1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Limerick gaelick football team 1887.jpg
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Limerick (1st win)
CaptainDenis Corbett
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Louth
Provincial Champions
Munster Not played
Leinster Not played
Ulster Not played
Connacht Not played
Championship statistics
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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]

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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:

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

Results

First round

First round
Louth 1–8–2 – 0–4–1 Waterford
Charles McAlester (goal) [2]
Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Willie Halpin (Clare)
First round
Limerick 3–2 – 0–2 Meath
[2]
Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
First round
Kilkenny 0–4 – 0–0 Cork
[2]
Dungarvan
First round
Tipperary w/o – scr. Dublin
[2]
First round
Wexford w/o – scr. Galway
First round
Clare w/o – scr. Wicklow
[2]

Second round

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

Semi-final

Semi-final
Limerick 1–1 – 0–0 Tipperary
[2]
Bohermore


Final

Final
Limerick 1–4–0 – 0–3–0 Louth
[2]
Beech Hill, Donnybrook, Dublin
Referee: John Cullinane (Tipperary)

Miscellaneous

References

  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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