1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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]

1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Wexford (3rd win)
Captain	Seán O'Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Mayo
Captain	D. F. Courell
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Monaghan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
← 1915 1917 →

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship

13 August 1916
Quarter-Final

Leitrim	2–2 – 0–3	Sligo

Boyle

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27 August 1916
Semi-Final

Leitrim	0–2 – 1–2	Roscommon

Elphin

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3 September 1916
Semi-Final

Mayo	2–6 – 2–2	Galway

Athlone

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1 October 1916
Final

Mayo	1–5 – 0–3	Roscommon

Castlerea

Attendance: 4,000

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship

23 July 1916

Preliminary Round

Meath	1–2 – 0–4	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

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1916

Quarter-Final

Kilkenny	2–2 – 0–5	Westmeath

Croke Park, Dublin

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23 July 1916

Quarter-Final

Kildare	3–3 – 1–4	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

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3 September 1916

Quarter-Final

Wexford	Wexford win in a walkover	Dublin

Wexford Park, Wexford

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10 September 1916

Semi-Final

Kildare	1–6 – 1–3	Kilkenny

Barrett's Park, New Ross

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24 September 1916

Semi-Final

Wexford	6–5 – 1–2	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

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15 October 1916

Final

Wexford	1–7 – 1–0	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Munster

Munster Senior Football Championship

9 July 1916
Quarter-Final

Kerry	2–2 – 0–1	Tipperary

Cork Athletic Grounds

Referee: T. Irwin (Cork)

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

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30 July 1916
Semi-Final

Cork	4–3 – 2–4	Waterford

Cork Athletic Grounds

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30 July 1916
Semi-Final

Clare	3–1 – 0–0	Limerick

Listowel^[5]

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3 September 1916
Final

Cork	2–2 – 1–4	Clare

Clonmel^[6]

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship

18 June 1916
Quarter-Final

Antrim	W – L	Armagh

Camlough

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25 June 1916
Quarter-Final

Cavan	2–3 – 0–1	Fermanagh

Wattlebridge

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7 July 1916
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	2–5 – 0–1	Derry

Clones

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20 August 1916
Semi-Final

Monaghan	4–3 – 1–5	Cavan

Belturbet

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27 August 1916
Semi-Final

Antrim	1–3 – 1–0	Down

Portaferry

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24 September 1916
Final

Monaghan	2–3 – 0–2	Antrim

Clones

Semi-finals

22 October 1916
Semi-Final

Wexford	0–9 – 1–1	Monaghan

Carrickmacross

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22 October 1916
Semi-Final

Mayo	1–2 – 0–2	Cork

Athlone

Cork made an objection and a replay was ordered.

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19 November 1916
Semi-Final Replay

Mayo	1–2 – 1–1	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Main article: 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

17 December 1916
Final

Wexford	3–4 – 1–2	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois)

Statistics

Miscellaneous

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