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List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals

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List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals
The Sam Maguire Cup
Founded1887
RegionIreland (GAA)
Number of teams34 (qualifiers)
Most successful team(s)Kerry (38 titles)

The All-Ireland Men's Senior Football Championship, the premier competition in Gaelic football, is an annual series of games played in Ireland during the summer and early autumn, and organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Contested by the top male inter-county football teams in Ireland, the tournament has taken place every year since 1887, except in 1888 when the competition was not played due to a tour of the United States by would-be competitors.

The competition traditionally culminates on the third or fourth Sunday in September with the All-Ireland Men's Senior Football Championship Final. The winning team receives the Sam Maguire Cup.

Finals held before the GAA's acquisition of Croke Park in 1913 were played at various venues in Dublin, Cork, Kildare, and Tipperary; since then the final has been played at Croke Park in Dublin, except for the 1947 final which was played at the Polo Grounds in New York.

History

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Teams from the southern province of Munster shared the early titles, with Limerick, Tipperary and Cork winning the first three finals. The first Championship featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship. The 21 a-side final, played in Beech Hill, Donnybrook on 29 April 1888, was contested between Commercials of Limerick and Young Irelands of Louth, with Commercials winning by 1–4 to 0–3.

The second Championship was unfinished owing to the American Invasion Tour. The 1888 provincial championships had been completed (won by Tipperary, Kilkenny and Monaghan, with no Connacht teams entering) but after the Invasion Tour ended, the All-Ireland semi-final and final were not played. London reached the final four times in the early years of the competition (1900–03).

The 1903 Championship brought Kerry's first All-Ireland title. They went on to become the most successful football team in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. As of 2022, the Kingdom have won the competition on 38 occasions, including two four-in-a-rows (1929–32 and 1978–81) and two three-in-a-rows (1939–41 and 1984–86). Galway were the first team from the western province of Connacht to win an All-Ireland title, in 1925, while Cavan were the first from the northern province of Ulster, in 1933.

Croke Park kitted out in the green and red of Mayo fans at the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The first half of the twentieth century brought the rise of several teams who won two or more All-Ireland titles during this period, such as Kildare, Mayo, Cavan, Wexford and Roscommon. Wexford won four consecutive titles between 1915 and 1918, while Kildare were the first winners of the Sam Maguire Cup in 1928. Cavan won five titles between 1933 and 1952, including in 1947 when the final was played in New York. None of these teams have won an All-Ireland title since, with only Kildare, Mayo and Roscommon reaching the final. Most notably, Mayo have appeared in eleven finals since winning their last title in 1951, losing them all (1989, 1996 after a replay, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2016 after a replay, 2017, 2020 and 2021); this is the longest unbroken sequence of losing finals in the history of the competition.[1]

A record 90,556 attended the 1961 final between Down and Offaly. In the 1990s, a significant sea change took place, as the All-Ireland was claimed by an Ulster team in four consecutive years (1991–94). Since then Ulster has produced more All-Ireland winning teams than any other province.[2] The introduction of the qualifier system (commonly known as the "back door") in 2001 enabled Galway to reach and win that year's final despite losing to Roscommon in the Connacht semi-finals; a further six teams have since claimed the All-Ireland after coming through the qualifiers. Between 2011 and 2023 All Ireland champions won their Province. But in 2023 became a round robin system. ({Tyrone in 2005 and 2008, Kerry in 2006 and 2009, Cork in 2010} and Armagh in 2024 under a Round Robin system).[3] The 2003 final between Tyrone and Armagh was the first to be contested by two teams from the same province.

The duration of certain championship matches increased from 60 to 80 minutes during the 1970s. They were settled at 70 minutes after five seasons of this in 1975.[4] This applied only to the provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and finals.[5]

Finals

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The following table sets out the winning team and beaten finalist of each All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. The vast majority of finals were contested by the winning semi-finalists, although in certain cases in the early years a provincial championship had not been completed in time and the affected province nominated a team to participate in the All-Ireland semi-final. In some of these cases, the nominated team (e.g. Dublin in 1905) won its semi-final, but was then vanquished in their provincial championship, and their place in the All-Ireland final taken by another team from that province.

