League details | |
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Dates | 4 February – 29 April 2012 |
Teams | 33 |
League champions | |
Winners | Cork (8th win) |
Captain | Graham Canty |
Manager | Conor Counihan |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Mayo |
Captain | Andy Moran |
Manager | James Horan |
Other division winners | |
Division 2 | Kildare |
Division 3 | Longford |
Division 4 | Wicklow |
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The 2012 National Football League known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League was the 81st staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland. The League began on Saturday 4 February 2012. Thirty-two Gaelic football county teams from the island of Ireland, plus London, participated.
On 29 April, Cork defeated Mayo by 2-10 to 0-11 to win their eight league title and their third in a row.[1]