1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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.

1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Louth Antrim
1-7
(10)		 1-2
(5)
Date3 November 1912
VenueJones' Road, Dublin
RefereeTom Irwin (Cork)
Attendance13,000

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

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
Louth1-07 - 1-02 Antrim
1Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk)
2John Clarke (Tredaghs)
3John Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
4Jimmy Quinn (Tredaghs)
5Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
6Jim Smith (Tredaghs) (c)
7Eddie Burke (Tredaghs)
8Joe Johnston (Geraldines)
9Johnny Brennan (Dundalk Rangers)
10Eoin Markey (Ardee)
11George Campbell (Ardee)
12Tom Matthews (Ardee)
13Stephen Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
14Dan McEvoy (Tredaghs)
15Jack Bannon (Tredaghs)
16Larry McCormack (Tredaghs)
17Paddy Reilly (Tredaghs)
1J. Monaghan (Vintners) (gk)
2Peter Moylan (Ollamh Fodhla)
3Peter 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)
9W. 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)
17M. Maguire (Sarsfields)

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.
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