Key

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Key to list of winners
* Final won after Replay
Final not played
Winning county won the Double (Senior Football and Hurling Championship)

All teams are based in Ireland, except for London and New York.

Results

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Year Date Winners Runners-up Venue Attend­ance[6] Referee
County (titles) Score County Score Winning margin[A] (points) |
1887 29 April 1888 Limerick (1) 1–4 Louth 0–3 Donnybrook 7,000 1 goal, 1 point John Cullinane (Tipperary)
1888 Championship unfinished — the GAA committee and players travelled to the USA to promote the game abroad
1889 20 October Tipperary (1) 3–6 Laois 0–0 Inchicore 1,500 3 goals, 6 points T O'Driscoll
1890 26 June 1892 Cork ‡ (1) 2–4 Wexford 0–1 Clonturk 1,000 2 goals, 3 points J.J. Kenny (Dublin)
1891 28 February 1892 Dublin (1) 2–1 Cork 1–1 2,000 1 goal T.J. Whelan (Laois)
1892 26 March 1893 Dublin (2) 1–4 Kerry 0–3 5,000 1 goal, 1 point Dan Fraher (Waterford)
1893 24 June 1894 Wexford (1) 1–1 Cork 0–2 Phoenix Park 1,000 4 T Gilligan (Dublin)
1894 21 April 1895 Dublin (3) 0–5 Cork 1–2 Thurles 10,000 [B] R.T. Blake (Meath)
1895 15 March 1896 Tipperary ‡ (2) 0–4 Meath 0–3 Jones' Road 8,000 1 J.J. Kenny (Dublin)
1896 6 February 1898 Limerick (2) 1–5 (8) Dublin 0–7 3,500 1 Thomas Dooley (Cork)
1897 5 February 1899 Dublin (4) 2–6 (12) Cork 0–2 4,000 10 Spencer Lyons (Limerick)
1898 8 April 1900 Dublin (5) 2–8 (14) Waterford 0–4 Tipperary 1,000 10 John McCarthy (Kilkenny)
1899 10 February 1901 Dublin (6) 1–10 (13) Cork 0–6 Jones' Road 2,000 7 L Stanley (Louth)
1900 26 October 1902 Tipperary ‡ (3) 3–7 (16) London 0–2 2,000 14 T.H. Redmond
1901 2 August 1903 Dublin (7) 0–14 London 0–2 2,000 12 John McCarthy (Kilkenny)
1902 11 September 1904 Dublin (8) 2–8 (14) London 0–4 Cork 10,000 10 Thomas F O'Sullivan (Kerry)
1903 12 November 1905 Kerry (1) 0–11 London 0–3 Jones' Road 10,000 8 John McCarthy (Kilkenny)
1904 1 July 1906 Kerry (2) 0–5 Dublin 0–2 Cork 10,000 3 John Fitzgerald (Cork)
1905 16 June 1906 Kildare (1) 1–7 (10) Kerry 0–5 Thurles 15,000 5 M.F. Crowe (Dublin)
1906 20 October 1907 Dublin (9) 0–5 Cork 0–4 Geraldine Park, Athy 8,000 1 John Fitzgerald (Kildare)
1907 5 July 1908 Dublin (10) 0–6 Cork 0–2 Tipperary 5,000 4 John Fitzgerald (Kildare)
1908 3 October 1909 Dublin (11) 1–10 (13) London 0–4 Jones' Road 10,000 9 M Conroy (Dublin)
1909 5 December Kerry (3) 1–9 (12) Louth 0–6 16,000 6 M.F. Crowe (Dublin)
1910 13 November Louth (1) W/O Kerry Scratch[C] Jones' Road
1911 14 January 1912 Cork (2) 6–6 (24) Antrim 1–2 (5) Jones' Road 11,000 19 M O'Brennan (Roscommon)
1912 3 November Louth (2) 1–7 (10) Antrim 1–2 (5) 13,000 5 Tom Irwin (Cork)
1913 14 December Kerry (4) 2–2 (8) Wexford 0–3 Croke Park 17,000 5 M. F. Crowe (Dublin)
1914 29 November Kerry (5) 2–3 (9) Wexford 0–6 Croke Park 20,000 3 Harry Boland (Dublin)
