1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates 21 May 1995 - 17 September 1994
Teams 32
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Dublin (22nd win)
Captain John O'Leary
Manager Pat O'Neill
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Tyrone
Captain Ciarán Corr
Manager Art McRory
Eugene McKenna
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Dublin
Ulster Tyrone
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played 33
Top Scorer Peter Canavan (1-38)
Player of the Year Paul Curran
Peter Canavan
1994
1996

The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 109th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 21 May 1995 and ended on 17 September 1995.

Down entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Donegal in the Ulster preliminary round.

On 17 September 1995, Dublin won the championship following a 1-10 to 0-12 defeat of Tyrone in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 22nd All-Ireland title and their first in twelve championship seasons.

Tyrone's Peter Canavan was the championship's top scorer with 1-38. Dublin's Paul Clarke was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year, while Tyrone's Peter Canavan was selected as the Powerscreen Footballer of the Year.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-final

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Peter Canavan Tyrone 1-38 41 5 8.20
2 Colin Corkery Cork 0-36 36 4 9.00
3 Charlie Redmond Dublin 1-31 34 5 6.80
4 Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 4-20 32 3 10.66
5 Damien Delaney Cork 2-17 23 3 7.66
6 Niall Finnegan Galway 0-22 22 5 4.40
7 Colm O'Rourke Meath 3-8 17 4 4.25
8 Evan Kelly Meath 3-7 16 4 4.00
Brian Stafford Meath 2-10 16 4 4.00
10 Peter Reilly Cavan 2-7 13 3 4.33
Paul Clarke Dublin 1-10 13 5 2.60
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 2-10 16 Limerick
2 Colin Corkery Cork 0-12 12 Waterford
Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 2-6 12 Tipperary
4 Damien Delaney Laois 2-5 11 Carlow
Colin Corkery Cork 0-11 11 Clare
Peter Canavan Tyrone 0-11 11 Dublin
7 Peter Canavan Tyrone 1-7 10 Galway
8 Charlie Redmond Dublin 0-9 9 Louth
9 Brian Stafford Meath 1-5 8 Wicklow
Manus Boyle Donegal 1-5 8 Down
Peter Canavan Tyrone 0-8 8 Derry

Miscellaneous

References

  1. "Classic All-Ireland finals: Dublin v Tyrone (1995)". Irish Mirror. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. Kelly, Liam (11 May 2009). "Championship flashback: Carlow stars lament 'point that never was'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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