Louth Senior Football Championship

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.

Louth Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Shinsearach Peile an Lú
Founded1887
Title holdersSt Mary's, Ardee (11th title)
Most titlesNewtown Blues (23 titles)
SponsorsAnchor Tours

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 Young Irelands (Dundalk) 11 1887, 1888, 1905, 1911, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1979
St Mary's, Ardee 11 1946, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1995, 2022
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, Lordship 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 1 1928
Dundalk O'Rahillys 1 1918

Finals
Year Winner Score Opponent Score Final Venue
2022[1] St Mary's, Ardee 1-12, 1-18 (R) Newtown Blues 1-12, 1-15 (R) Clan Na Gael Park-St Brigid's Park(R)
2021[2] Naomh Máirtín 1-15 St Mochta's (Louth Village) 0-07 Páirc Mhuire
2020[3] Naomh Máirtín 1-13 St Mary's, Ardee 1-09 Darver
2019[4] Newtown Blues 2-09 Naomh Máirtín 1-09 Gaelic Grounds
2018[5] Newtown Blues 1-11 Naomh Máirtín 1-10 Gaelic Grounds
2017[6] Newtown Blues 2-10 Dundalk Gaels 0-05 Gaelic Grounds
2016[7] Seán O'Mahony's 1-11 St Mary's, Ardee 1-09 Gaelic Grounds
2015[8] St Patrick's 1-14 Seán O'Mahony's 0-09 Gaelic Grounds
2014[9] St Patrick's 1-10 Dreadnots 1-08 Gaelic Grounds
2013[10] Newtown Blues 2-15 Cooley Kickhams 0-13 Gaelic Grounds
2012[11] St Patrick's 1-13 Dreadnots 0-07 Gaelic Grounds
2011[12] St Patrick's 0-10, 1-12 (R) Newtown Blues 1-07, 0-09 (R) Gaelic Grounds-St Brigid's Park (R)
2010[13] Mattock Rangers 1-08 Cooley Kickhams 0-10 Gaelic Grounds
2009[14] Mattock Rangers 3-12 Cooley Kickhams 0-11 Clan Na Gael Park
2008[15] Newtown Blues 1-15 Mattock Rangers 1-12 Gaelic Grounds
2007[16] St Patrick's 1-09 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 St Brigid's Park
2006[17] St Joseph's 2-07 St Patrick's 0-09 Clan Na Gael Park
2005[18] Mattock Rangers 1-12 Newtown Blues 2-06 Gaelic Grounds
2004[19] St Patrick's 0-07 Cooley Kickhams 0-06 Clan Na Gael Park
2003[20] St Patrick's 3-07, 2-11 (R) St Mary's, Ardee 0-16, 0-10 (R) St Brigid's Park
2002[21] Mattock Rangers 2-11 St Bride's 1-11 Páirc Mhuire
2001[22] Newtown Blues 1-13 Mattock Rangers 0-08 Gaelic Grounds
2000[23] Newtown Blues 0-16 Stabannon Parnells 1-10 Gaelic Grounds
1999[24] Stabannon Parnells 2-09 Kilkerley Emmets 0-04 McGeough Park
1998[25] Clan Na Gael 0-08 Lannléire 0-04 The Grove
1997[26] Stabannon Parnells 2-12, 0-12 (R) St Mary's, Ardee 2-12, 1-06 (R) Gaelic Grounds
1996[27] St Joseph's 2-11 Stabannon Parnells 1-08 Páirc Mhuire
1995 St Mary's, Ardee 1-14 St Patrick's 0-07 Cluskey Park
1994[28] Stabannon Parnells 0-14, 0-12 (R) St Joseph's 1-11, 1-07 (R) McGeough Park
1993[29] Clan Na Gael 1-12 St Mary's, Ardee 1-08 Gaelic Grounds
1992[30] Clan Na Gael 0-10, 3-11 (R) Dundalk Gaels 0-10, 1-06 (R) St Brigid's Park
1991 Stabannon Parnells 1-11 Clan Na Gael 1-09 St Brigid's Park
1990[31] Cooley Kickhams 0-11 Clan Na Gael 0-09 St Brigid's Park
1989[32] Cooley Kickhams 1-10 St Mary's, Ardee 0-09 Gaelic Grounds
1988 Newtown Blues 0-07 Clan Na Gael 1-03 The Grove
1987 Clan Na Gael 1-07 Newtown Blues 0-04 Páirc Mhuire
1986[33] Newtown Blues 3-05 Kilkerley Emmets 2-07 Cluskey Park
1985[34] Clan Na Gael 1-06 Roche Emmets 0-04 St Brigid's Park
1984[35] St Fechin's 2-07 St Joseph's 0-08 The Grove
