Louth Junior Football Championship

Louth Junior Football Championship
Founded1904
Title holdersOliver Plunketts (4th title)
Most titlesGlyde Rangers (7)
SponsorsDKIT Sport[1]

The Louth Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA and contested by the junior One/A grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship, the winner of which then progresses to represent Leinster in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

Honours

The winning team is presented with the Christy Bellew Cup, named after the Drogheda GAA official and Killineer Larks club member who was chairman of Louth GAA in the 1920s.[2] The cup was presented for the first time in 1949 to the victorious St Bride's team. The Junior championship itself was first contested in 1904.[3]

The winning team is promoted to play in the following year's Louth Intermediate Football Championship.

Finals

Year Winner Score Opponent Score Winning Captain Final Venue
1904[4] Tredaghs (Drogheda) 0-03 O'Mahony's (Dundalk) 0-02 Tom Kelly Castlebellingham
1905[4] Dundalk Rangers 1-06 (R) Newtown Blues 0-04 (R) Johnny Brennan Castlebellingham
1906 Stars (Drogheda) 1-05 O'Mahony's 1-03 Jim McKeown Athletic Grounds
1907 Tredaghs 2-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 Denis Tenanty Castlebellingham
1908 Dundalk Rangers 0-08 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 - Athletic Grounds
1909 Geraldines 1–16 Dundalk Rangers 1-01 Joe McGuinness Athletic Grounds
1910 Ardee St Mochta's 1-05 Dundalk Rangers 1-02 Jimmy McCann Shamrock Lodge
1911 Funshog 1-02 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-04 James Reilly Castlebellingham
1912 Stars 0-05 Dundalk Rangers 0-01 Tom Burke Athletic Grounds
1913 Dundalk Rangers 3-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-00 John Norton Athletic Grounds
1914[4] Stars 3-02 Hitchestown 2-03 Tom Burke Athletic Grounds
1915 Hitchestown 0-03 Hearts of Oriel (Dundalk) 0-01 Paddy Joe Butterly Shamrock Lodge
1916 Cooley Kickhams 2-06 Tower Emmets (Drogheda) 1-00 Josie Ferguson Athletic Grounds
1917 Dundalk Rangers 2-07 Ardee St Mochta's 2-02 James Woods Athletic Grounds
1918[4] Dundalk O'Rahillys 2-03 Eamonn Ceannts (Ardee) 0-03 Jimmy Martin Ardee
1919 Dundalk John Dillons 2-00 Eamonn Ceannts 0-02 Atty Hanratty Shamrock Lodge
1920 Geraldines 2-01 Con Colberts (Dundalk) 1-02 Joe Donnelly Athletic Grounds
1921 Boyne Rangers 3-01 Larks 2-01 Edward Corbally Shamrock Lodge
1922[4] Clan na Gael 1-05 Castlebellingham 0-02 Peter Garland Castlebellingham
1923 O'Mahony's 1-02 Dundalk Rangers 1-01 Pat Carroll Athletic Grounds
1924 Castlebellingham 1-05 Larks 1-01 Jack Lynch Athletic Grounds
1925 O'Mahony's 2-02 Castle Emmets (Dundalk) 2-01 Jack Callan Athletic Grounds
1926[4] Con Colberts 1-03 St Dominic's (Dundalk) 0-04 Willie Lawless Athletic Grounds
1927 Unknowns (Dromiskin) 4-03 Cooley Kickhams 0-03 Paddy Connor Athletic Grounds
