Louth Senior Football Championship
Louth Senior Football Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Shinsearach Peile an Lú |
Founded | 1887 |
Title holders | St Mary's (12th title) |
Most titles | Newtown Blues (23 titles) |
Sponsors | Anchor Tours[1] |
The Louth Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Louth GAA among the top Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Trophy
[edit]The winning team is presented with the Joe Ward Cup, in memory of the former county Board Chairman. Stabannon Parnells were the first recipients in 1949.[2]
Top winners
[edit]# | Team | Wins | Years won |
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1 | Newtown Blues | 23 | 1889, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1981, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
2 | St Mary's (Ardee) | 12 | 1946, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1995, 2022, 2023 |
3 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 11 | 1887, 1888, 1905, 1911, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1979 |
4 | Cooley Kickhams | 9 | 1935, 1939, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1989, 1990 |
5 | Clan na Gael | 8 | 1923, 1924, 1959, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1998 |
6 | St Patrick's | 7 | 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 |
7 | Stabannon Parnells | 6 | 1949, 1954, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999 |
Wolfe Tones | 6 | 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1937 | |
Boyne Rangers | 6 | 1895, 1897, 1898, 1921, 1922, 1930 | |
10 | Geraldines | 5 | 1913, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1982 |
11 | Tredaghs (Drogheda) | 4 | 1906, 1909, 1910, 1912 |
Mattock Rangers | 4 | 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010 | |
13 | Dundalk Gaels | 3 | 1942, 1945, 1952 |
Drogheda Independents | 3 | 1900, 1901, 1902 | |
15 | Dundalk Rangers | 2 | 1907, 1908 |
Drogheda Stars | 2 | 1917, 1919 | |
Roche Emmets | 2 | 1958, 1980 | |
St Fechin's | 2 | 1983, 1984 | |
St Joseph's | 2 | 1996, 2006 | |
Naomh Máirtín | 2 | 2020, 2021 | |
21 | Davitts (Drogheda) | 1 | 1890 |
Drogheda Emmets | 1 | 1896 | |
Ardee Volunteers | 1 | 1903 | |
Glyde Rangers | 1 | 1934 | |
St Bride's | 1 | 1943 | |
Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) | 1 | 1953 | |
Oliver Plunketts | 1 | 1957 | |
Seán O'Mahony's | 1 | 2016 | |
Ardee St. Mochta's | 1 | 1914 | |
Boyne Rovers | 1 | 1904 | |
O'Raghallaighs | 1 | 1965 | |
Sarsfields (Army team) | 1 | 1928 | |
Dundalk O'Rahillys | 1 | 1918 |
Finals
[edit]Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score | Winning Captain | Final Venue | |
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2024 | |||||||
2023[3] | St Mary's | 0-15 | Naomh Máirtín | 1-11 | Kian Moran | St Brigid's Park | |
2022[4] | St Mary's | 1-12, 1-18 (R) | Newtown Blues | 1-12, 1-15 (R) | R.J. Callaghan | Clan na Gael Park-St Brigid's Park (R) | |
2021[5] | Naomh Máirtín | 1-15 | St Mochta's | 0-07 | Sam Mulroy | Páirc Mhuire | |
2020[6] | Naomh Máirtín | 1-13 | St Mary's | 1-09 | Mick Fanning | Darver | |
2019[7] | Newtown Blues | 2-09 | Naomh Máirtín | 1-09 | Emmet Carolan | Gaelic Grounds | |
2018[8] | Newtown Blues | 1-11 | Naomh Máirtín | 1-10 | Andy McDonnell | Gaelic Grounds | |
2017[9] | Newtown Blues | 2-10 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-05 | Andy McDonnell | Gaelic Grounds | |
