1890–91 Irish Cup

1890–91 Irish Cup
Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Teams	42
Defending champions	Gordon Highlanders
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (1st win)
Runner-up	Ulster
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	183 (5.9 per match)
	← 1889–90 1891–92 →

The 1890–91 Irish Cup was the 11th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football.

Linfield won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Ulster 4–2 in the final.^[1]^[2]

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Down Athletics	w/o	Distillery Rovers
Distillery	1–4	Ulster
Cliftonville	3–2 (a.e.t.)¹	Black Watch
Glentoran	3–6	Oldpark
Hilden	w/o	Whiteabbey
Donacloney	4–8	Clarence
Linfield	w/o	Milford
Moyola Park	w/o	Magherafelt
Coleraine YMCA	1–1	Kilrea
Young Ireland	2–0	Sentinel
Glendermott	w/o	St Columb's Court Swifts
Young Volunteers	0–2	St Columb's Court Wanderers
Limavady	w/o	Limavady Reserves
St Columb's Hall	w/o	Buncrana
Rosemount	w/o	Rock
Clooney Park	3–0	Olympic
St Columb's Court	12–0	Ivy
City Factory	1–5	Victoria (R.I.C.)
Strabane	2–2	Omagh Wanderers
Sion Mills	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Newtownstewart
Dublin University	bye
Gordon Highlanders	bye

¹ Match ordered to be replayed after Black Watch protested it was too dark to finish the match.^[2]

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Omagh Wanderers	3–2¹	Strabane
Kilrea	4–1	Coleraine YMCA
Black Watch	w/o²	Cliftonville

¹ Match was ordered to be replayed on the grounds that no touchline had been drawn.^[2]
² Cliftonville scratched (withdrew) after claiming that the ordering of a replay with 24 hours notice did not give them enough time to prepare.^[2]

Second replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Strabane	0–3	Omagh Wanderers

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hilden	1–12	Ulster
Distillery Rovers	0–1	Black Watch
Linfield	9–0	Oldpark
Dublin University	w/o	Gordon Highlanders
Kilrea	1–4	Moyola Park
Limavady	w/o	St Columb's Court Wanderers
Glendermott	1–8	Clooney Park
Young Ireland	2–4	St Columb's Hall
Glendermott	w/o	St Columb's Swifts
St Columb's Court	w/o	Victoria (R.I.C.)
Omagh Wanderers	w/o	Sion Mills
Clarence	bye
Rock	bye

Third round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Moyola Park	2–4	Clarence
Ulster	6–4	Gordon Highlanders
Linfield	4–3	Black Watch
Rock	w/o	St Columb's Hall
Clooney Park	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Omagh Wanderers
St Columb's Court	2–0	Limavady