Louth Junior 2A Football Championship

Louth Junior 2A Football Championship
Founded1917[1]
Title holdersCooley Kickhams
Most titlesCooley Kickhams (10 titles)

The Louth Junior 2A Football Championship is an annual knockout gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA, contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth.

Formerly known as the Second Division Championship, it was renamed the Junior 2 Championship when the county football Leagues were reorganized in 1978.[1]

Trophy

The captain of the winning team is presented with the Dan McEvoy Cup. Dan "Warren" McEvoy was a member of the Tredaghs football club in Drogheda and played on the Louth team that won the 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1]

Finals

(R) = Replay

Year Winner Score Opponent Score Winning Captain
1917[2] Drogheda Harps 0-05 Dromiskin Shamrocks 0-02 -
1918 Castle Emmets (Dundalk) - Boyne Rangers (Drogheda) - -
1919 Boyne Rangers 4-05 Clan na Gael 0-00 Edward Corbally
1920 Clan na Gael 4-04 Hitchestown 1-01 Peter Woods
1921 Fane Rangers (Channonrock) 1-05 Walshestown Rovers 0-00 -
1922 Stabannon Independents (Won via objection) Fane Rangers - Jack McConnon
1923 Clan na Gael 0-06 Shamrocks (Dundalk) 0-02 Peter Woods
1924 Castle Emmets 2-03 Dromiskin Unknowns 1-00 -
1925 Dromiskin Unknowns 0-06 Ballybinaby Emmets 0-00 Paddy Connor
1926 Rapparees (Dundalk) 1-02 Blues (Dundalk) 1-01 Joe Farrell
1927 Clan na Gael 1-03 Newtown Blues 1-02 James Hearty
1928 Glyde Rangers 1-01 Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers 0-00 Michael Rogan
1929 Hitchestown 1-11 Kilcurry 2-02 Tom Maguire
1930 Kilcurry 3-01 Dromiskin Unknowns 1-03 -
1931 St Magdalene's (Drogheda) 1-04 Dowdallshill 0-04 Paddy Mullen
1932 O'Connells 1-06 Dowdallshill 0-01 Peter Tuite
1933 Glyde Rangers 3-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-02 -
1934 Dowdallshill 1-04 Cannontown Emmets (Termonfeckin) 0-02 Johnny Murphy
1935 St Mochta's 2-03 Stabannon Parnells 1-02 Bernard Byrne
1936 Stabannon Parnells 1-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-02 -
1937 Woodington Rangers (Drogheda) 2-05 St Joseph's (Dundalk) 1-06 Patrick Dunne
1938 Dillonstown 3-02 Cooley Kickhams 2-02 Thomas O'Neill
1939 Dowdallshill 1-08 Darver Young Irelands 2-00 Dan Bennett
1940[3] Ramblers United (Termonfeckin) 1-06 Stabannon Parnells 1-05 -
1941[4] Stabannon Parnells 2-01 Kilkerley Emmets 0-04 John Lynch
1942[4] Kilkerley Emmets 1-06 Lann Léire 0-02 Petey Murphy
1943 St Dominic's (Ardee) 1-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-04 -
1944 Glyde Rangers 1-08 Stabannon Parnells 1-06 Benny Ryan
1945[5] St Mary's 0-04 Fane Rangers 0-01 James Burke
1946 Thomas Davis (Dunleer) 3-00 Fane Rangers 1-04 Owen Holdcroft
1947[6] Darver Volunteers 1-05 Cooley Kickhams 0-02 -
1948 (Declared null and void)
1949[7] O'Connells 2-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-04 Peter Tuite
1950[8] St Colmcille's (Togher) 3-09 Mountpleasant Plunkets 1-03 Paddy Butterly
1951[9] Stabannon Parnells 1-06 Walshestown Rovers 0-06 Willie Byrne
1952[10] Walshestown Rovers 4-01 St Michael's (Clogherhead) 0-03 Amby Morgan
1953[11] Roche Emmets 1-04 (R) Lann Léire 0-06 (R) Willie Treacy
1954[12] Hunterstown Rovers 1-06 Lann Léire 0-04 Jack Reilly
1955[13] Lann Léire 1-07 Seán McDermott's 1-04 John Bowden
1956 St Mochta's 0-07 O'Connells 1-02 Tom Kerr
1957[14] St Kevin's 2-06 Seán McDermott's 3-02 Jim McCabe
1958[15] Seán McDermott's 2-03 Naomh Máirtín 1-03 Joe Osborne
1959 Naomh Máirtín 0-05 Dreadnots 0-04 Hugh Russell
1960 Mattock Rangers 2-07 Dreadnots 1-05 Paddy Geraghty
1961[16] St Fechin's 2-04 Dreadnots 1-03 Michael Carroll
1962[17] Dreadnots 2-08 Fane Rangers 1-03 Anthony Kirwan
1963 Fane Rangers 1-12 Naomh Máirtín 3-01 Harry Reilly
1964[18] Annaghminnon Rovers 1-09 John Mitchels 2-05 Mick Drumgoole
1965[19] Glen Emmets 0-08 Stabannon Parnells 0-07 Paul Carrie
1966 (Declared null and void)
1967[20] John Mitchels 5-05 Stabannon Parnells 1-02 John Manning
1968 Stabannon Parnells 1-08 O'Connells 0-05 Seán Quinn
1969 St Mary's 3-01 Hunterstown Rovers 1-05 Francie Higgins
