1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 106th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 17 May 1992 and ended on 20 September 1992.

Down entered the championship as the defending champions; however, they were defeated by Derry in the Ulster semi-final.^[1]

Clare shocked many people by defeating Kerry in the Munster final to win only their second provincial senior title (their first having come in 1917); they narrowly lost to Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final.^[2]

Ulster champions Donegal then defeated Dublin in the All-Ireland final by 0–18 to 0–14, thus claiming their first All-Ireland senior title.^[3]

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

London v Leitrim

Galway v Mayo

Mayo v Galway

Semi-finals

Roscommon v Leitrim

Mayo v Sligo

Final

Mayo v Roscommon

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Longford v Wicklow

Meath v Laois

Offaly v Dublin

Quarter-finals

Westmeath v Carlow

Kildare v Wicklow

Louth v Laois

Dublin v Wexford

Semi-finals

Kildare v Westmeath

Dublin v Louth

Final

Dublin v Kildare

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Tipperary v Waterford

Cork v Kerry

Semi-finals

Limerick v Kerry

Clare v Tipperary

Final

Clare v Kerry

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

Derry v Tyrone

Quarter-finals

Cavan v Donegal

Donegal v Cavan

Fermanagh v Antrim

Armagh v Down

Monaghan v Derry

Monaghan v Derry

Semi-finals

Donegal v Fermanagh

Derry v Down

Final

Donegal v Derry

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Donegal v Mayo

Dublin v Clare

Final

Donegal v Dublin

Championship statistics

Scoring

Overall

Single game

Miscellaneous

• Kildare play Westmeath meet in the Leinster championship for the first time since 1975.
• Clare won the Munster final for the first time since 1917.^[4]
• Donegal win the All Ireland final for the first time.^[5] The first new county since Offaly in 1971 to win the title for first time.^[6] There were a number of first-time championship meetings. The complete All Ireland Series from the Semi-finals of Donegal vs Mayo, Dublin vs Clare and the final between Donegal and Dublin were all the first championship meetings of the teams.

References

1. McMullan, Michael (28 December 2020). "WATCH: Derry beat Down at a packed Casement Park". www.derrynow.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
2. Harrington, John (2 October 2020). "Flashback: 1992 All-Ireland SFC semi-final - Dublin v Clare". Gaa.ie. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
3. "Donegal Win First All Ireland". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
4. O'Muircheartaigh, Joe (4 May 2023). "Reeling in Clare's Munster final years". The Clare Champion. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
5. Campbell, Peter (27 April 2022). "Donegal's All-Ireland heroes of 1992 enjoy 30-year anniversary meet-up". www.donegallive.ie. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
6. Niall, McCoy (29 December 2023). "The 20-year itch - Football awaits another first-time winner". RTÉ. Retrieved 2 February 2024.