1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Representative clubs
Representative clubs
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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](/wiki/Clare_GAA "Clare GAA") |  |
| [Cork](/wiki/Cork_GAA "Cork GAA") | [Lees](/wiki/Lees_GAA "Lees GAA") |
| [Kilkenny](/wiki/Kilkenny_GAA "Kilkenny GAA") | [Kilmacow](/wiki/Kilmacow "Kilmacow") |
| [Limerick](/wiki/Limerick_GAA "Limerick GAA") | Commercials |
| [Louth](/wiki/Louth_GAA "Louth GAA") | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| [Meath](/wiki/Meath_GAA "Meath GAA") | [Dowdstown](/wiki/Walterstown_GFC "Walterstown GFC") |
| [Tipperary](/wiki/Tipperary_GAA "Tipperary GAA") |  |
| [Waterford](/wiki/Waterford_GAA "Waterford GAA") | [Ballyduff Lower](/wiki/Ballyduff_Lower_GAA "Ballyduff Lower GAA") |
| [Wexford](/wiki/Wexford_GAA "Wexford GAA") | [Castlebridge](/wiki/Castlebridge "Castlebridge") |


What impact did the decline of representative clubs have on county teams?