1928 Castlebellingham 1-04 St Mary's 1-02 - Gaelic Grounds
1929[4] Glyde Rangers 2-03 Clan na Gael 1-04 Jimmy Kelly The Grove
1930 Clan na Gael 2-05 Castle Emmets 2-04 Peter Garland Athletic Grounds
1931 St Bride's 1-04 Owen Roe's (Drogheda) 1-02 Peter Byrne The Grove
1932 Owen Roe's 2-02 Dundalk Gaels 1-04 Jimmy Mullen Athletic Grounds
1933[4] Dundalk Gaels 4-02 Darver Young Irelands 0-08 Arty Connolly The Grove
1934[5] Cooley Kickhams 7–10 St Joseph's (Dundalk, now defunct) 1-02 Jim Murphy Athletic Grounds
1935 Dowdallshill 2-06 (After 2nd replay) St Magdalene's (Drogheda) 3-01 Jim Tiernan Gaelic Grounds
1936 Clan na Gael 1-05 Geraldines 0-01 Joe Hearty Athletic Grounds
1937 Dundalk Young Irelands 4-05 (R) Darver Young Irelands 2-04 (R) Nick Mulligan Athletic Grounds
1938 Darver Young Irelands 2-06 St Bride's 2-04 Jim Cluskey Athletic Grounds
1939 Geraldines 2-04 St Bride's 1-03 Tommy Thornton Athletic Grounds
1940 St Bride's 1-06 Seán O'Mahony's 1-04 Jack Treanor Athletic Grounds
1941[4] Seán O'Mahony's 2-07 Wolfe Tones 0-04 Anthony Rogers The Grove
1942[4] St Magdalene's 2-06 Geraldines 2-05 Ollie Halpin Athletic Grounds
1943 Stabannon Parnells 1-03 Lann Léire 1-02 John Lynch Athletic Grounds
1944 St Mochta's 5-04 Round Towers (Dromiskin) 1-03 John Byrne Athletic Grounds
1945 Owen Roe's 4-01 Hunterstown 1-04 Oliver Mullen Gaelic Grounds
1946 Kilkerley Emmets 4-04 Hunterstown 0-04 Tom O'Hare Athletic Grounds
1947 Cooley Kickhams 2-04 (R) Oliver Plunketts 0-03 (R) Mick Callaghan Athletic Grounds
1948 Glyde Rangers 1-06 Parnells (Drogheda) 0-05 Peter Woods Athletic Grounds
1949[6] St Bride's 2-06 Kilkerley Emmets 0-04 Harry Devine Athletic Grounds
1950[7] Dundalk Young Irelands 2-01 Dowdallshill 0-06 Harry Cumiskey Athletic Grounds
1951 Dowdallshill 0-06, 4-04 (R) Oliver Plunketts 1-03, 1-08 (R) Owen Rogers Páirc Mhuire
1952[8] Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) 4-04 Kilkerley Emmets 2-01 Jim Gavin Páirc Mhuire
1953[9] Walshestown Rovers 2-05 Oliver Plunketts 0-03 Larry Fay Páirc Mhuire
1954[10] Clan na Gael 1-06 Glyde Rangers 1-02 Paddy Dixon The Grove
1955 Unknowns 2-05 Newtown Blues 2-03 Paddy Dooley Páirc Mhuire
1956[11] Darver Volunteers 0–12 Roche Emmets 1-07 Michael McDonnell Páirc Mhuire
1957[12] Roche Emmets 0-06 Glyde Rangers 0-03 Jim McArdle Páirc Mhuire
1958 Newtown Blues 1–11 St Bride's 1-05 Jim Judge Páirc Mhuire
1959 Hunterstown 0-09 St Bride's 0-05 Ollie Reilly Páirc Mhuire
1960[13] St Patrick's 3–11 Parnells 0-02 Jim Byrne Páirc Mhuire
1961 Mattock Rangers 0–11 Geraldines 2-04 Ollie Geraghty Páirc Mochta
1962 Glyde Rangers 1–11 St Bride's 0-06 Joe Mackin Páirc Mochta
1963 O'Raghallaighs 1–10 O'Connells 1-06 Muckle McKeown Páirc Mhuire
1964[14] Cooley Kickhams 0-08 Naomh Fionnbarra 0-07 John Woods St Brigid's Park
1965[15] St Fechin's 1-05 Seán McDermott's 1-04 John Crosbie Páirc Mhuire
1966 Geraldines 0-08 Seán McDermott's 1-01 Frank Lynch Knockbridge
