1912 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

1912 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Tipperary (1st win)
Captain	Edward O'Shea
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Louth
Captain	Tom Burke
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
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The 1912 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the first staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

The All-Ireland final was played on 23 February 1913 at Jones's Road in Dublin, between Tipperary and Louth, in what was their first ever championship meeting. ^[1] Tipperary recovered from a half-time deficit of five points to win the match by 1–04 to 1–03 and claim their first championship title. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Results

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

Leinster final

Louth v Carlow

27 October 1912 [5] [6]	Louth	3-01 - 2-02	Carlow	Jones's Road
	Harlin, Heaney, Mulholland (1-0 each), T. Burke (0-1)			Referee: M.F. Crowe (Dublin)

1 Michael Carolan (Funshog) (gk) 2 John J. Kirwan (Geraldines) 3 James McCann (Ardee St Mochta's) 4 Stephen Reilly (Ardee St Mochta's) 5 Pat Kirk (Dundalk Rangers) 6 Bernard Lennon (Dundalk Young Irelands) 7 Edward McCormack (Drogheda Stars) 8 Pat McGough (Dundalk Rangers) 9 Joe Burke (Dundalk Rangers) 10 Pete Mulholland (Dundalk Rangers) 11 Tom Kelly (Boyne Rovers) 12 Pete McLoughlin (Ardee St Mochta's) 13 Jack Heaney (Ardee St Mochta's) 14 Pat Harlin (Ardee St Mochta's) 15 Tom Burke (Drogheda Stars) (c) 16 Pat McCann (Drogheda Stars) 17 Willie Wylie (Dundalk Young Irelands)

1 P. May (gk) 2 J. Millet 3 W. Kennedy 4 M. Leo 5 W. Quinn 6 M. Coady 7 J. Redmonds 8 J. Murphy 9 A. Murphy 10 W. Murphy 11 P. Haughney 12 C. Haughney 13 M. Hogan 14 W. Cooney 15 M. Lawler 16 W. Mulhall 17 L. Shaw

Munster final

Tipperary v Cork

Tipperary

0-05 - 0-02

Cork

All-Ireland final

Tipperary v Louth

23 February 1913 [7] [8] Final	Tipperary	1-04 - 1-03	Louth	Jones's Road
	J.J Quinn 1-2, J. O'Shea, P. O'Dwyer 0-1 each		W. Wylie 1-0, P. Kirk, P. McGeough, P Mulholland 0-1 each	Referee: Tom Irwin (Cork)

1 L. Gorman (Fethard) (gk) 2 T. O'Connor (Cashel King Cormacs) 3 E. O'Shea (Fethard) (c) 4 F. O'Brien (Mullinahone) 5 E. Delahunty (Fethard) 6 E. Egan (Mullinahone) 7 J. Shelly (Grangemockler) 8 M. Devitt (Cashel King Cormacs) 9 W. Scully (Grangemockler) 10 P. Egan (Mullinahone) 11 P. O'Dwyer (Tipperary O'Leary's) 12 H. Kennedy (Galtee Rovers) 13 D. Stapleton (Clonmel Shamrocks) 14 J.J. Quinn (Galtee Rovers) 15 R. Heffernan (Clonmel Shamrocks) 16 N. Vaughan (Mullinahone) 17 J. O'Shea (Fethard)

1 Michael Carolan (Funshog) (gk) 2 Michael Tenanty (Drogheda Stars) 3 James McCann (Ardee St Mochta's) 4 Stephen Reilly (Ardee St Mochta's) 5 Pat Kirk (Dundalk Rangers) 6 John Norton (Dundalk Rangers) 7 Edward McCormack (Drogheda Stars) 8 Pete McLoughlin (Ardee St Mochta's) 9 Pete Mulholland (Dundalk Rangers) 10 Pat McGeough (Dundalk Rangers) 11 George Matthews (Drogheda Stars) 12 Tom Burke (Drogheda Stars) (c) 13 Joe Burke (Dundalk Rangers) 14 Willie Wylie (Dundalk Young Irelands) 15 Tom Harlin (Ardee St Mochta's) 16 Jack Heaney (Ardee St Mochta's) 17 Bernard Lennon (Dundalk Young Irelands) Substitute: 18 Pat Collins (Dundalk Young Irelands) for J. Burke

References

1. "Louth Legends pre-1950". Irish Independent. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "Events of 100 Years Ago". Tipperary Live. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
3. "Who fears to speak of '98? The story of the Tipperary junior football team, Munster and All-Ireland champions 1998". Friends of Tipperary football website. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
4. "`Junior Championship Contests". Drogheda Independent . 1 March 1913.
5. "Leinster Football Championship - Second Division Final". Nationalist and Leinster Times . 2 November 1912.
6. Mulligan, Fr. John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record. Louth GAA.
7. "The Junior Championship - Sunday's Contest In Dublin". Nationalist & Munster Advertiser. 22 February 1913.
8. "All-Ireland Double For Munster - Tipperary's Dash Defeats Louth". Dundalk Democrat . 1 March 1913.