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1887 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.[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:

Results

First round

First round
Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Willie Halpin (Clare)
First round
Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000
First round
Dungarvan
First round
First round
First round

Second round

Second round
St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J.K. Bracken (Tipperary)
Second round
Bansha, Tipperary
Second round
St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham
Attendance: 5,000
Second Round Replay
Bansha

Semi-final

Semi-final
Bohermore


Final

Final
Beech Hill, Donnybrook, Dublin
Referee: John Cullinane (Tipperary)

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A to Z of Sport: The Compendium of Sporting Knowledge. Little Brown. p. 356. ISBN 978-0-316-72645-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mulligan, John (2008) 1887 All-Ireland Championship Dundalk Young Irelands Gaelic Football Club