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.
All-Ireland Champions | |
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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 → |
Format
editOnly two provincial championship were played: Leinster and Munster. The winners met in the All-Ireland final.
Representative clubs
editFrom 1887 until 1891 the club champions represented the whole county.
County | Club |
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Cork | Midleton |
Kerry | Laune Rangers |
Louth | Newtown Blues |
Laois (Queen's County) | Maryborough |
Tipperary | Bohercrowe |
Results
editLeinster
editThe Wicklow–Laois game was later ordered to be played again, and so the final had to be played again as well.
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Munster
editAll-Ireland final
editChampionship statistics
editMiscellaneous
edit- Tipperary win the first All Ireland title.