1915 7 November Wexford (2) 2–4 (10) Kerry 2–1 (7) Croke Park 27,000 3 Pat Dunphy (Laois)
1916 17 December Wexford (3) 3–4 (13) Mayo 1–2 (5) 3,000 8 Pat Dunphy (Laois)
1917 9 December Wexford (4) 0–9 Clare 0–5 6,500 4 Pat Dunphy (Laois)
1918 16 February 1919 Wexford (5) 0–5 Tipperary 0–4 12,000 1 Pat Dunphy (Laois)
1919 28 September Kildare (2) 2–5 (11) Galway 0–1 32,000 10 Pat Dunphy (Laois)
1920 11 June 1922 Tipperary (4) 1–6 (9) Dublin 2 (5) 17,000 4 Willie Walsh (Waterford)
1921 17 June 1923 Dublin (12) 1–9 (12) Mayo 0–2 16,000 10 Willie Walsh (Waterford)
1922 7 October 1923 Dublin (13) 0–6 Galway 0–4 11,792 2 Pat Dunphy (Laois)
1923 28 September 1924 Dublin (14) 1–5 (8) Kerry 1–3 (6) 18,500 2 James Byrne (Wexford)
1924 16 April 1925 Kerry (6) 0–4 Dublin 0–3 28,844 1 T Shevlin (Roscommon)
1925 10 January 1926 Galway (1) 3–2 (11) Cavan[D] 1–2 (5) 6
1926 17 October Kerry (7) 1–4 (7) Kildare 0–4 Croke Park 35,500 3
1927 25 September Kildare (3) 0–5 Kerry 0–3 Croke Park 36,529 2 T Shevlin (Roscommon)
1928 30 September Kildare (4) 2–6 (12) Cavan 2–5 (11) 24,700 1 Tom Burke (Louth)
1929 22 September Kerry (8) 1–8 (11) Kildare 1–5 (8) 43,839 3 Tom Burke (Louth)
1930 28 September Kerry (9) 3–11 (20) Monaghan 0–2 33,280 18 Jim Byrne (Wexford)
1931 27 September Kerry (10) 1–11 (14) Kildare 0–8 42,350 6 T. Keating (Tipperary)
1932 25 September Kerry (11) 2–7 (13) Mayo 2–4 (10) 25,816 3 Martin O'Neill (Wexford)
1933 24 September Cavan (1) 2–5 (11) Galway 1–4 (7) 45,188 4 Martin O'Neill (Wexford)
1934 23 September Galway (2) 3–5 (14) Dublin 1–9 (12) 36,143 2 Sean McCarthy (Kerry)
1935 22 September Cavan (2) 3–6 (15) Kildare 2–5 (11) 50,380 4 Stephen Jordan (Galway)
1936 27 September Mayo (1) 4–11 (23) Laois 0–05 50,168 18 Sean McCarthy (Kerry)
1937 17 October Kerry (12) 4–4 (16) Cavan 1–7 (10) Croke Park 51,234 6 M. Hennessy (Dublin)
1938 23 October Galway (3) 2–4 (10) Kerry 0–7 47,851 3 Peter Waters (Kildare)
1939 24 September Kerry (13) 2–5 (11) Meath 2–3 (9) Croke Park 46,828 2 J. Flaherty (Offaly)
1940 22 September Kerry (14) 0–7 Galway 1–3 (6) 60,821 1 Seamus Burke (Kildare)
1941 7 September Kerry (15) 1–8 (11) Galway 0–7 45,512 4 Patrick McKenna (Limerick)
1942 20 September Dublin (15) 1–10 (13) Galway 1–8 (11) 37,105 2 Sean Kennedy (Donegal)
1943 10 October Roscommon (1) 2–7 (13) Cavan 2–2 (8) Croke Park 47,193 5 Patrick McKenna (Limerick)
1944 24 September Roscommon (2) 1–9 (12) Kerry 2–4 (10) Croke Park 79,245 2 Paddy Mythen (Wexford)
1945 23 September Cork (3) 2–5 (11) Cavan 0–7 67,329 4 John Dunne (Galway)
1946 27 October Kerry (16) 2–8 (14) Roscommon 0–10 Croke Park 65,661 4 Paddy Mythen (Wexford)
1947 14 September Cavan (3) 2–11 (17) Kerry 2–7 (13) Polo Grounds, New York 34,491 4 Martin O'Neill (Wexford)
1948 26 September Cavan (4) 4–5 (17) Mayo 4–4 (16) Croke Park 74,645 1 M. J. Flatherty (Offaly)
1949 25 September Meath (1) 1–10 (13) Cavan 1–6 (9) 79,460 4 D. Ryan (Kerry)
1950 24 September Mayo (2) 2–5 (11) Louth 1–6 (9) 76,174 2 Simon Deignan (Cavan)
