1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1912 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Louth, champions
Event1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Louth Antrim
1–7
(10)		 1–2
(5)
Date3 November 1912
VenueJones' Road, Dublin
RefereeTom Irwin (Cork)
Attendance20,000[1]

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, among them captain John Coburn from Kilcurry.[4] The gate receipts totalled £510, then a record for the Gaelic Athletic Association.[5]

Details

Antrim, runners-up
Louth1–7 – 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
Referee: Tom Irwin (Cork)
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 St Mochta's)
11George Campbell (Ardee St Mochta's)
12Tom Matthews (Ardee St Mochta's)
13Stephen Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
14Dan "Warren" McEvoy (Tredaghs)
15Jack Bannon (Tredaghs)
16Larry 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)
4John 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)

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. ↑ "Short History Of Louth G.A.A. Clubs". Drogheda Independent. 10 July 1954.
  5. ↑ "Louth's decisive victory- Antrim outclassed". Drogheda Independent. 9 November 1912.
  6. ↑ "The All-Ireland Final-Louth's splendid victory". The Argus. 9 November 1912.
  7. ↑ "Ulster's 'Titanic' Teams – Antrim 1912". Ulster GAA. 20 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Historic Louth All Ireland-winning medals set to go under the hammer". Dundalk Democrat. 17 May 2017.
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