| Year: | 1887 |
| Team: | Limerick |
| Titles: | 1st |
| Captain: | Denis Corbett |
| Team2: | Louth |
| Leinster: | Not played |
| Munster: | Not played |
| Ulster: | Not played |
| Connacht: | Not played |
| Next: | 1888 |
The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the first edition of GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament, played between 12 counties of Ireland. The tournament featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship. The 21 a-side final was between Commercials of Limerick and Young Irelands of Louth. The final was played in Beech Hill, Donnybrook on April 29, 1888, with Commercials winning by 1-4 to 0-3. Unlike later All-Irelands, there were no provincial championships and it was an open draw.[1]
The 1887 championship was the only to be held as an open-draw knockout tournament, without provincial championships.
From 1887 until 1891 the club champions represented the whole county. In the very first All-Ireland championship the participating counties were represented by the following clubs:
| County | Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Clare | ||
| Cork | Lees | |
| Kilkenny | Kilmacow | |
| Limerick | Commercials | |
| Louth | Dundalk Young Irelands | |
| Meath | Dowdstown | |
| Tipperary | ||
| Waterford | Ballyduff Lower | |
| Wexford | Castlebridge |
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See main article: article and 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.