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1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Football championship
Football championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | Limerick gaelick football team 1887.jpg |
| year | 1887 |
| team | Limerick |
| titles | 1st |
| captain | Denis Corbett |
| team2 | Louth |
| leinster | Not played |
| munster | Not played |
| ulster | Not played |
| connacht | Not played |
| next | [1888](1888-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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Clare | |
| Cork | Lees |
| Kilkenny | Kilmacow |
| Limerick | Commercials |
| Louth | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| Meath | Dowdstown |
| Tipperary | |
| Waterford | Ballyduff Lower |
| Wexford | Castlebridge |
Results
First round
Second round
Semi-final
- Louth received a Bye into the All-Ireland final
Final
Main article: 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Miscellaneous
- No Provincial championships in the first year of the championship.
References
References
- (2004). "A to Z of Sport: The Compendium of Sporting Knowledge". Little Brown.
- Mulligan, John (2008) [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302092947/http://www.dundalkyoungirelands.com/club-information/93-1887-all-ireland-championship- 1887 All-Ireland Championship] ''[[Dundalk Young Irelands GFC. Dundalk Young Irelands Gaelic Football Club]]''
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