with cork withdrawing from the championship and therefore passing up the opportunity to claim a fourth successive all-ireland title, a tipperary side represented by tubberadora faced kilkenny's mooncoin in the delayed 1895 all-ireland final on 16 march 1896. in the first decider to take place at what would later be called croke park, tipperary tore into kilkenny. paddy riordan is said to have scored all but one point of tipp's total. mick coogan captured kilkenny's only score of the game, as tipperary claimed a massive 6-8 to 1-0 victory.