The 1896 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the tenth staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition.
It was the first championship in which a goal was worth three points.
In the Munster final they beat Tipperary, the defending champions.
[1][2][3] The final was abandoned after 50 minutes of play.
On 2 January 1898 Dublin were awarded the Leinster title.