2016[10] | Seán O'Mahony's | 1-11 | St Mary's | 1-09 | Shane Brennan | Gaelic Grounds | |
2015[11] | St Patrick's | 1-14 | Seán O'Mahony's | 0-09 | Paddy Keenan | Gaelic Grounds | |
2014[12] | St Patrick's | 1-10 | Dreadnots | 1-08 | Ray Finnegan | Gaelic Grounds | |
2013[13] | Newtown Blues | 2-15 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-13 | Stephen Moonan | Gaelic Grounds | |
2012[14] | St Patrick's | 1-13 | Dreadnots | 0-07 | Colin Goss | Gaelic Grounds | |
2011[15] | St Patrick's | 0-10, 1-12 (R) | Newtown Blues | 1-07, 0-09 (R) | Colin Goss | Gaelic Grounds-St Brigid's Park (R) | |
2010[16] | Mattock Rangers | 1-08 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-10 | David Reid | Gaelic Grounds | |
2009[17] | Mattock Rangers | 3-12 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-11 | Mark Brennan | Clan na Gael Park | |
2008[18] | Newtown Blues | 1-15 | Mattock Rangers | 1-12 | Ray Hughes | Gaelic Grounds | |
2007[19] | St Patrick's | 1-09 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-09 | Paddy Keenan | St Brigid's Park | |
2006[20] | St Joseph's | 2-07 | St Patrick's | 0-09 | David O'Donoghue | Clan na Gael Park | |
2005[21] | Mattock Rangers | 1-12 | Newtown Blues | 2-06 | Gerry Hanratty | Gaelic Grounds | |
2004[22] | St Patrick's | 0-07 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-06 | Darren Kirwan | Clan na Gael Park | |
2003[23] | St Patrick's | 3-07, 2-11 (R) | St Mary's | 0-16, 0-10 (R) | Seán White | St Brigid's Park | |
2002[24] | Mattock Rangers | 2-11 | St Bride's | 1-11 | Donal Geraghty | Páirc Mhuire | |
2001[25] | Newtown Blues | 1-13 | Mattock Rangers | 0-08 | Colm Nally | Gaelic Grounds | |
2000[26] | Newtown Blues | 0-16 | Stabannon Parnells | 1-10 | Colm Nally | Gaelic Grounds | |
1999[27] | Stabannon Parnells | 2-09 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-04 | Nicholas Butterly | McGeough Park | |
1998[28] | Clan na Gael | 0-08 | Lann Léire | 0-04 | Gerry Curran | The Grove | |
1997[29] | Stabannon Parnells | 2-12, 0-12 (R) | St Mary's | 2-12, 1-06 (R) | Ken Reilly | Gaelic Grounds | |
1996[30] | St Joseph's | 2-11 | Stabannon Parnells | 1-08 | Enda McKeown | Páirc Mhuire | |
1995[31] | St Mary's | 1-14 | St Patrick's | 0-07 | Brendan Kerin | Cluskey Park | |
1994[32] | Stabannon Parnells | 0-14, 0-12 (R) | St Joseph's | 1-11, 1-07 (R) | David Reilly | McGeough Park | |
1993[33] | Clan na Gael | 1-12 | St Mary's | 1-08 | Kevin O'Hanlon | Gaelic Grounds | |
1992[34] | Clan na Gael | 0-10, 3-11 (R) | Dundalk Gaels | 0-10, 1-06 (R) | Peter Fitzpatrick | St Brigid's Park | |
1991[35] | Stabannon Parnells | 1-11 | Clan na Gael | 1-09 | Donal Murray | St Brigid's Park | |
1990[36] | Cooley Kickhams | 0-11 | Clan na Gael | 0-09 | Brendan Burke | St Brigid's Park | |
1989[37] | Cooley Kickhams | 1-10 | St Mary's | 0-09 | John McDonald | Gaelic Grounds | |
1988[35] | Newtown Blues | 0-07 | Clan na Gael | 1-03 | Eugene Judge | The Grove | |
1987[38] | Clan na Gael | 1-07 | Newtown Blues | 0-04 | Peter Fitzpatrick | Páirc Mhuire | |
1986[39] | Newtown Blues | 3-05 | Kilkerley Emmets | 2-07 | Dessie Callaghan | Cluskey Park | |
1985[38] | Clan na Gael | 1-06 | Roche Emmets | 0-04 | Benny McKeever | St Brigid's Park | |
1984[40] | St Fechin's | 2-07 | St Joseph's | 0-08 | Tommy Mulrey | The Grove | |
