<P> 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, Clonskeagh on 29 April 1888, was contested between Commercials of Limerick and Young Irelands of Louth, with Commercials winning by 1 - 4 to 0 - 3 . Unlike later All - Irelands, there were no provincial championships and it was an open draw . </P> <P> 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). </P> <P> 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 2017, they have won the competition on 37 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 . </P> <P> 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 nine 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 and 2017); this is the longest unbroken sequence of losing finals in the history of the competition . </P>

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