1983[36] St Fechin's 1-08 Geraldines 1-05 Páirc Mhuire
1982[37] Geraldines 1-12 Kilkerley Emmets 0-09 St Brigid's Park
1981 Newtown Blues 2-11 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Cluskey Park
1980 Roche Emmets 2-03 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-06 Páirc Mhuire
1979 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-11 Cooley Kickhams 1-05 St Brigid's Park
1978 Cooley Kickhams 2-07 St Mary's, Ardee 1-08 St Brigid's Park
1977 Cooley Kickhams 2-12 Newtown Blues 2-06 Pairc Uí Mhuirí
1976 Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Mattock Rangers 0-06 St Brigid's Park
1975 St Mary's, Ardee 1-06, 4-09 (R) Cooley Kickhams 1-06, 4-03 (R) Gaelic Grounds
1974 Newtown Blues 1-04, 1-06 (R) Cooley Kickhams 1-04, 1-05 (R) Páirc Mhuire
1973[38] Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Mattock Rangers 0-07 St Brigid's Park
1972 St Mary's, Ardee 1-05 Cooley Kickhams 1-02 St Brigid's Park
1971[39] Cooley Kickhams 2-09 St Mary's, Ardee 1-06 St Brigid's Park
1970[40] Newtown Blues 3-08 St Mary's, Ardee 1-11 St Brigid's Park
1969 Newtown Blues 1-14 Geraldines 2-05 Páirc Mhuire
1968 St Mary's, Ardee 1-07 St Fechin's 0-09 Gaelic Grounds
1967[41] Newtown Blues 1-09 Cooley Kickhams 2-05 St Brigid's Park
1966 Newtown Blues 2-12 Cooley Kickhams 1-04 St Brigid's Park
1965 O'Raghallaighs 1-09 Newtown Blues 0-05 Gaelic Grounds
1964[42] Newtown Blues 0-11, 3-08 (R) Clan Na Gael 1-08, 0-04 (R) Páirc Mhuire
1963[43] Newtown Blues 1-08 Roche Emmets 1-07 St Brigid's Park
1962 Newtown Blues 2-04 Mattock Rangers 1-03 Páirc Mhuire
1961 Newtown Blues 1-12 Naomh Mhuire 1-09 Gaelic Grounds
1960 St Mary's, Ardee 1-09 Naomh Mhuire 2-04 St Brigid's Park
1959 Clan Na Gael 2-04, 0-08 (R) St Mary's, Ardee 0-10, 0-05 (R) Gaelic Grounds
1958 Roche Emmets 1-07 Naomh Mhuire 1-05 Páirc Mhuire
1957 Oliver Plunketts 3-03 St Mary's, Ardee 1-06 Athletic Grounds
1956 St Mary's, Ardee 2-03 Stabannon Parnells 0-03 Athletic Grounds
1955 St Mary's, Ardee 0-08 Stabannon Parnells 1-04 Gaelic Grounds
1954 Stabannon Parnells 1-06 St Mary's, Ardee 0-04 Athletic Grounds
1953 Naomh Mhuire 4-10 Oliver Plunketts 0-8 Gaelic Grounds
1952 Dundalk Gaels 0-08 Dowdallshill 1-02 Athletic Grounds
1951 St Mary's, Ardee 3-09 Dundalk Gaels 1-07 Gaelic Grounds
1950 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-07, 0-08 (R) St Magdalene's 0-07, 0-05 (R) Athletic Grounds-Gaelic Grounds (R)
1949[44] Stabannon Parnells 2-02 St Mary's, Ardee 1-04 Athletic Grounds
1948 St Mary's, Ardee 1-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 Gaelic Grounds
1947 Dundalk Young Irelands 3-05 (R) Owen Roes, Drogheda 0-05 Gaelic Grounds-Athletic Grounds (R)
1946 St Mary's, Ardee 2-07 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 Gaelic Grounds
1945 Dundalk Gaels 2-11 St. Magdelene's, Drogheda 1-04 Athletic Grounds
1944 Dundalk Young Irelands 3-05 Cooley Kickhams 1-01 Athletic Grounds
1943 St Bride's 3-09 Cooley Kickhams 2-03 Athletic Grounds
1942 Dundalk Gaels W/O St Mary's, Ardee (didn't travel) ------
1941 Dundalk Young Irelands 2-09 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Athletic Grounds
1940 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-09 Dundalk Gaels 0-09 Athletic Grounds
1939 Cooley Kickhams 3-13 Newtown Blues 1-03 Athletic Grounds
1938 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-08 (R) St Mary's, Ardee 1-03 Gaelic Grounds