1983[40] | St Fechin's | 1-08 | Geraldines | 1-05 | Tommy Mulrey | Páirc Mhuire | |
1982[41] | Geraldines | 1-12 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-09 | Pat Lynch | St Brigid's Park | |
1981[35] | Newtown Blues | 2-11 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-06 | Davy Byrne | Cluskey Park | |
1980[42] | Roche Emmets | 2-03 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-06 | Mickey Quigley | Páirc Mhuire | |
1979[43] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-11 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-05 | Séamus Haughey | St Brigid's Park | |
1978[44] | Cooley Kickhams | 2-07 | St Mary's | 1-08 | Martin McCarthy | St Brigid's Park | |
1977[35] | Cooley Kickhams | 2-12 | Newtown Blues | 2-06 | Michael Malone | Páirc Uí Mhuirí | |
1976[44] | Cooley Kickhams | 1-07 | Mattock Rangers | 0-06 | Peadar Gallagher | St Brigid's Park | |
1975[45] | St Mary's | 1-06, 4-09 (R) | Cooley Kickhams | 1-06, 4-03 (R) | Kieran Byrne | Gaelic Grounds | |
1974[35] | Newtown Blues | 1-04, 1-06 (R) | Cooley Kickhams | 1-04, 1-05 (R) | Michael Leech | Páirc Mhuire | |
1973[46] | Cooley Kickhams | 1-09 | Mattock Rangers | 0-07 | Terry Brennan | St Brigid's Park | |
1972[47] | St Mary's | 1-05 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-02 | Tom Rice | St Brigid's Park | |
1971[48] | Cooley Kickhams | 2-09 | St Mary's | 1-06 | Harry McCarthy | St Brigid's Park | |
1970[35] | Newtown Blues | 3-08 | St Mary's | 1-11 | Danny Nugent | St Brigid's Park | |
1969[35] | Newtown Blues | 1-14 | Geraldines | 2-05 | Frank Clarke | Páirc Mhuire | |
1968[49] | St Mary's | 1-07 | St Fechin's | 0-09 | Barney Magennis | Gaelic Grounds | |
1967[35] | Newtown Blues | 1-09 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-05 | Matt Murphy | St Brigid's Park | |
1966[35] | Newtown Blues | 2-12 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-04 | Liam Leech | St Brigid's Park | |
1965[35][50] | O'Raghallaighs | 1-09 | Newtown Blues | 0-05 | Noel McDonnell | Gaelic Grounds | |
1964[35] | Newtown Blues | 0-11, 3-08 (R) | Clan na Gael | 1-08, 0-04 (R) | Paddy Leech | Páirc Mhuire | |
1963[35] | Newtown Blues | 1-08 | Roche Emmets | 1-07 | Peter McKenna | St Brigid's Park | |
1962[35] | Newtown Blues | 2-04 | Mattock Rangers | 1-03 | Jimmy Mulroy | Páirc Mhuire | |
1961[35] | Newtown Blues | 1-12 | Naomh Mhuire | 1-09 | Frank Fagan | Gaelic Grounds | |
1960[51] | St Mary's | 1-09 | Naomh Mhuire | 2-04 | Johnny Ross | St Brigid's Park | |
1959[52] | Clan na Gael | 2-04, 0-08 (R) | St Mary's | 0-10, 0-05 (R) | Benny Toal | Gaelic Grounds | |
1958[53] | Roche Emmets | 1-07 | Naomh Mhuire | 1-05 | Mick Brady | Páirc Mhuire | |
1957[54] | Oliver Plunketts | 3-03 | St Mary's | 1-06 | Terry Doolan | Athletic Grounds | |
1956[55] | St Mary's | 2-03 | Stabannon Parnells | 0-03 | Paddy Markey | Athletic Grounds | |
1955[35] | St Mary's | 0-08 | Stabannon Parnells | 1-04 | Paddy Markey | Gaelic Grounds | |
1954[35] | Stabannon Parnells | 1-06 | St Mary's | 0-04 | Tom Conlon | Athletic Grounds | |
1953[56] | Naomh Mhuire | 4-10 | Oliver Plunketts | 0-08 | Jim Gavin | Gaelic Grounds | |
1952[57] | Dundalk Gaels | 0-08 | Dowdallshill | 1-02 | Jack Regan | Athletic Grounds | |
1951[55] | St Mary's | 3-09 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-07 | Seán Boyle | Gaelic Grounds | |
