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The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the 1st 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, Clonskeagh 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.
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The 1887 championship was the only to be held as an open-draw knockout tournament, without provincial championships.
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 |
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| Clare | |
| Cork | |
| Kilkenny | Kilmacow |
| Limerick | Commercials |
| Louth | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| Meath | Dowdstown |
| Tipperary | |
| Waterford | Ballyduff Lower |
| Wexford | Castlebridge |
| 24 July 1887 First Round |
Louth | 1-8-2 – 0-4-1 | Waterford | Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Willie Halpin (Clare) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles McAlester (goal) | [1] |
| 24 July 1887 First Round |
Limerick | 3-2 – 0-2 | Meath | Elm Park, Merrion, Dublin Attendance: 10,000 |
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| [2] |
| 1887 First Round |
Kilkenny | W – L | Cork | |
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| [3] |
| N/A First Round |
Tipperary | w/o – scr. | Dublin | |
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| [4] |
| N/A First Round |
Wexford | w/o – scr. | Galway | |
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| N/A First Round |
Clare | w/o – scr. | Wicklow | |
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| [5] |
| 28 August 1887 Second Round |
Louth | 0-7-3 – 0-5-3 | Wexford | St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham Attendance: 5,000 Referee: J.K. Bracken (Tipperary |
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| [6] |
| 1887 Second Round |
Tipperary | W – L | Clare | |
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| 28 August 1887 Second Round |
Limerick | 1-10 – 1-10 | Kilkenny | St. Patrick’s club grounds, Kilmainham Attendance: 5,000 |
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| [7] |
| 1887 Second Round Replay |
Limerick | W – L | Kilkenny | Bansha |
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| [8] |
| 11 March 1888 Semi-Final |
Limerick | W – L | Tipperary | Bohermore |
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| [9] |
| 29 April 1888 Final |
Limerick | 1-4-0 – 0-3-0 | Louth | Beech Hill, Clonskeagh, Dublin Referee: John Cullinane |
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| [10] |