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1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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]

1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLimerick (1st win)
CaptainDenis Corbett
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLouth
Provincial Champions
MunsterNot played
LeinsterNot played
UlsterNot played
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
1888 →

Format

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

Representative clubs

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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:

County Club
Clare
Cork Lees
Kilkenny Kilmacow
Limerick Commercials
Louth Dundalk Young Irelands
Meath Dowdstown
Tipperary
Waterford Ballyduff Lower
Wexford Castlebridge

Results

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First round

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First round
Louth1–8–2 – 0–4–1Waterford
Charles McAlester (goal) [2]
Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Willie Halpin (Clare)
First round
Limerick3–2 – 0–2Meath
[2]
Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
First round
Kilkenny0–4 – 0–0Cork
[2]
First round
Tipperaryw/o – scr.Dublin
[2]
First round
Wexfordw/o – scr.Galway
First round
Clarew/o – scr.Wicklow
[2]

Second round

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Second round
Louth0–7–3 – 0–5–3Wexford
[2]
St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J.K. Bracken (Tipperary)
Second round
Tipperary1–2 – 0–2Clare
Bansha, Tipperary
Second round
Limerick1–10 – 1–10Kilkenny
[2]
St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham
Attendance: 5,000
Second Round Replay
Limerick1–3 – 0–5Kilkenny
[2]

Semi-final

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Semi-final
Limerick1–1 – 0–0Tipperary
[2]


  • Louth received a Bye into the All-Ireland final

Final

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Final
Limerick1–4–0 – 0–3–0Louth
[2]
Referee: John Cullinane (Tipperary)

Miscellaneous

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

References

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  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mulligan, John (2008) 1887 All-Ireland Championship Dundalk Young Irelands Gaelic Football Club
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