I've been looking for a list of All-Ireland football semi-finals over the years. This site used to have them (and finals) but I can't find them. Google has also been of no help. Does anyone have a link to them, or a list itself? Thanks.

Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1029 - 26/11/2015 11:59:47    1809999

how far back do you need to go

redbomb (Tyrone) - Posts: 167 - 26/11/2015 14:04:19    1810046

I could go back to the early 90s if it helps? 94 I believe your own county was well beaten by the dubs while Down beat Cork in the other semi the week before.

gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 27/11/2015 12:49:50    1810222

Since the beginning basically! But guess what, I found it:
http://www.sligogaa.ie/ArticleDetail.aspx?articleid=5597
That exact page used to be on this site! It was elsewhere too, but now it seems this is the only place on the whole internet where all the semi-finals were.

Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1029 - 28/11/2015 20:58:06    1810395

Are.

Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1029 - 28/11/2015 21:46:12    1810399

Wikipedia gives a very good account of the football championships over the years, I have referenced it a lot to remind myself of who played who in the lesser games through the seasons. A must if you are researching results.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 29/11/2015 10:50:13    1810414

that's very interesting. in the early days (up til 1933). no team from either connacht or ulster ever won the all-ireland. i also note that in nearly all of those years the connacht and ulster representives were never paired in the all-ireland semi-final. I also note that on 3 or 4 occasions it seemed that the all-ireland semi-finals were played before the provincial championship was concluded. so the winner of the semi-final did not play in the final but the team that beat them in the province did. (it seems the GAA was always a shambles). on another occasion I read that Kerry refused to play Galway but nevertheless were "duly awarded the title" .. why ?. on another occasion Kerry refused to travel to Jones Road and forfeited the game. However the strangest note of all was the one at the top that said no all-ireland due to US invasion by GAA athletes. what the hell was that all about :)

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 29/11/2015 11:06:55    1810415

s goldrick

However the strangest note of all was the one at the top that said no all-ireland due to US invasion by GAA athletes. what the hell was that all about :)

With 3800 posts you should know your GAA history better than that:) The 1888 'invasion' was a famous event where many of the top players went to the US in order to promote the games, culture etc & there wasn't enough left to complete the championship. Quite a few never returned actually.

commercials1 (Limerick) - Posts: 115 - 29/11/2015 11:25:18    1810417

And specifically what I was looking for was teams that had never lost a semi-final. Kilkenny would have been a good candidate, and Kildare won their first few semi-finals, but it seems Limerick (P1 W1) have the only unbeaten record in All-Ireland football semi-finals. They're also unbeaten in finals, 2 out of 2. There were no semi-finals when they won their second one.

Tacaí Liatroma (Leitrim) - Posts: 1029 - 29/11/2015 14:16:03    1810442