1890 Ulster Senior Football Championship

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1890 Ulster SFC
Tournament details
Province Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster
Year1890
Teams3
Defending championsMonaghan (did not enter)
Winners
ChampionsArmagh (1st win)
Runners-up
Runners-upTyrone
Other
Website Ulster GAA
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The 1890 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the second staging of that competition and was contested by three counties; Armagh, Antrim and Tyrone.

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Tyrone (represented by Owen Roe O'Neill's Cookstown) [1] received a bye into the final, whilst Antrim (represented by Armagh Harps) and Antrim (represented by Belfast) competed in a semi-final. [2]

The defending champions, Monaghan, did not enter. Armagh won the competition, claiming their first Ulster Championship.

Championship

Armagh 3-7 - 0-1 Antrim
Armagh
Referee: James Weldon
Armagh 2-8 - 1-2 Tyrone
Blaris, Lisburn

References

  1. ↑ McAnallen, Dónal. The Story of Gaelic Games in Ulster (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 13 May 2025. In the second Ulster football final, played at Blaris, near Lisburn, in 1890, Armagh Harps beat Owen Roe O Neill's of Cookstown (Tír Eoghain).
  2. ↑ "Gaelic Football". Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal. 30 August 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
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