1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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]

1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLouth (2nd win)
CaptainJim Smith
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamAntrim
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
← 1911
1913 →

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Mayo0-3 – 4-4Galway
Roscommon0-3 – 0-1Leitrim
Roscommon0-2 – 0-0Galway

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Kilkenny1-4 – 0-3Meath
Kilkenny0-0 – 0-0Dublin
Kilkenny2-3 – 2-3
A.E.T.		Dublin
Kilkenny0-1 – 3-4Dublin
Louth1-2 – 0-2Kildare
Wicklow4-4 – 1-3Wexford
Laois0-2 – 2-2Dublin
Referee: J Boylan
Louth1-2 – 0-1Offaly
Referee: John May
Wicklow0-0 – 0-0Dublin
Wicklow0-4 – 1-4Dublin

Final
Louth1-02 – 1-01 Dublin
Mulligan 1-0, Johnston 0-1, McEvoy 0-1
1Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk)
2John Clarke (Tredaghs)
3John Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
4Pat Carroll (Dundalk Young Irelands)
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)
13Jack Carvin (Tredaghs)
14Dan McEvoy (Tredaghs)
15Jack Bannon (Tredaghs)
16Larry McCormack (Tredaghs)
17Paddy Reilly (Tredaghs)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Waterford0-5 – 0-1Limerick
Kerry2-3 – 0-1Cork
Clare2-2 – 1-0Tipperary
Referee: J. Cooke (W)
Kerry1-4 – 0-1Waterford
Referee: W. Mackessy (Cork)
Kerry0-3 – 0-1Clare

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Armaghw/o – scr.Down
Cavan2-2 – 0-2Fermanagh
Antrim3-1 – 0-5Monaghan
Cavan0-1 – 0-1Armagh
Cavan1-2 – 1-1Armagh
Antrim2-2 – 0-1Armagh

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.

Antrim3-5 – 0-2Kerry
Dublin2-4 – 1-1Roscommon
Main article: 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Louth1-7 – 1-2Antrim
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. Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
  5. "Leinster defeats Connaught", Freemans Journal, 30 September 1912, p. 11
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