1951 23 September Mayo (3) 2–8 (14) Meath 0–9 78,201 5 Bill Delaney (Laois)
1952 12 October Cavan (5) 0–9 Meath 0–5 Croke Park 62,515 4 Sean Hayes (Tipperary)
1953 27 September Kerry (17) 0–13 Armagh 1–6 (9) Croke Park 86,155 4 Peter McDermott (Meath)
1954 26 September Meath (2) 1–13 (16) Kerry 1–7 (10) 75,276 6 Simon Deignan (Cavan)
1955 25 September Kerry (18) 0–12 Dublin 1–6 (9) 87,102 3 Willie Goodison (Wexford)
1956 7 October Galway (4) 2–13 (19) Cork 3–7 (16) 70,772 3 Peter McDermott (Meath)
1957 22 September Louth (3) 1–9 (12) Cork 1–7 (10) 72,732 2 Patsy Geraghty (Galway)
1958 28 September Dublin (16) 2–12 (18) Derry 1–9 (12) 73,371 6 Simon Deignan (Cavan)
1959 27 September Kerry (19) 3–7 (16) Galway 1–4 (7) 85,897 9 John Dowling (Offaly)
1960 25 September Down (1) 2–10 (16) Kerry 0–8 87,768 8 John Dowling (Offaly)
1961 24 September Down (2) 3–6 (15) Offaly 2–8 (14) 90,556 1 L Maguire (Cavan)
1962 23 September Kerry (20) 1–12 (15) Roscommon 1–6 (9) 75,771 6 Eamonn Moules (Wicklow)
1963 22 September Dublin (17) 1–9 (12) Galway 0–10 87,106 2 Eamonn Moules (Wicklow)
1964 27 September Galway (5) 0–15 Kerry 0–10 76,498 5 Jimmy Hatton (Wicklow)
1965 26 September Galway (6) 0–12 Kerry 0–9 77,735 3 Mick Loftus (Mayo)
1966 25 September Galway (7) 1–10 (13) Meath 0–7 71,569 6 Jimmy Hatton (Wicklow)
1967 24 September Meath (3) 1–9 (12) Cork 0–9 70,343 3 John Moloney (Tipperary)
1968 22 September Down (3) 2–12 (18) Kerry 1–13 (16) 71,294 2 Mick Loftus (Mayo)
1969 28 September Kerry (21) 0–10 Offaly 0–7 67,828 3 John Moloney (Tipperary)
1970 27 September Kerry (22) 2–19 (25) Meath 0–18 71,775 7 P. Kelly (Dublin)
1971 26 September Offaly (1) 1–14 (17) Galway 2–8 (14) 70,789 3 P. Kelly (Dublin)
1972 15 October Offaly (2) 1–19 (22) Kerry 0–13 Croke Park 66,136 9 Fintan Tierney (Cavan)
1973 23 September Cork (4) 3–17 (26) Galway 2–13 (19) Croke Park 73,308 7 John Moloney (Tipperary)
1974 22 September Dublin (18) 0–14 Galway 1–6 (9) 71,898 5 Paddy Devlin (Tyrone)
1975 28 September Kerry (23) 2–12 (18) Dublin 0–11 66,346 7 John Moloney (Tipperary)
1976 26 September Dublin (19) 3–8 (17) Kerry 0–10 73,588 7 Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1977 25 September Dublin (20) 5–12 (27) Armagh 3–6 (15) 66,542 12 John Moloney (Tipperary)
1978 24 September Kerry (24) 5–11 (26) Dublin 0–9 71,503 17 Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
1979 16 September Kerry (25) 3–13 (22) Dublin 1–8 (11) 72,185 11 Hugh Duggan (Armagh)
1980 21 September Kerry (26) 1–9 (12) Roscommon 1–6 (9) 63,854 3 Seamus Murray (Monaghan)
1981 20 September Kerry (27) 1–12 (15) Offaly 0–8 61,489 7 Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1982 16 September Offaly (3) 1–15 (18) Kerry 0–17 62,309 1 P. J. McGrath (Mayo)
1983 18 September Dublin (21) 1–10 (13) Galway 1–8 (11) 71,988 2 John Gough (Antrim)
