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1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the first edition of GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 12 counties of Ireland. The tournament featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship. The 21 a-side final was between Commercials of Limerick and Young Irelands of Louth. The final was played in Beech Hill, Donnybrook on April 29, 1888, with Commercials winning by 1-4 to 0-3. Unlike later All-Irelands, there were no provincial championships and it was an open draw.[1]

Quick Facts All-Ireland Champions, Winning team ...

Format

The 1887 championship was the only to be held as an open-draw knockout tournament, without provincial championships.

Representative clubs

From 1887 until 1891 the club champions represented the whole county. In the very first All-Ireland championship the participating counties were represented by the following clubs:

More information County, Club ...

Results

First round

More information Louth, 1-8-2 – 0-4-1 ...
First round
Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Willie Halpin (Clare)
More information Limerick, 3-2 – 0-2 ...
First round
Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
More information Kilkenny, 0-4 – 0-0 ...
First round
More information Tipperary, w/o – scr. ...
First round
More information Wexford, w/o – scr. ...
First round
More information Clare, w/o – scr. ...
First round

Second round

More information Louth, 0-7-3 – 0-5-3 ...
Second round
St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J.K. Bracken (Tipperary)
More information Tipperary, 1-2 – 0-2 ...
Second round
Bansha, Tipperary
More information Limerick, 1-10 – 1-10 ...
Second round
St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham
Attendance: 5,000
More information Limerick, 1-3 – 0-5 ...
Second Round Replay

Semi-final

More information Limerick, 1-1 – 0-0 ...
Semi-final


  • Louth received a Bye into the All-Ireland final

Final

Main article: 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
More information Limerick, 1-4-0 – 0-3-0 ...
Final
Beech Hill, Donnybrook, Dublin
Referee: John Cullinane (Tipperary)

Miscellaneous

  • No Provincial championships in the first year of the championship.

References

  1. [1]
    Montague, Trevor (2004). A to Z of Sport: The Compendium of Sporting Knowledge. Little Brown. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-316-72645-0.
  2. [2]
    Mulligan, John (2008) 1887 All-Ireland Championship Dundalk Young Irelands Gaelic Football Club
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