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1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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Field	Value
title	1887 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
image	Limerick gaelick football team 1887.jpg
caption	Limerick, champions
event	[1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](1887-all-ireland-senior-football-championship)
team1
team1association	[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg	40px]]
team1score	1–4
(7)
team2
team2association	[[File:Colours of Cork.svg	40px]]
team2score	0–3
(3)
date	29 April 1888
stadium	Beech Hill, Donnybrook
city	Dublin
referee	John Cullinane (Tipperary)
next	[1889](1889-all-ireland-senior-football-championship-final)

Senior Football Championship final (7) (3) The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the first All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Limerick were the winners. It was the first of two All-Ireland football titles for Limerick - the other coming in 1896.

In 2005, a gold medal won by the final's man-of-the-match Malachi O'Brien fetched €26,500 (three times its guide price) at London auction house Sotheby's. It was believed to be the oldest All-Ireland football medal in existence. The Limerick Leader purchased the medal and said it intended to display it in Limerick.

In June 2023 another medal, awarded to Limerick midfielder Jeremiah Kennedy, was sold at a Dublin auction for €32,000. The victorious Limerick team did not receive their medals until 1910.

Match

Summary

The 21 per side final was held at O'Byrne's field at Beech Hill, Donnybrook, which was then the home of Dublin club Benburbs.

Louth was represented by county champions Dundalk Young Irelands, with the Limerick side composed of members of Limerick Commercials, who had won the Limerick county championship.

Playing with the aid of the wind in the first half, Louth led by two points at the interval. Jim Keating was the first player to register a score in an All-Ireland football final. In the second half, the first ever goal in a final was scored by William Spain. The Treaty men went on to win by four points. Gate receipts for the match came to £300.

Details

	22	Sam Keating

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References

(14 December 2005). "'All Ireland Glory' – new book is a must for all GAA fans". [[Western People]].
(4 March 2005). "Family ready to auction off rare first All-Ireland medal". [[Irish Independent]].
(16 November 2005). "1887 All-Ireland medal fetches €26,500 at auction". BreakingNews.ie.
(9 June 2023). "Limerick All-Ireland medal sells at auction". [[Limerick Post]].
"History-1972". [[Kilmacud Crokes]].
Mulligan, Fr.John. (1984). "The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record".
(October 2009). "Spain, William". [[Dictionary of Irish Biography]].

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