1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1912 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
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Louth, champions
Event 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Louth Antrim
Cork colours.PNG Antrim colours.PNG
1–7
(10)		1–2
(5)
Date3 November 1912
Venue Jones' Road, Dublin
Referee Tom Irwin (Cork)
Attendance13,000
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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.

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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 football title, having lost the previous year's final to Cork.

Match

Chronicle of the match Gaelic football final 1912 chronicle.jpg
Chronicle of the 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 SFC 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

Antrim, runners-up Antrim gaa football team 1912.jpg
Antrim, runners-up
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 1–7 – 1–2 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim
Matthews 1-2, Brennan 0-2 (1f), Bannon, Reilly, Campbell (0-1 each)
1Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk)
2John Clarke (Tredaghs)
3John Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
4Jimmy Quinn (Tredaghs)
5Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
6 Jim Smith (Tredaghs) (c)
7Eddie Burke (Tredaghs)
8Joe Johnston (Geraldines)
9Johnny Brennan (Dundalk Rangers)
10 Eoin Markey (Ardee)
11George Campbell (Ardee)
12Tom Matthews (Ardee)
13 Stephen Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
14Dan McEvoy (Tredaghs)
15Jack Bannon (Tredaghs)
16 Larry McCormack (Tredaghs)
17Paddy Reilly (Tredaghs)
Substitutes:
17Pat Carroll (Dundalk Young Irelands)
18Joe Quinn (Tredaghs)
19Andy Tipping (Dundalk Young Irelands)
1J. Monaghan (Vintners) (gk)
2Peter Moylan (Ollamh Fodhla)
3Tom Meaney (Cúchulainns)
4Seán Coburn (Sarsfields) (c)
5Harry Sheehan (Shane O'Neill's)
6P.L. Kelly (Ollamh Fodhla)
7William Manning (John Mitchels)
8James Murphy (Shane O'Neill's)
9Willie Goggan (Sarsfields)
10Louis Waters (Ollamh Fodhla)
11J. Mulvihill (Shane O'Neill's)
12Edward Ward (Sarsfields)
13Joseph Mullan (John Mitchels)
14Eddie Gorman (John Mitchels)
15Patrick Barnes (Shane O'Neill's)
16Joe Gallagher (Clonard Harps)
17Matt Maguire (Sarsfields)

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References

  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.
  6. ↑ "Historic Louth All Ireland-winning medals set to go under the hammer". Dundalk Democrat . 17 May 2017.
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