1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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.

1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamTipperary (1st win)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamLaois
Provincial Champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterLaois
UlsterNot played
ConnachtNot played
Championship statistics
1888
1890

Format

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

Representative clubs

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

CountyClub
CorkMidleton
KerryLaune Rangers
LouthNewtown Blues
Laois (Queen's County)Maryborough
TipperaryBohercrowe

Results

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Leinster

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Louth2–7 – 0–6Dublin
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: PR Cleary

Louthw/o – scr.Kilkenny

Wickloww/o - scr.Laois

Louth1–7 – 1–4Wicklow

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


Laois0–9 – 0–4Wicklow
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: P Brown

Laois0-3 – 0–2Louth
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: JJ Reilly

Munster

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Tipperaryw/o – scr.Clare

TipperaryW - LWaterford

Cork0-2 – 0-1Kerry
Referee: T. R. Cleary

Tipperary1-2 – 0-3Cork
Referee: E Moynihan

All-Ireland final

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Tipperary3-6 - 0-0Laois
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: M. O'Driscoll

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Tipperary win the first All Ireland title.

References

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