1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final explained

1889 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Event:1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Team1score:3–6
(15)
Team2score:0–0
(0)
Date:20 October 1889
Stadium:Inchicore
City:Dublin
Referee:T. O'Driscoll
Attendance:1,500
Previous:1887
Next:1890

The 1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the second All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Tipperary were the winners.

The Laois (Queens County) team that lost to Tipperary were from the Portlaoise club. They are the only team in history not to get a single score in an All–Ireland football final.[1]

It was Tipperary's first All-Ireland football title: they would win three more in 1895, 1900 and 1920. Football has since declined in the county, with hurling now being more prominent.[2]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. News: Kevin. Kimmage. Back where they belong. Sunday Independent. 21 November 2004. 21 November 2004.
  2. News: Liam. Myles. A star for both Tipperary and Dublin. Hogan Stand. 20 December 1996.