The
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), the premier competition in
Gaelic football, is an annual series of games usually played in Ireland during the summer and early autumn, and organised by the
Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Contested by the top 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.