Louth Senior Football Championship

Louth Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Shinsearach Peile an Lú
Founded1887
Title holdersSt Mary's (13th title)
Most titlesNewtown Blues (23 titles)
SponsorsAnchor 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

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

# Team Wins Years won
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) 13 1946, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1995, 2022, 2023, 2024
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

Year Winner Score Opponent Score Winning Captain Final Venue
2024[3] St Mary's 2-02 Naomh Máirtín 0-04 Liam Jackson/Robbie Leavy McGeough Park
2023[4] St Mary's 0-15 Naomh Máirtín 1-11 Kian Moran St Brigid's Park
2022[5] 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[6] Naomh Máirtín 1-15 St Mochta's 0-07 Sam Mulroy Páirc Mhuire
2020[7] Naomh Máirtín 1-13 St Mary's 1-09 Mick Fanning Darver
2019[8] Newtown Blues 2-09 Naomh Máirtín 1-09 Emmet Carolan Gaelic Grounds
2018[9] Newtown Blues 1-11 Naomh Máirtín 1-10 Andy McDonnell Gaelic Grounds
2017[10] Newtown Blues 2-10 Dundalk Gaels 0-05 Andy McDonnell Gaelic Grounds
2016[11] Seán O'Mahony's 1-11 St Mary's 1-09 Shane Brennan Gaelic Grounds
2015[12] St Patrick's 1-14 Seán O'Mahony's 0-09 Paddy Keenan Gaelic Grounds
2014[13] St Patrick's 1-10 Dreadnots 1-08 Ray Finnegan Gaelic Grounds
2013[14] Newtown Blues 2-15 Cooley Kickhams 0-13 Stephen Moonan Gaelic Grounds
2012[15] St Patrick's 1-13 Dreadnots 0-07 Colin Goss Gaelic Grounds
2011[16] 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[17] Mattock Rangers 1-08 Cooley Kickhams 0-10 David Reid Gaelic Grounds
2009[18] Mattock Rangers 3-12 Cooley Kickhams 0-11 Mark Brennan Clan na Gael Park
2008[19] Newtown Blues 1-15 Mattock Rangers 1-12 Ray Hughes Gaelic Grounds
2007[20] St Patrick's 1-09 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 Paddy Keenan St Brigid's Park
2006[21] St Joseph's 2-07 St Patrick's 0-09 David O'Donoghue Clan na Gael Park
2005[22] Mattock Rangers 1-12 Newtown Blues 2-06 Gerry Hanratty Gaelic Grounds
2004[23] St Patrick's 0-07 Cooley Kickhams 0-06 Darren Kirwan Clan na Gael Park
2003[24] St Patrick's 3-07, 2-11 (R) St Mary's 0-16, 0-10 (R) Seán White St Brigid's Park
2002[25] Mattock Rangers 2-11 St Bride's 1-11 Donal Geraghty Páirc Mhuire
2001[26] Newtown Blues 1-13 Mattock Rangers 0-08 Colm Nally Gaelic Grounds
2000[27] Newtown Blues 0-16 Stabannon Parnells 1-10 Colm Nally Gaelic Grounds
1999[28] Stabannon Parnells 2-09 Kilkerley Emmets 0-04 Nicholas Butterly McGeough Park
1998[29] Clan na Gael 0-08 Lann Léire 0-04 Gerry Curran The Grove
1997[30] Stabannon Parnells 2-12, 0-12 (R) St Mary's 2-12, 1-06 (R) Ken Reilly Gaelic Grounds
1996[31] St Joseph's 2-11 Stabannon Parnells 1-08 Enda McKeown Páirc Mhuire
1995[32] St Mary's 1-14 St Patrick's 0-07 Brendan Kerin Cluskey Park
1994[33] Stabannon Parnells 0-14, 0-12 (R) St Joseph's 1-11, 1-07 (R) David Reilly McGeough Park
1993[34] Clan na Gael 1-12 St Mary's 1-08 Kevin O'Hanlon Gaelic Grounds
1992[35] Clan na Gael 0-10, 3-11 (R) Dundalk Gaels 0-10, 1-06 (R) Peter Fitzpatrick St Brigid's Park
1991[36] Stabannon Parnells 1-11 Clan na Gael 1-09 Donal Murray St Brigid's Park
1990[37] Cooley Kickhams 0-11 Clan na Gael 0-09 Brendan Burke St Brigid's Park
1989[38] Cooley Kickhams 1-10 St Mary's 0-09 John McDonald Gaelic Grounds
