1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the first All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Limerick were the winners.[1] It was the first of two All-Ireland football titles for Limerick - the other coming in 1896.[2]

1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Limerick Louth
1-4 0-3
Date29 April 1888
VenueThe Big Bank, Clonskeagh, Dublin
RefereeJohn Cullinane (Tipperary)

In 2005, a gold medal won by the final's man-of-the-match Malachi O'Brien fetched €26,500 (three times its guide price) at London auction house Sotheby's. It is believed to be the oldest All-Ireland football medal in existence. The Limerick Leader purchased the medal and said it intended to display it in Limerick.[3]

Plaque commemorating the match close to Beech Hill, Dublin

References
  1. "'All Ireland Glory' – new book is a must for all GAA fans". Western People. 14 December 2005. Retrieved 14 December 2005.
  2. Keys, Colm (4 March 2005). "Family ready to auction off rare first All-Ireland medal". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 4 March 2005.
  3. "1887 All-Ireland medal fetches €26,500 at auction". BreakingNews.ie. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2005.
  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
  • "Then as now, local rivalry provided the secret of success". Sunday Independent. Independent News & Media. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
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