1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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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

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]

Results[edit]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[edit]

Mayo0-3 – 4-4Galway

Roscommon0-3 – 0-1Leitrim

Roscommon0-2 – 0-0Galway

Leinster Senior Football Championship[edit]

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[edit]

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

Munster Senior Football Championship[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Louth1-7 – 1-2Antrim
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Tom Irwin (Cork)

Championship statistics[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]

  • Louth win their second All Ireland football title.

References[edit]

  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