1988[36] Newtown Blues 0-07 Clan na Gael 1-03 Eugene Judge The Grove
1987[39] Clan na Gael 1-07 Newtown Blues 0-04 Peter Fitzpatrick Páirc Mhuire
1986[40] Newtown Blues 3-05 Kilkerley Emmets 2-07 Dessie Callaghan Cluskey Park
1985[39] Clan na Gael 1-06 Roche Emmets 0-04 Benny McKeever St Brigid's Park
1984[41] St Fechin's 2-07 St Joseph's 0-08 Tommy Mulrey The Grove
1983[41] St Fechin's 1-08 Geraldines 1-05 Tommy Mulrey Páirc Mhuire
1982[42] Geraldines 1-12 Kilkerley Emmets 0-09 Pat Lynch St Brigid's Park
1981[36] Newtown Blues 2-11 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Davy Byrne Cluskey Park
1980[43] Roche Emmets 2-03 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-06 Mickey Quigley Páirc Mhuire
1979[44] Dundalk Young Irelands 0-11 Cooley Kickhams 1-05 Séamus Haughey St Brigid's Park
1978[45] Cooley Kickhams 2-07 St Mary's 1-08 Martin McCarthy St Brigid's Park
1977[36] Cooley Kickhams 2-12 Newtown Blues 2-06 Michael Malone Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1976[45] Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Mattock Rangers 0-06 Peadar Gallagher St Brigid's Park
1975[46] St Mary's 1-06, 4-09 (R) Cooley Kickhams 1-06, 4-03 (R) Kieran Byrne Gaelic Grounds
1974[36] Newtown Blues 1-04, 1-06 (R) Cooley Kickhams 1-04, 1-05 (R) Michael Leech Páirc Mhuire
1973[47] Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Mattock Rangers 0-07 Terry Brennan St Brigid's Park
1972[48] St Mary's 1-05 Cooley Kickhams 1-02 Tom Rice St Brigid's Park
1971[49] Cooley Kickhams 2-09 St Mary's 1-06 Harry McCarthy St Brigid's Park
1970[36] Newtown Blues 3-08 St Mary's 1-11 Danny Nugent St Brigid's Park
1969[36] Newtown Blues 1-14 Geraldines 2-05 Frank Clarke Páirc Mhuire
1968[50] St Mary's 1-07 St Fechin's 0-09 Barney Magennis Gaelic Grounds
1967[36] Newtown Blues 1-09 Cooley Kickhams 2-05 Matt Murphy St Brigid's Park
1966[36] Newtown Blues 2-12 Cooley Kickhams 1-04 Liam Leech St Brigid's Park
1965[36][51] O'Raghallaighs 1-09 Newtown Blues 0-05 Noel McDonnell Gaelic Grounds
1964[36] Newtown Blues 0-11, 3-08 (R) Clan na Gael 1-08, 0-04 (R) Paddy Leech Páirc Mhuire
1963[36] Newtown Blues 1-08 Roche Emmets 1-07 Peter McKenna St Brigid's Park
1962[36] Newtown Blues 2-04 Mattock Rangers 1-03 Jimmy Mulroy Páirc Mhuire
1961[36] Newtown Blues 1-12 Naomh Mhuire 1-09 Frank Fagan Gaelic Grounds
1960[52] St Mary's 1-09 Naomh Mhuire 2-04 Johnny Ross St Brigid's Park
1959[53] Clan na Gael 2-04, 0-08 (R) St Mary's 0-10, 0-05 (R) Benny Toal Gaelic Grounds
1958[54] Roche Emmets 1-07 Naomh Mhuire 1-05 Mick Brady Páirc Mhuire
1957[55] Oliver Plunketts 3-03 St Mary's 1-06 Terry Doolan Athletic Grounds
1956[56] St Mary's 2-03 Stabannon Parnells 0-03 Paddy Markey Athletic Grounds
1955[36] St Mary's 0-08 Stabannon Parnells 1-04 Paddy Markey Gaelic Grounds
1954[36] Stabannon Parnells 1-06 St Mary's 0-04 Tom Conlon Athletic Grounds
1953[57] Naomh Mhuire 4-10 Oliver Plunketts 0-08 Jim Gavin Gaelic Grounds
1952[58] Dundalk Gaels 0-08 Dowdallshill 1-02 Jack Regan Athletic Grounds
1951[56] St Mary's 3-09 Dundalk Gaels 1-07 Seán Boyle Gaelic Grounds
1950[59] Dundalk Young Irelands 0-07, 0-08 (R) St Magdalene's 0-07, 0-05 (R) Frank Fagan Athletic Grounds-Gaelic Grounds(R)
1949[60] Stabannon Parnells 2-02 St Mary's 1-04 Tom Shearman Athletic Grounds
1948[56] St Mary's 1-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 Seán Boyle Gaelic Grounds
