1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1912 All-Ireland
Senior Football Final
	Louth, champions
Event	1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date	3 November 1912
Venue	1913 →

The 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 25th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

The match pitted the

1910

success, while Antrim sought their first All-Ireland football title, having lost the previous year's final to Cork.

Match

Antrim won the toss and the game began when Dublin Lord Mayor Lorcan Sherlock threw in the ball.^[1]

At half-time Louth led 0–2 to 0–1. Antrim, who had beaten Kerry in their semi-final, were two points in front during the second half but Louth came back strongly to win their second All-Ireland Senior title by five points.^[2]

Antrim's team included five Louth natives. The gate receipts totalled £510, then a record for the Gaelic Athletic Association.^[3]

Details

3 November 1912^[4]^[5]

2.30pm

Louth	1-07 - 1-02	Antrim

Jones' Road, Dublin

Louth

Antrim


	1	Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk)
	2	John Clarke (Tredaghs)
	3	John Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
	4	Jimmy Quinn (Tredaghs)
	5	Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
	6	Jim Smith (Tredaghs) (c)
	7	Eddie Burke (Tredaghs)
	8	Joe Johnston (Geraldines)
	9	Johnny Brennan (Dundalk Rangers)
	10	Eoin Markey (Ardee)
	11	George Campbell (Ardee)
	12	Tom Matthews (Ardee)
	13	Stephen Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
	14	Dan McEvoy (Tredaghs)
	15	Jack Bannon (Tredaghs)
	16	Larry McCormack (Tredaghs)
	17	Paddy Reilly (Tredaghs)


	1	J. Monaghan (Vintners) (gk)
	2	Peter Moylan (Ollamh Fodhla)
	3	Peter Meaney (Cúchulainns)
	4	Seán Coburn (Sarsfields) (c)
	5	Harry Sheehan (Shane O'Neill's)
	6	P.L. Kelly (Ollamh Fodhla)
	7	William Manning (John Mitchels)
	8	James Murphy (Shane O'Neill's)
	9	W. Goggan (Sarsfields)
	10	Louis Waters (Ollamh Fodhla)
	11	J. Mulvihill (Shane O'Neill's)
	12	Edward Ward (Sarsfields)
	13	Joseph Mullan (John Mitchels)
	14	Eddie Gorman (John Mitchels)
	15	Patrick Barnes (Shane O'Neill's)
	16	Joe Gallagher (Clonard Harps)
	17	M. Maguire (Sarsfields)

References

^ Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
^ "Louth's decisive victory- Antrim outclassed". Drogheda Independent. 9 November 1912.
^ "The All-Ireland Final-Louth's splendid victory". The Argus. 9 November 1912.
^ "Ulster's 'Titanic' Teams – Antrim 1912". Ulster GAA. 20 November 2012.

[1] Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.

[2] High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.

[3] "Louth's decisive victory- Antrim outclassed". Drogheda Independent. 9 November 1912.

[4] "The All-Ireland Final-Louth's splendid victory". The Argus. 9 November 1912.

[5] "Ulster's 'Titanic' Teams – Antrim 1912". Ulster GAA. 20 November 2012.

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