1950[58] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-07, 0-08 (R) | St Magdalene's | 0-07, 0-05 (R) | Frank Fagan | Athletic Grounds-Gaelic Grounds(R) | |
1949[59] | Stabannon Parnells | 2-02 | St Mary's | 1-04 | Tom Shearman | Athletic Grounds | |
1948[55] | St Mary's | 1-09 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-07 | Seán Boyle | Gaelic Grounds | |
1947[58] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-09, 3-05 (R) | Owen Roe's (Drogheda) | 2-06, 0-05 (R) | Jim Quigley | Gaelic Grounds-Athletic Grounds (R) | |
1946[60] | St Mary's | 2-07 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-07 | Jimmy Beirne | Gaelic Grounds | |
1945[58] | Dundalk Gaels | 2-11 | St Magdalene's (Drogheda) | 1-04 | George McAdams | Athletic Grounds | |
1944[58] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 3-05 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-01 | Jim Quigley | Athletic Grounds | |
1943[61] | St Bride's | 3-09 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-03 | Jack Treanor | Athletic Grounds | |
1942[62] | ‡ Dundalk Gaels | 0-07 | St Mary's | 2-03 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
1941[63] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 2-09 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-06 | Nick Mulligan | Athletic Grounds | |
1940[63] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-09 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-09 | Nick Mulligan | Athletic Grounds | |
1939[35] | Cooley Kickhams | 3-13 | Newtown Blues | 1-03 | Eddie Boyle | Athletic Grounds | |
1938[63] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-08 (Replay) | St Mary's | 1-03 | Seán Fitzsimons | Gaelic Grounds | |
1937[58] | Wolfe Tones | 2-06 | St Mary's | 1-02 | Michael McKeown | Athletic Grounds | |
1936[58] | Newtown Blues | 3-07 | Wolfe Tones | 2-06 | Gerry Keogh | Gaelic Grounds | |
1935[64] | Cooley Kickhams | 2-03 | Wolfe Tones | 0-04 | Jim Murphy | Athletic Grounds | |
1934[58] | Glyde Rangers | 1-03 | Wolfe Tones | 0-04 | Jimmy Kelly | Athletic Grounds | |
1933[58] | Newtown Blues | 3-03 | Clan na Gael | 1-07 | Jem Moonan | Gaelic Grounds | |
1932[35] | Newtown Blues | 4-03 | St Bride's | 2-04 | Mick Bell | Athletic Grounds | |
1931[58] | Wolfe Tones | 1-04 | Newtown Blues | 0-04 | Michael McKeown | Gaelic Grounds | |
1930[58] | Boyne Rangers | 2-08 | Glyde Rangers | 1-01 | Nicholas Brady | Athletic Grounds | |
1929[58] | Wolfe Tones | 2-06 | O'Connells | 0-01 | Nicky McKeown | Gaelic Grounds | |
1928[65] | Sarsfields | 4-04 | Boyne Rangers | 1-02 | John McKenna | Athletic Grounds | |
1927[58] | Wolfe Tones | 1-02 | Larks | 1-00 | Frank Byrne | Gaelic Grounds | |
1926[58] | Wolfe Tones | 0-09 | Geraldines | 1-02 | James Owens | Castlebellingham | |
1925[58] | Wolfe Tones | W/O | Clan na Gael | scr. | Frank Byrne | - | |
1924[58] | Clan na Gael | 1-06 | Larks (Killineer) | 0-01 | Peter Garland | Athletic Grounds | |
1923[58] | Clan na Gael | 0-03 | Boyne Rangers | 0-01 | Peter Garland | Castlebellingham | |
1922[58] | Boyne Rangers | 3-03 | Geraldines | 1-00 | Hugh Byrne | Athletic Grounds | |
1921[58] | ‡ Boyne Rangers | 0-05 (Replay) | Eamonn Ceannt's (Ardee) | 0-05 | Hugh Byrne | Athletic Grounds | |
1920[66] | Geraldines | W/O | Dundalk O'Rahillys | scr. | - | - | |
1919[58] | Drogheda Stars | 0-04 | Dundalk O'Rahillys | 0-03 | Tom Burke | Shamrock Lodge | |
