1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship - Wikipedia

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1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Tipperary (1st win)
Captain	Gil Cavanagh
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Laois
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Laois
Ulster	Not played
Connacht	Not played
Championship statistics
← 1888 1890 →

The 1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the third staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. 1887 All Ireland champions Limerick were not part of the Munster championship. Tipperary were the champions.

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.

County	Club
Cork	Midleton
Kerry	Laune Rangers
Louth	Newtown Blues
Laois (Queen's County)	Maryborough
Tipperary	Bohercrowe

Results

Leinster

25 August 1889
Quarter-final

Louth	2–7 – 0–6	Dublin

Drogheda

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: PR Cleary

15 September 1889
Semi-final

Louth	w/o – scr.	Kilkenny

Dublin

15 September 1889
Semi-final

Wicklow	w/o - scr.	Laois

Dublin

15 September 1889
Final

Louth	1–7 – 1–4	Wicklow

Dublin

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

13 October 1889
Semi-final, Refixed

Laois	0–9 – 0–4	Wicklow

Inchicore

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: P Brown

13 October 1889
Final, Refixed^[1]

Laois	0-3 – 0–2	Louth

Inchicore

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: JJ Reilly


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	1	Jack Rooney (gk)
	2	James Mooney (c)
	3	Eugene Clifford
	4	James Kelly
	5	Patrick Byrne
	6	F. Farrell
	7	Bernard Woods
	8	Joe Carroll
	9	James McCann
	10	John Hughes
	11	Peter Allen
	12	Peter Hickey
	13	J. Dillon
	14	Robert Allen
	15	Francis Carroll
	16	Nick Tiernan
	17	Paddy Rooney
	18	Joe Connor
	19	Pat Finegan
	20	Thomas Heaney
	21	Jack Louth

Munster

29 March 1889
Quarter-final

Tipperary	w/o – scr.	Clare

29 March 1889
Semi-final

Tipperary	W - L	Waterford

28 July 1889
Semi-final

Cork	0-2 – 0-1	Kerry

Mallow

Referee: T. R. Cleary

6 October 1889
Final

Tipperary	1-2 – 0-3	Cork

Mallow

Referee: E Moynihan

All-Ireland final

20 October 1889

Tipperary	3-6 - 0-0	Laois

Inchicore

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: M. O'Driscoll

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Tipperary win the first All Ireland title.

References

^ Mulligan, Fr. John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record. Louth GAA. pp. 35–36.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Finals	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Seasons	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Associated competitions

Provincial Championships
Tailteann Cup
Tommy Murphy Cup (formerly)
Minor Championship (final formerly held on same day)

Statistics and awards

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