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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| Event | 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 3 November 1912 | ||||||
| Venue | Jones' Road, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Tom Irwin (Cork) | ||||||
| Attendance | 13,000 | ||||||
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
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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
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References
edit- ^ Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Louth's decisive victory- Antrim outclassed". Drogheda Independent. 9 November 1912.
- ^ "The All-Ireland Final-Louth's splendid victory". The Argus. 9 November 1912.
- ^ "Ulster's 'Titanic' Teams – Antrim 1912". Ulster GAA. 20 November 2012.
- ^ "Historic Louth All Ireland-winning medals set to go under the hammer". Dundalk Democrat. 17 May 2017.