1888 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1888 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was unfinished owing to the American Invasion Tour, an unsuccessful attempt to raise funds for a revival of the Tailteann Games.[1]
| All-Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Monaghan |
| Championship statistics | |
← 1887 1889 → | |
The 1888 provincial championships had been completed (Tipperary, Kilkenny and Monaghan winning them; no Connacht teams entered) but after the Invasion tour returned, the All-Ireland semi-final and final were not played.[2]
Results
Leinster
| Dublin | 1–6 – 0–1 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
Referee: JJ Reilly
| Kilkenny | 1–3 – 0–0 | Queen's County |
|---|---|---|
Wicklow used illegal players, and the game was stopped by a pitch invasion with ten minutes to go, so a replay was ordered.
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- No All Ireland series due to US tour.
Sligo and Mayo played a draw in the Connacht final. There is no record of a replay.
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References
- "The 1888 American Invasion Tour". Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2011-07-02.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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