1970 St Mochta's 1-03 Hunterstown Rovers 0-03 John Byrne
1971[21] Lann Léire 0-07 Westerns 0-04 Bartle Faulkner
1972[22] Naomh Máirtín 1-11 Hunterstown Rovers 1-09 John Mullen
1973[23] Hunterstown Rovers 1-04 Dreadnots 0-05 Peter Taaffe
1974[17] Dreadnots 3-03 Westerns 2-05 Dermot Campbell
1975[24] Lann Léire 1-07 Westerns 1-05 Tommy Martin
1976[25] O'Connells 0-10 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-04 Patsy Callan
1977 Westerns 0-08 Glen Emmets 1-02 Brendan Matthews
1978[26] St Fechin's 0-06 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 Charlie Collier
1979 Roche Emmets 1-03 Mattock Rangers 0-02 Seán Quinn
1980 Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 Brendan Shields
1981 Seán O'Mahony's 1-06 St Mary's 0-05 Eddie O'Leary
1982[27] Dundalk Young Irelands 1-09 Geraldines 0-05 Michael Bracken
1983[28] Glen Emmets 0-09 Dundalk Gaels 0-05 Gerry Martin
1984[29] Clan na Gael 1-06 Oliver Plunketts 0-02 David Neary
1985 Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) 2-07 (R) Na Piarsaigh 0-11 (R) Gerard Murtagh
1986[4] Kilkerley Emmets 0-07 Glen Emmets 1-02 Francie Kirk
1987 St Nicholas 2-12 Na Piarsaigh 0-08 Philip Kirwan
1988 Roche Emmets 2-07 St Patrick's 1-05 Martin Shearman
1989 St Mary's 2-06 (R) Cooley Kickhams 1-06 (R) Bartle Landy
1990[29] Clan na Gael 1-10 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-03 Ciarán McKeever
1991 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 St Mary's 0-05 Aidan Shields
1992 Cooley Kickhams 1-08 Clan na Gael 1-07 Ian Murphy
1993 Clan na Gael 1-10 Roche Emmets 0-07 Donagh Rice
1994 Clan na Gael 1-12 (R) Cooley Kickhams 2-08 (R) Fergus Byrne
1995 Clan na Gael 1-12 Cooley Kickhams 2-07 Derek McCabe
1996 Newtown Blues 3-10 St Mary's 2-06 David Hughes
1997 St Patrick's 0-10 Cooley Kickhams 0-07 Gerry McEneaney
1998 St Patrick's 3-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-10 Séamus Rennick
1999[30] St Patrick's 2-12 Roche Emmets 0-04 Damien White
2000[31] Cooley Kickhams 1-06 (R) Newtown Blues 0-02 (R) Pádraig O'Neill
2001[32] Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Naomh Máirtín 1-04 Michael Murphy
2002[33] Cooley Kickhams 2-13 Newtown Blues 0-07 Michael Hanlon
2003[34] St Patrick's 1-08 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 James Hynes
2004[35] Newtown Blues 3-04 St Mary's 1-06 Tommy Costello
2005[36] Clan na Gael 2-09 Newtown Blues 0-12 Ciarán Campbell
2006[37] St Patrick's 2-06 Cooley Kickhams 0-08 Paddy White
2007[38] Cooley Kickhams 0-13 St Patrick's 1-07 Ronan Hanlon
2008[39] Naomh Malachi 2-04 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Ronan Lynch
2009[40] Cooley Kickhams 0-11 St Patrick's 0-08 Declan McGuinness
2010[41] Newtown Blues 2-11 Naomh Máirtín 0-08 Stephen Kermode
2011[42] Dundalk Gaels 2-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 Stephen McLoughlin
2012[43] Naomh Máirtín 3-08 St Mary's 3-07 Thomas Sullivan
2013[44] St Bride's 3-11 Clan na Gael 0-09 Ruairí Kelly
2014 St Mary's 2-09 Geraldines 1-08 Shane Carroll
2015[45] St Mary's 2-09 St Patrick's 0-10 Paul Malone
2016[46] Geraldines 2-11 Naomh Máirtín 0-07 John Pepper
2017[47] St Mary's 2-07 St Fechin's 0-06 Wayne Matthews
2018[48] St Mary's 0-10 Dundalk Gaels 0-07 Mark Gorman
2019[49] Naomh Máirtín 4-07 St Patrick's 0-11 Connor Smyth
2020 (Cancelled - COVID-19)
2021[50] Cooley Kickhams 1-11 St Mary's 0-12 Keith White
2022[51] Naomh Máirtín 3-16 St Patrick's 0-07 Jack McCarville
2023 Geraldines 0-14 Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Paul Clarke
2024[52] St Patrick's 1-07 Naomh Máirtín 0-07 Adam Finnegan
2025[53] Cooley Kickhams 0-09 St Patrick's 1-05 Seán White

References

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  51. ↑ "Oisín Gray scores a hat-trick as Naomh Máirtín claim Junior 2A title by beating St Patrick's". The Argus. 13 November 2022.
  52. ↑ "Louth JFC Finals Round-up – St Patrick's and Kilkerley end season with silverware". The Argus. 18 November 2024.
  53. ↑ "Cooley defeat St. Pats to clinch Louth Junior 2A Championship title". Dundalk Democrat. 30 November 2025.
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