1947[59] 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[61] St Mary's 2-07 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 Jimmy Beirne Gaelic Grounds
1945[59] Dundalk Gaels 2-11 St Magdalene's (Drogheda) 1-04 George McAdams Athletic Grounds
1944[59] Dundalk Young Irelands 3-05 Cooley Kickhams 1-01 Jim Quigley Athletic Grounds
1943[62] St Bride's 3-09 Cooley Kickhams 2-03 Jack Treanor Athletic Grounds
1942[63] ‡ Dundalk Gaels 0-07 St Mary's 2-03 - Athletic Grounds
1941[64] Dundalk Young Irelands 2-09 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Nick Mulligan Athletic Grounds
1940[64] Dundalk Young Irelands 1-09 Dundalk Gaels 0-09 Nick Mulligan Athletic Grounds
1939[36] Cooley Kickhams 3-13 Newtown Blues 1-03 Eddie Boyle Athletic Grounds
1938[64] Dundalk Young Irelands 0-08 (Replay) St Mary's 1-03 Seán Fitzsimons Gaelic Grounds
1937[59] Wolfe Tones 2-06 St Mary's 1-02 Mickey McKeown Athletic Grounds
1936[59] Newtown Blues 3-07 Wolfe Tones 2-06 Gerry Keogh Gaelic Grounds
1935[65] Cooley Kickhams 2-03 Wolfe Tones 0-04 Jim Murphy Athletic Grounds
1934[59] Glyde Rangers 1-03 Wolfe Tones 0-04 Jimmy Kelly Athletic Grounds
1933[59] Newtown Blues 3-03 Clan na Gael 1-07 Jem Moonan Gaelic Grounds
1932[36] Newtown Blues 4-03 St Bride's 2-04 Mick Bell Athletic Grounds
1931[59] Wolfe Tones 1-04 Newtown Blues 0-04 Mickey McKeown Gaelic Grounds
1930[59] Boyne Rangers 2-08 Glyde Rangers 1-01 Nicholas Brady Athletic Grounds
1929[59] Wolfe Tones 2-06 O'Connells 0-01 Nicky McKeown Gaelic Grounds
1928[66] Sarsfields 4-04 Boyne Rangers 1-02 John McKenna Athletic Grounds
1927[59] Wolfe Tones 1-02 Larks 1-00 Frank Byrne Gaelic Grounds
1926[59] Wolfe Tones 0-09 Geraldines 1-02 James Owens Castlebellingham
1925[59] Wolfe Tones W/O Clan na Gael scr. Frank Byrne -
1924[59] Clan na Gael 1-06 Larks (Killineer) 0-01 Peter Garland Athletic Grounds
1923[59] Clan na Gael 0-03 Boyne Rangers 0-01 Peter Garland Castlebellingham
1922[59] Boyne Rangers 3-03 Geraldines 1-00 Hugh Byrne Athletic Grounds
1921[59] ‡ Boyne Rangers 0-05 (Replay) Eamonn Ceannt's (Ardee) 0-05 Hugh Byrne Athletic Grounds
1920[67] Geraldines W/O Dundalk O'Rahillys scr. - -
1919[59] Drogheda Stars 0-04 Dundalk O'Rahillys 0-03 Tom Burke Shamrock Lodge
1918[59] Dundalk O'Rahillys 1-05 Tredaghs 0-02 Andy Tipping Athletic Grounds
1917[59] 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[59] Tredaghs 1-02, 2-02 (R) Geraldines 1-02, 0-05 (R) Jack Bannon Athletic Grounds-Ardee (R)
1911[59] Dundalk Young Irelands 2-04 Geraldines 0-06 Joe Mulligan Athletic Grounds
1910[59] Tredaghs 0-05 Geraldines 0-02 Jim Smith The Grove
1909[59] Tredaghs 2-10 Dundalk Rangers 0-04 Jack Carvin The Grove
1908[59] Dundalk Rangers 2-08 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 Patrick McCusker Athletic Grounds
1907[59] Dundalk Rangers 0-12 (Replay) John Dillons 0-06 Patrick McCusker Athletic Grounds
1906[59] 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[36] Newtown Blues 1-02 Dreadnots 0-03 James Mooney Athletic Grounds
1888[68] Dundalk Young Irelands 1-01 Dundalk John Dillons 1-00 Michael Carroll Athletic Grounds
1887[68] 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.[59]

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

  • 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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