1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Format

Only two provincial championship were played: Leinster and Munster. The winners met in the All-Ireland final.

Representative clubs

From 1887 until 1891 the club champions represented the whole county.

Results

Leinster

date = 25 August 1889 Quarter-final| team1 = Louth | score = 2–7 – 0–6 | team2 = Dublin| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Drogheda| attendance = 8,000| referee = PR Cleary}}

date = 15 September 1889 Semi-final| team2 = Kilkenny | score = w/o – scr. | team1 = Louth| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Dublin| attendance = | referee = }}

date = 15 September 1889 Semi-final| team1 = Wicklow | score = w/o – scr. | team2 = Laois| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Dublin| attendance = | referee = }}

date = 15 September 1889 Final| team2 = Wicklow | score = 1–7 – 1–4 | team1 = Louth| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Dublin| attendance = | referee = }}

The Wicklow–Laois game was later ordered to be played again, and so the final had to be played again as well.

date = 13 October 1889 Semi-final, Refixed| team1 = Laois | score = 0–9 – 0–4 | team2 = Wicklow| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Inchicore| attendance = 2,000 | referee = P Brown}}

date = 13 October 1889 Final, Refixed score = 0–3 – 0–2 | team2 = Louth| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Inchicore

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Munster

date =29 March 1889 Quarter-final | team1 = Tipperary | score = w/o – scr. | team2 = Clare| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium =

date =29 March 1889 Semi-final| team1 = Tipperary | score = W – L | team2 = Waterford| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium =

date =28 July 1889 Semi-final| team1 = Cork | score = 0–2 – 0–1 | team2 = Kerry| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Mallow

date =6 October 1889 Final | team1 = Tipperary| score = 1–2 – 0–3 | team2 = Cork| goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Mallow

Final

Main article: 1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Statistics

• Tipperary win the first All-Ireland title.

References

References

1. Mulligan, Fr. John. (1984). "The GAA in Louth – An Historical Record". [[Louth GAA]].