Event | 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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Date | 26 March 1893 | ||||||
Venue | Clonturk Park, Dublin | ||||||
Referee | Dan Fraher (Waterford) | ||||||
Attendance | 5,000 | ||||||
The 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the fifth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
At this time, the club champions of each county represented their county in the All-Ireland championships. Dublin were represented by the Young Irelanders club while Kerry were represented by Laune Rangers.
The sides were level 0-3 apiece at half time
Dublin were the winners scoring the all important goal with ten minutes to go.
It was the second of six All-Ireland football titles won by Dublin in the 1890s.[1]
It was the first meeting between Dublin and Kerry. The rivalry between the sides would grow into something massive in the years and decades ahead.[2]
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Kerry
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With their 1940 win, Kerry would reach 14 All-Ireland titles, drawing level with Dublin.[3] Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942 but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total.[3]