1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1996 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 110th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 12 May 1996 and ended on 29 September 1996.
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 May 1996 – 29 September 1996 |
| Teams | 32 |
| All-Ireland Champions | |
| Winning team | Meath (6th win) |
| Captain | Tommy Dowd |
| Manager | Seán Boylan |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Mayo |
| Captain | Noel Connelly |
| Manager | John Maughan |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Kerry |
| Leinster | Meath |
| Ulster | Tyrone |
| Connacht | Mayo |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 34 |
| Top Scorer | Maurice Sheridan (1-33) |
| Player of the Year | Martin O'Connell Trevor Giles |
← 1995 1997 → | |
Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Meath in the Leinster final.
On 29 September 1996, Meath won the championship following a 2–9 to 1–11 defeat of Mayo in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title and their first in eight championship seasons.
Mayo's Maurice Sheridan was the championship's top scorer with 1-33. Meath's Martin O'Connell was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year, while his teammate Trevor Giles was selected as the Powerscreen Footballer of the Year.