1984 23 September Kerry (28) 0–14 Dublin 1–6 (9) 68,365 5 Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1985 22 September Kerry (29) 2–12 (18) Dublin 2–8 (14) 69,389 4 Paddy Kavanagh (Meath)
1986 21 September Kerry (30) 2–15 (21) Tyrone 1–10 (13) 68,628 8 Jimmy Dennigan (Cork)
1987 20 September Meath (4) 1–14 (17) Cork 0–11 68,431 6 Pat Lane (Limerick)
1988 9 October Meath (5) 0–13 Cork 0–12 Croke Park 64,069 1 Tommy Sugrue (Kerry)
1989 17 September Cork (5) 0–17 Mayo 1–11 (14) Croke Park 65,519 3 Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1990 16 September Cork ‡ (6) 0–11 Meath 0–9 65,723 2 Paddy Russell (Tipperary)
1991 15 September Down (4) 1–16 (19) Meath 1–14 (17) 64,500 2 Séamus Prior (Leitrim)
1992[7] 20 September Donegal (1) 0–18 Dublin 0–14 64,547 4 Tommy Sugrue (Kerry)
1993 19 September Derry (1) 1–14 (17) Cork 2–8 (14) 64,500 3 Tommy Howard (Kildare)
1994 18 September Down (5) 1–12 (15) Dublin 0–13 58,684 2 Tommy Sugrue (Kerry)
1995 17 September Dublin (22) 1–10 (13) Tyrone 0–12 65,000 1 Paddy Russell (Tipperary)
1996 29 September Meath (6) 2–9 (15) Mayo 1–11 (14) Croke Park 65,802 1 Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
1997[8] 28 September Kerry (31) 0–13 Mayo 1–7 (10) Croke Park 65,601 3 Brian White (Wexford)
1998 27 September Galway (8) 1–14 (17) Kildare 1–10 (13) 65,886 4 John Bannon (Longford)
1999 26 September Meath (7) 1–11 (14) Cork 1–8 (11) 63,276 3 Mick Curley (Galway)
2000[9] 7 October Kerry (32) 0–17 Galway 1–10 (13) Croke Park 64,094 4 Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
2001[10] 23 September Galway (9) 0–17 Meath 0–8 Croke Park 70,842 9 Michael Collins (Cork)
2002[11] 22 September Armagh (1) 1–12 (15) Kerry 0–14 79,500 1 John Bannon (Longford)
2003[12] 28 September Tyrone (1) 0–12 Armagh 0–09 79,394 3 Brian White (Wexford)
2004[13] 26 September Kerry (33) 1–20 (23) Mayo 2–09 (15) 79,749 8 Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
2005[14] 25 September Tyrone (2) 1–16 (19) Kerry 2–10 (16) 82,112 3 Michael Monahan (Kildare)
2006[15] 17 September Kerry (34) 4–15 (27) Mayo 3–05 (14) 82,289 13 Brian Crowe (Cavan)
2007[16] 16 September Kerry (35) 3–13 (22) Cork 1–9 (12) 82,126 10 David Coldrick (Meath)
2008[17] 21 September Tyrone (3) 1–15 (18) Kerry 0–14 82,204 4 Maurice Deegan (Laois)
2009[18] 20 September Kerry (36) 0–16 Cork 1–9 (12) 82,246 4 Marty Duffy (Sligo)
2010[19] 19 September Cork (7) 0–16 Down 0–15 81,604 1 David Coldrick (Meath)
2011[20] 18 September Dublin (23) 1–12 (15) Kerry 1–11 (14) 82,300 1 Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
2012[21] 23 September Donegal (2) 2–11 (17) Mayo 0–13 82,269 4 Maurice Deegan (Laois)
2013[22] 22 September Dublin (24) 2–12 (18) Mayo 1–14 (17) 82,274 1 Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
2014[23] 21 September Kerry (37) 2–9 (15) Donegal 0–12 82,184 3 Eddie Kinsella (Laois)
2015[24] 20 September Dublin (25) 0–12 Kerry 0–9 82,243 3 David Coldrick (Meath)
