1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions | |
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Winning team | Limerick (1st win) |
Captain | Denis Corbett |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Louth |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Not played |
Leinster | Not played |
Ulster | Not played |
Connacht | Not played |
Championship statistics | |
1888 → |
The 1887 provincial championships and it was an open draw.[1]
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:
County | Club |
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Clare | |
Cork | Lees |
Kilkenny | Kilmacow |
Limerick | Commercials |
Louth | Dundalk Young Irelands |
Meath | Dowdstown |
Tipperary | |
Waterford | Ballyduff Lower |
Wexford | Castlebridge |
Results
First round
Second round
Second round
Limerick | 1-10 – 1-10 | Kilkenny |
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[2] |
St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham
Attendance: 5,000
Semi-final
- Louth received a Bye into the All-Ireland final
Final
Miscellaneous
- No Provincial championships in the first year of the championship.
References
- ISBN 978-0-316-72645-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mulligan, John (2008) 1887 All-Ireland Championship Dundalk Young Irelands Gaelic Football Club