1918[58] | Dundalk O'Rahillys | 1-05 | Tredaghs | 0-02 | Andy Tipping | Athletic Grounds | |
1917[58] | Drogheda Stars | 0-03 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-00 | Tom Burke | Athletic Grounds | |
1916 | Geraldines | 3-03 | Tredaghs | 1-04 | Matt Conachy | Shamrock Lodge | |
1915 | Geraldines | 1-05 | Tredaghs | 0-06 | Matt Conachy | Athletic Grounds | |
1914 | Ardee St. Mochta's | 1-04 | Drogheda Stars | 0-01 | Owen Mooney | Athletic Grounds | |
1913 | Geraldines | 2-06 | Ardee St. Mochta's | 0-07 | Joe Johnston | Shamrock Lodge | |
1912[58] | Tredaghs | 1-02, 2-02 (R) | Geraldines | 1-02, 0-05 (R) | Jack Bannon | Athletic Grounds-Ardee (R) | |
1911[58] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 2-04 | Geraldines | 0-06 | Joe Mulligan | Athletic Grounds | |
1910[58] | Tredaghs | 0-05 | Geraldines | 0-02 | Jim Smith | The Grove | |
1909[58] | Tredaghs | 2-10 | Dundalk Rangers | 0-04 | Jack Carvin | The Grove | |
1908[58] | Dundalk Rangers | 2-08 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-05 | Patrick McCusker | Athletic Grounds | |
1907[58] | Dundalk Rangers | 0-12 (Replay) | John Dillons | 0-06 | Patrick McCusker | Athletic Grounds | |
1906[58] | Tredaghs | 0-08, 0-05 (R) | Geraldines | 0-08, 0-03 | Jack Carvin | Castlebellingham | |
1905 | ‡ Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-03 (Replay) | Drogheda Tredaghs | 0-13 | Joe Mulligan | Ardee-Athletic Grounds (R) | |
1904 | Boyne Rovers | 1-04 | John Dillons | 0-03 | Tom Donegan | Castlebellingham | |
1903 | Ardee Volunteers | 1-07 (Replay) | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-04 | Jimmy Hughes | Waterunder | |
1902 | Drogheda Independents | 3-10 | Ardee Volunteers | 0-04 | Jack Carvin | Waterunder | |
1901 | Drogheda Independents | No match - Independents awarded title | |||||
1900 | Drogheda Independents | No match - Independents awarded title | |||||
1899 | No Championship | ||||||
1898 | Boyne Rangers | No match - Rangers awarded title | |||||
1897 | Boyne Rangers | No score available | Glyde Rangers (Castlebellingham) | No score available | - | Bryanstown | |
1896 | Drogheda Emmets | 1-08 | Drogheda Young Irelands | 0-02 | Jim Rice | Laytown | |
1895 | Boyne Rangers | 0-07 | Drogheda Young Irelands | 0-03 | Michael Gibney | Bryanstown | |
1894 | No Championship | ||||||
1893 | No Championship | ||||||
1892 | No Championship | ||||||
1891 | No Championship | ||||||
1890 | Drogheda Davitts | 2-04 | Sandpit T.P. Gills | 0-00 | Bill Elliott | Bryanstown | |
1889[35] | Newtown Blues | 1-02 | Dreadnots | 0-03 | James Mooney | Athletic Grounds | |
1888[67] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-01 | Dundalk John Dillons | 1-00 | Michael Carroll | Athletic Grounds | |
1887[67] | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-03 | Dowdallshill | 0-02 | Michael Carroll | Haggardstown |
‡ Title awarded to Boyne Rangers as Eamonn Ceannt's were unable to field a team for the second replay.[58]
Title awarded to Dundalk Gaels after objection. St Mary's fielded an ineligible player
Title awarded to Young Irelands after objection. Tredaghs fielded an ineligible player
See also
[edit]- Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
- Mulligan, Fr.John (2000). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record (updated).
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