1908)
  • Tipperary - 3 (1900)
  • Kerry - 2 (1904)
  • Limerick - 2 (1896)
  • Kildare - 1 (1905)
  • Cork - 1 (1890)
  • Wexford - 1 (1893)


References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 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)