1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1912 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final

Louth, champions
Event	1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Louth Antrim 1–7 (10) 1–2 (5)
Date	3 November 1912
Venue	Jones' Road, Dublin
Referee	Tom Irwin (Cork)
Attendance	20,000 [1]
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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 Leinster champions Louth against Antrim, the champions of Ulster. Louth were aiming to repeat their 1910 success, while Antrim sought their first All-Ireland SFC title, having lost the previous year's final to Cork.

Match

Chronicle of the match

Antrim won the toss, and the game began when Dublin Lord Mayor Lorcan Sherlock threw in the ball. ^[2]

Louth led 0–2 to 0–1 at half-time. Antrim, who had beaten Kerry in the semi-final, were two points in front during the second half, but Louth came back strongly to win a second All-Ireland SFC title by five points. ^[3]

Antrim's team included five Louth natives. The gate receipts totalled £510, then a record for the Gaelic Athletic Association. ^[4]

Details

Antrim, runners-up

3 November 1912 ^{[5] [6] [7]}

2.30pm

Louth	1–7 – 1–2	Antrim
T. Matthews 1–2, J. Brennan 0–2 (1f), J. Bannon, G. Campbell, P. Reilly 0–1 each		J. Mullan 1-0, W. Goggan, E. Gorman 0-1 each

Jones' Road, Dublin

Referee: Tom Irwin (Cork)

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 St Mochta's) 11 George Campbell (Ardee St Mochta's) 12 Tom Matthews (Ardee St Mochta's) 13 Stephen Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands) 14 Dan McEvoy (Tredaghs) 15 Jack Bannon (Tredaghs) 16 Larry McCormack (Tredaghs) 17 Paddy Reilly (Tredaghs) Substitutes: 17 Pat Carroll (Dundalk Young Irelands) 18 Joe Quinn (Tredaghs) 19 Andy Tipping (Dundalk Young Irelands)

1 J. Monaghan (Vintners) (gk) 2 Peter Moylan (Ollamh Fodhla) 3 Tom 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 Willie 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 Matt Maguire (Sarsfields)

References

1. "Twenty Thousand See Louth Win All-Ireland Final". Dundalk Democrat . 9 November 1912.
2. Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
3. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
4. "Louth's decisive victory- Antrim outclassed". Drogheda Independent . 9 November 1912.
5. "The All-Ireland Final-Louth's splendid victory". The Argus . 9 November 1912.
6. "Ulster's 'Titanic' Teams – Antrim 1912". Ulster GAA . 20 November 2012.
7. "Historic Louth All Ireland-winning medals set to go under the hammer". Dundalk Democrat . 17 May 2017.