1937 Wolfe Tones 2-06 St Mary's, Ardee 1-02 Athletic Grounds
1936 Newtown Blues 3-07 Wolfe Tones 2-06 Gaelic Grounds
1935 Cooley Kickhams 2-03 Wolfe Tones 0-04 Athletic Grounds
1934 Glyde Rangers 1-03 Wolfe Tones 0-04 Athletic Grounds
1933 Newtown Blues 3-03 Clan Na Gael 1-07 Gaelic Grounds
1932 Newtown Blues 4-03 St Bride's 2-04 Athletic Grounds
1931 Wolfe Tones 1-04 Newtown Blues 0-04 Gaelic Grounds
1930 Boyne Rangers 2-08 Glyde Rangers 1-01 Athletic Grounds
1929 Wolfe Tones 2-06 O'Connell's 0-01 Gaelic Grounds
1928 Dundalk Sarsfields 4-04 Boyne Rangers 1-02 Athletic Grounds
1927 Wolfe Tones 1-02 Drogheda Larks 1-00 Gaelic Grounds
1926 Wolfe Tones 0-09 Geraldines 1-02 Castlebellingham
1925 Wolfe Tones W/O Clan Na Gael scr. ------
1924 Clan Na Gael 1-06 Drogheda Larks 0-01 Athletic Grounds
1923 Clan Na Gael 0-03 Boyne Rangers 0-01 Castlebellingham
1922 Boyne Rangers 3-03 Geraldines 1-00 Athletic Grounds
1921 Boyne Rangers Replay ended 0-05 each Eamonn Ceannts, Ardee (Boyne awarded title) Athletic Grounds
1920 Geraldines W/O Dundalk O'Rahillys scr. ------
1919 Drogheda Stars 0-04 Dundalk O'Rahillys 0-03 Shamrock Lodge
1918 Dundalk O'Rahillys 1-05 Tredaghs 0-02 Athletic Grounds
1917 Drogheda Stars 0-03 Cooley Kickhams 0-00 Athletic Grounds
1916 Geraldines 3-03 Tredaghs 1-04 Shamrock Lodge
1915 Geraldines 1-05 Tredaghs 0-06 Athletic Grounds
1914 Ardee St. Mochta's 1-04 Drogheda Stars 0-01 Athletic Grounds
1913 Geraldines 2-06 Ardee St. Mochta's 0-07 Shamrock Lodge
1912 Tredaghs 1-02, 2-02 (R) Geraldines 1-02, 0-05 (R) Athletic Grounds-Ardee (R)
1911 Dundalk Young Irelands 2-04 Geraldines 0-06 Athletic Grounds
1910 Tredaghs 0-05 Geraldines 0-02 Castlebellingham
1909 Tredaghs 2-10 Dundalk Rangers 0-04 Castlebellingham
1908 Dundalk Rangers 2-08 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 Athletic Grounds
1907 Dundalk Rangers 0-12 (R) John Dillons 0-06 Athletic Grounds
1906 Drogheda Tredaghs 0-08, 0-05 (R) Geraldines 0-08, 0-03 Castlebellingham
1905 Dundalk Young Irelands (R) Drogheda Tredaghs (lost on obj.) Ardee-Athletic Grounds (R)
1904 Boyne Rovers 1-04 John Dillons 0-03 Castlebellingham
1903 Ardee Volunteers 1-07 (R) Dundalk Young Irelands 1-04 Waterunder
1902 Drogheda Independents 3-10 Ardee Volunteers 0-04 Waterunder
1901 Drogheda Independents No game - Awarded title - -
1900 Drogheda Independents No game - Awarded title - -
1899 No Championship
1898 Boyne Rangers No game - Awarded title - -
1897 Boyne Rangers - Glyde Rangers - Bryanstown
1896 Drogheda Emmets 1-08 Drogheda Young Irelands 0-02 Laytown
1895 Boyne Rangers 0-07 Drogheda Young Irelands 0-03 Bryanstown
1894 No Championship
1893 No Championship
1892 No Championship
1891 No Championship
1890 Drogheda Davitts 2-04 Sandpit T.P Gills 0-00 Bryanstown
1889 Newtown Blues 1-02 Dreadnots 0-03 Athletic Grounds
1888 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-01 Dundalk John Dillons 1-00 Athletic Grounds
1887[45] Dundalk Young Irelands 0-03 Dowdallshill 0-02 Haggardstown

Trophy

The winning team is presented with the Joe Ward Cup.[46]

See also
  • Louth Intermediate Football Championship
  • Louth Minor Football Championship
  • Louth Junior Football Championship
  • Cardinal O'Donnell Cup
  • 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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