1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Louth (2nd win)
Captain	Jim Smith
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Antrim
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
← 1911 1913 →

The 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 26th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The Munster Quarter-Final Kerry ended Cork's All Ireland title. Louth were the winners. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

21 July 1912
Semi-Final

Mayo	0-3 – 4-4	Galway

Roscommon

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1 September 1912
Semi-Final

Roscommon	0-3 – 0-1	Leitrim

Carrick-on-Shannon

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Final

15 September 1912
Final

Roscommon	0-2 – 0-0	Galway

Castlerea

Leinster Senior Football Championship

23 June 1912
Preliminary Round

Kilkenny	1-4 – 0-3	Meath

Jones Road, Dublin

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1912
Quarter-Final

Kilkenny	0-0 – 0-0	Dublin

Enniscorthy

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1912
Quarter-Final 1st Replay

Kilkenny	2-3 – 2-3 A.E.T.	Dublin

Athy

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1912
Quarter-Final 2nd Replay

Kilkenny	0-1 – 3-4	Dublin

Jones Road, Dublin

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23 June 1912
Quarter-Final

Louth	1-2 – 0-2	Kildare

Jones Road, Dublin

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1912
Quarter-Final

Wicklow	4-4 – 1-3	Wexford

New Ross

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16 June 1912
Quarter-Final

Laois	0-2 – 2-2	Dublin

Maryboro

Referee: J Boylan

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4 August 1912
Semi-Final

Louth	1-2 – 0-1	Offaly

Jones Road, Dublin

Referee: John May

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1912
Semi-Final

Wicklow	0-0 – 0-0	Dublin

Wexford Park, Wexford

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1912
Semi-Final Replay

Wicklow	0-4 – 1-4	Dublin

Wexford Park, Wexford

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Final

20 October 1912 ^[4]

Louth	1-02 – 1-01	Dublin
J. Mulligan 1-0 ('45), J. Johnston, D. McEvoy 0-1 each		T. Doherty 1-0, H. Hilliard 0-1

Navan Showgrounds

Referee: John May (Kildare)

1 Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk) 2 John Clarke (Tredaghs) 3 John Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands) 4 Pat Carroll (Dundalk Young Irelands) 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 St Mochta's) 11 George Campbell (Ardee St Mochta's) 12 Tom Matthews (Ardee St Mochta's) 13 Jack Carvin (Tredaghs) 14 Dan McEvoy (Tredaghs) 15 Jack Bannon (Tredaghs) 16 Larry McCormack (Tredaghs) 17 Paddy Reilly (Tredaghs)

1 M. Collins (Geraldines) (gk) 2 P. Fallon (Geraldines) 3 B. Halliden (Geraldines) 4 R. Flood (Geraldines) 5 J. Parker (Geraldines) 6 R. Manifold (Parnells) 7 M. Manifold (Parnells) 8 P. Brady (Parnells) 9 C. Flynn (Keatings) 10 R. Mullen (Keatings) 11 D. Kavanagh (C.J. Kickhams) (c) 12 T. Walsh (C.J. Kickhams) 13 J. Grace (C.J. Kickhams) 14 H. Hilliard (C.J. Kickhams) 15 M. Kelly (C.J. Kickhams) 16 T. Doherty (C.J. Kickhams) 17 R. Downey (C.J. Kickhams)

Munster Senior Football Championship

1912
Quarter-Final

Waterford	0-5 – 0-1	Limerick

Waterford

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23 June 1912
Quarter-Final

Kerry	2-3 – 0-1	Cork

Tralee

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21 July 1912
Semi-Final

Clare	2-2 – 1-0	Tipperary

Tipperary

Referee: J. Cooke (W)

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15 September 1912
Semi-Final

Kerry	1-4 – 0-1	Waterford

Fermoy

Referee: W. Mackessy (Cork)

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Final

20 October 1912
Final

Kerry	0-3 – 0-1	Clare

Ennis

Ulster Senior Football Championship

1912
Quarter-Final

Armagh	w/o – scr.	Down

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26 May 1912
Quarter-Final

Cavan	2-2 – 0-2	Fermanagh

Wattlebridge

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12 May 1912
Semi-Final

Antrim	3-1 – 0-5	Monaghan

Clones

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14 July 1912
Semi-Final

Cavan	0-1 – 0-1	Armagh

Newbliss

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4 August 1912
Semi-Final Replay

Cavan	1-2 – 1-1	Armagh

Newbliss

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Final

10 November 1912
Final

Antrim	2-2 – 0-1	Armagh

Castleblayney

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Dublin were nominated to represent Leinster. When Louth beat Dublin in the Leinster final, they were given Dublin's place in the All-Ireland final.

25 August 1912
Semi-Final

Antrim	3-5 – 0-2	Kerry

Jones' Road, Dublin

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29 September 1912
Semi-Final

Dublin	2-4 – 1-1	Roscommon

Jones' Road, Dublin ^[5]

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Final

Main article: 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

3 November 1912
Final

Louth	1-7 – 1-2	Antrim

Jones' Road, Dublin

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Tom Irwin (Cork)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Louth win their second All Ireland football title.

References

1. "Football results 1887-1910". GAA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010". HoganStand. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
4. "A Thrilling Leinster Final". Dundalk Democrat . 26 October 1912.
5. "Leinster defeats Connaught", Freemans Journal, 30 September 1912, p. 11