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. 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.
Results All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Leinster final
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) 1 P. May (gk)2 J. Millet3 W. Kennedy4 M. Leo5 W. Quinn6 M. Coady7 J. Redmonds8 J. Murphy9 A. Murphy10 W. Murphy11 P. Haughney12 C. Haughney13 M. Hogan14 W. Cooney15 M. Lawler16 W. Mulhall17 L. Shaw
Munster final
All-Ireland final
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) 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)Substitute: 18 Pat Collins (Dundalk Young Irelands) for J. Burke
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