1912 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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| year = 1912

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| munster = Tipperary

| leinster = Louth

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| team = Tipperary

| titles = 1st

| captain = Edward O'Shea

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| captain2 = Tom Burke

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The 1912 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the first staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's second tier Gaelic football championship.

The All-Ireland final was played on 23 February 1913 at Jones's Road in Dublin, between Tipperary and Louth, in what was their first ever championship meeting.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/argus/sport/other-sports/louth-legends-pre-1950-26919641.html|title=Louth Legends pre-1950|date=6 December 2002|publisher=Irish Independent|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}} Tipperary recovered from a half-time deficit of five points to win the match by 1–04 to 1–03 and claim their first championship title.{{cite web|url=https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/your-community/169342/Events-of-100-Years-Ago-.html|title=Events of 100 Years Ago|date=24 December 2012|publisher=Tipperary Live|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.friendsoftipperaryfootball.com/who-fears-to-speak-of-98-the-story-of-the-tipperary-junior-football-team-munster-and-all-ireland-champions-1998/|title=Who fears to speak of '98? The story of the Tipperary junior football team, Munster and All-Ireland champions 1998|date=26 April 2018|publisher=Friends of Tipperary football website|access-date=18 August 2021|first=|last=}}{{cite news|title=`Junior Championship Contests|work=Drogheda Independent|date=1 March 1913}}

Results

=[[All-Ireland Junior Football Championship]]=

==Leinster final==

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| date = 27 October 1912{{cite news|title=Leinster Football Championship - Second Division Final|work=Nationalist and Leinster Times|date=2 November 1912}}{{cite book| last= Mulligan| first= Fr. John| title= The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record| publisher= Louth GAA | year= 1984}}

| round =

| team1 = File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth

| score = 3-01 - 2-02

| team2 = File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow

| report =

| goals1 = Harlin, Heaney, Mulholland (1-0 each), T. Burke (0-1)

| goals2 =

| stadium = Jones's Road

| referee = M.F. Crowe (Dublin)

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	1	Michael Carolan (Funshog) (gk)
	2	John J. Kirwan (Geraldines)
	3	James McCann (Ardee St Mochta's)
	4	Stephen Reilly (Ardee St Mochta's)
	5	Pat Kirk (Dundalk Rangers)
	6	Bernard Lennon (Dundalk Young Irelands)
	7	Edward McCormack (Drogheda Stars)
	8	Pat McGough (Dundalk Rangers)
	9	Joe Burke (Dundalk Rangers)
	10	Pete Mulholland (Dundalk Rangers)
	11	Tom Kelly (Boyne Rovers)
	12	Pete McLoughlin (Ardee St Mochta's)
	13	Jack Heaney (Ardee St Mochta's)
	14	Pat Harlin (Ardee St Mochta's)
	15	Tom Burke (Drogheda Stars) (c)
	16	Pat McCann (Drogheda Stars)
	17	Willie Wylie (Dundalk Young Irelands)

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	1	P. May (gk)
	2	J. Millet
	3	W. Kennedy
	4	M. Leo
	5	W. Quinn
	6	M. Coady
	7	J. Redmonds
	8	J. Murphy
	9	A. Murphy
	10	W. Murphy
	11	P. Haughney
	12	C. Haughney
	13	M. Hogan
	14	W. Cooney
	15	M. Lawler
	16	W. Mulhall
	17	L. Shaw

==Munster final==

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| team1 = File: Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary

| score = 0-05 - 0-02

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==All-Ireland final==

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| date = 23 February 1913{{cite news|title=The Junior Championship - Sunday's Contest In Dublin|work=Nationalist & Munster Advertiser|date=22 February 1913}}{{cite news|title=All-Ireland Double For Munster - Tipperary's Dash Defeats Louth|work=Dundalk Democrat|date=1 March 1913}}

| round = Final

| team1 = File: Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary

| score = 1-04 - 1-03

| team2 = File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth

| report =

| goals1 = J.J Quinn 1-2, J. O'Shea, P. O'Dwyer 0-1 each

| goals2 = W. Wylie 1-0, P. Kirk, P. McGeough, P Mulholland 0-1 each

| stadium = Jones's Road

| referee = Tom Irwin (Cork)

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	1	L. Gorman (Fethard) (gk)
	2	T. O'Connor (Cashel King Cormacs)
	3	E. O'Shea (Fethard) (c)
	4	F. O'Brien (Mullinahone)
	5	E. Delahunty (Fethard)
	6	E. Egan (Mullinahone)
	7	J. Shelly (Grangemockler)
	8	M. Devitt (Cashel King Cormacs)
	9	W. Scully (Grangemockler)
	10	P. Egan (Mullinahone)
	11	P. O'Dwyer (Tipperary O'Leary's)
	12	H. Kennedy (Galtee Rovers)
	13	D. Stapleton (Clonmel Shamrocks)
	14	J.J. Quinn (Galtee Rovers)
	15	R. Heffernan (Clonmel Shamrocks)
	16	N. Vaughan (Mullinahone)
	17	J. O'Shea (Fethard)

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	1	Michael Carolan (Funshog) (gk)
	2	Michael Tenanty (Drogheda Stars)
	3	James McCann (Ardee St Mochta's)
	4	Stephen Reilly (Ardee St Mochta's)
	5	Pat Kirk (Dundalk Rangers)
	6	John Norton (Dundalk Rangers)
	7	Edward McCormack (Drogheda Stars)
	8	Pete McLoughlin (Ardee St Mochta's)
	9	Pete Mulholland (Dundalk Rangers)
	10	Pat McGeough (Dundalk Rangers)
	11	George Matthews (Drogheda Stars)
	12	Tom Burke (Drogheda Stars) (c)
	13	Joe Burke (Dundalk Rangers)
	14	Willie Wylie (Dundalk Young Irelands)
	15	Tom Harlin (Ardee St Mochta's)
	16	Jack Heaney (Ardee St Mochta's)
	17	Bernard Lennon (Dundalk Young Irelands)
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	18	Pat Collins (Dundalk Young Irelands) for J. Burke

References

Junior

Category:All-Ireland Junior Football Championship