2016[25] 1 October Dublin (26) 1–15 (18) Mayo 1–14 (17) Croke Park 82,249 1 Conor Lane (Cork)
2017[26] 17 September Dublin (27) 1–17 (20) Mayo 1–16 (19) Croke Park 82,243 1 Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
2018[27] 2 September Dublin (28) 2–17 (23) Tyrone 1–14 (17) 82,300 6 Conor Lane (Cork)
2019[28] 14 September Dublin (29) 1–18 (21) Kerry 0–15 Croke Park 82,300 6 David Gough (Meath)
2020[29] 19 December Dublin (30) 2–14 (20) Mayo 0–15 Croke Park 0[E] 5 David Coldrick (Meath)
2021[30] 11 September Tyrone (4) 2-14 (20) Mayo 0–15 41,150[F] 5 Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
2022 24 July Kerry (38) 0-20 Galway 0-16 82,300 4 Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
2023 30 July Dublin (31) 1-15 (18) Kerry 1-13 (16) 82,300 2 David Gough (Meath)
2024 28 July Armagh (2) 1-11 (14) Galway 0-13 82,164 1 Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
A Originally, a goal outweighed any number of points. In 1892, the value of a goal was set at five points; this was reduced to three in 1896.
B The 1894 replay was abandoned after Dublin walked off when some of their players were assaulted by Cork supporters. Cork led by two points at the time, but Dublin were awarded the championship as Cork were deemed to have been responsible for the abandonment.
C The 1910 final was scratched and Louth were awarded the championship after Kerry refused to travel to Dublin as the Great Southern and Western Railway would not sell tickets to their fans at reduced rates.
D Kerry beat Cavan 1–7 to 2–3 in the semi-final, but after an objection by Cavan and counter-objection by Kerry, both sides were disqualified. Galway were declared champions but, following protests, a substitute competition between the four provincial finalists was organised, with Galway and Cavan proceeding to the final.[31]
E Game played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland
F Game played at 50% capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland

Results by team

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Results by team
Team Wins First final won Last final won Runners-up Last final lost Total final
appearances
Kerry 38 1903 2022 24 2023 62
Dublin 31 1891 2023 13 1994 44
Galway 9 1925 2001 15 2024 24
Cork 7 1890 2010 16 2009 23
Meath 7 1949 1999 9 2001 16
Cavan 5 1933 1952 6 1949 11
Wexford 5 1893 1918 3 1914 8
Down 5 1960 1994 1 2010 6
Kildare 4 1905 1928 5 1998 9
Tipperary 4 1889 1920 1 1918 5
Tyrone 4 2003 2021 3 2018 7
Mayo 3 1936 1951 15 2021 18
Offaly 3 1971 1982 3 1981 6
Louth 3 1910 1957 3 1950 5
Roscommon 2 1943 1944 3 1980 5
Donegal 2 1992 2012 1 2014 3
Limerick 2 1887 1896 0 2
Armagh 2 2002 2024 3 2003 5
Derry 1 1993 1993 1 1958 2
London 0 5 1908 5
Antrim 0 2 1912 2
Laois 0 2 1936 2
Waterford 0 1 1898 1
Clare 0 1 1917 1
Monaghan 0 1 1930 1

See also

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References

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