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1989 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Teams
  
32

Captain
  
Dinny Allen

Losing team
  
Mayo

Winning team
  
Cork (5 win)

Manager
  
Billy Morgan

Dates
  
14 May 1989 - 17 September 1989

The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 103rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 14 May 1989 and ended on 17 September 1989.

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Meath were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Dublin in the Leinster final.

On 17 September 1989, Cork won the championship following a 0-17 to 1-11 defeat of Mayo in the All-Ireland final. This was their 5th All-Ireland title, their first in sixteen championship seasons.

Mayo's Michael Fitzmaurice was the championship's top scorer with 0-32. Cork's Teddy McCarthy was the choice for Texaco Footballer of the Year.

Top scorers

Overall
Single game

Miscellaneous

  • On 11 June 1989, Corran Park in Ballymote hosts its first championship game in 36 years. That defeat of Leitrim by Sligo is their first championship victory over the team in 15 years.
  • Cork win the Munster title for the third year in succession. It is the first time in their history that they achieve the three-in-a-row.
  • The All-Ireland final between Cork and Mayo is their first championship meeting since the 1916 All-Ireland semi-final. It is Mayo's first appearance in an All-Ireland final in 38 years.

    • References

    1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Wikipedia
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