1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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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 | 20,000[1] | ||||||
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
Antrim won the toss, and the game began when Dublin Lord Mayor Lorcan Sherlock threw in the ball.[2]
Louth led 0â2 to 0â1 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
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