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.
 Tipperary, champions | |||||||
| Event | 1889 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 20 October 1889 | ||||||
| Venue | Inchicore, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | T. O'Driscoll | ||||||
| Attendance | 1,500 | ||||||
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]
References
edit- ^ Kimmage, Kevin (21 November 2004). "Back where they belong". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2004.
- ^ Myles, Liam (20 December 1996). "A star for both Tipperary and Dublin". Hogan Stand.
Further reading
edit- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).