1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Football championship April 2022 Limerick gaelick football team 1887.jpg 1887 Limerick 1st Denis Corbett Louth Not played Not played Not played Not played 1888 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.Montague Trevor A to Z of Sport: The Compendium of Sporting Knowledge 2004 Little Brown 978-0-316-72645-0 356 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 24 July 1887 First round Louth 1–8–2 – 0–4–1 Waterford Charles McAlester (goal) Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin Willie Halpin (Clare) Mulligan, John (2008) 1887 All-Ireland Championship Dundalk Young Irelands Gaelic Football Club 10,000 24 July 1887 First round Limerick 3–2 – 0–2 Meath Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin 10,000 24 July 1887 First round Kilkenny 0–4 – 0–0 Cork Dungarvan N/A First round Tipperary w/o – scr. Dublin N/A First round Wexford w/o – scr. Galway N/A First round Clare w/o – scr. Wicklow Second round 28 August 1887 Second round Louth 0–7–3 – 0–5–3 Wexford St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham J.K. Bracken (Tipperary) 5,000 25 September 1887 Second round Tipperary 1–2 – 0–2 Clare Bansha, Tipperary 28 August 1887 Second round Limerick 1–10 – 1–10 Kilkenny St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham 5,000 1887 Second Round Replay Limerick 1–3 – 0–5 Kilkenny Bansha Semi-final 11 March 1888 Semi-final Limerick 1–1 – 0–0 Tipperary Bohermore Louth received a Bye into the All-Ireland final Final 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 29 April 1888 Final Limerick 1–4–0 – 0–3–0 Louth Beech Hill, Donnybrook, Dublin John Cullinane (Tipperary) Miscellaneous No Provincial championships in the first year of the championship. References