1967[16] St Bride's 1-07 St Kevin's 1-05 Gerry Kelly Páirc Mochta
1968 St Kevin's 2-08 Fane Rangers (Channonrock) 0-05 Benny Grogan Knockbridge
1969 Glyde Rangers 0-06 Seán McDermott's 0-03 Gerry Sheridan Páirc Mochta
1970[17] Dowdallshill 1–10 St Patrick's 1-07 Billy Curran Páirc Mochta
1971[18] St Joseph's 1–11 St Patrick's 0-05 Éamon Daly Knockbridge
1972[19] St Patrick's 1-05 St Mochta's 0-03 Seán Hanlon Knockbridge
1973[20] Seán O'Mahony's 3-09 Naomh Fionnbarra 3-06 John Finnegan The Grove
1974[21] Seán McDermott's 0-07 St Mary's 0-05 Jim McLoughlin Gaelic Grounds
1975[15] St Mochta's 0-09 St Fechin's 0-04 Don Neary Páirc Mhuire
1976[15] St Fechin's 2-09 Kilkerley Emmets 0-09 Con Sands Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1977[22] Dundalk Young Irelands 1–12 Oliver Plunketts 0-06 Gerry Nixon Knockbridge
1978[8] Naomh Mhuire 2-06 Lann Léire 1-07 Paul McKenna The Grove
1979[23] Naomh Malachi 0-08 Naomh Máirtín 1-01 Brendan Begley Cluskey Park
1980[24] Naomh Máirtín 1–14 Westerns 1-07 James Mullen The Grove
1981 Oliver Plunketts 3–10 Lann Léire 1-08 Frank Taaffe Knockbridge
1982[25] Seán O'Mahony's 1-08 O'Connells 0-07 Eddie O'Leary Knockbridge
1983 O'Connells 1–10, 2-04 (R) Lann Léire 1–10, 0-05 (R) Gerry Fox Knockbridge
1984 Oliver Plunketts 2–11 Dundalk Gaels 1-07 Mickey Matthews Cluskey Park
1985 Lann Léire 2-09 John Mitchels 1-06 Aidan King Cluskey Park
1986 Dundalk Gaels 0-06 Hunterstown 0-04 Kevin Barry The Grove
1987 Hunterstown 2-02 Seán O'Mahony's 0-06 Mickey Durnin Páirc Mochta
1988 O'Connells 0-06 St Kevin's 0-02 Gerry Fox Knockbridge
1989 St Kevin's 1-05, 1-07 (R) St Mochta's 1-05, 1-03 (R) John McGrane The Grove
1990[26] Glyde Rangers 2-04, 1-13 (R) A.E.T St Mochta's 0–10, 1-08 (R) Paddy Kelly Páirc Mhuire
1991[27] O'Raghallaighs 0–12 St Mochta's 0-09 David O'Neill Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1992[28] John Mitchels 1-04 Glyde Rangers 0-06 Derek Breagy McGeough Park
1993[29] Na Piarsaigh 2-06 Glyde Rangers 0–10 Paul Smyth McGeough Park
1994[30] St. Nicholas 2-05 Glyde Rangers 0-08 Tim Murphy The Grove
1995[31] St Mochta's 1-08, 1-12 (R) O'Raghallaighs 1-08, 0-05 (R) Anthony Meegan The Grove
1996[32] Glyde Rangers 1-09, 1-07 (R) Oliver Plunketts 1-09, 1-05 (R) Michael McKeever Knockbridge
1997[33] Glen Emmets 3–13 Westerns 2–12 Shane Black Páirc Mhuire
1998[34] John Mitchels 1-08 St Bride's 0-09 Des Halpenny Páirc Mochta
1999[35] Dreadnots 1-09 O'Connells 2-05 Gerard Byrne Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2000[36] Annaghminnon Rovers 1–16 Glen Emmets 3-08 Brendan Pepper Tallanstown
2001[37] O'Raghallaighs 1–12 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-07 Kevin King Cluskey Park
2002[38] Na Piarsaigh 0–13 Dowdallshill 1-08 Barry Magill Clan na Gael Park
2003[39] Dowdallshill 3-05 Westerns 3-04 Ciarán O'Callaghan Páirc Mochta
2004[40] St Mochta's 2–14 Glen Emmets 2–10 Gervaise Marron Páirc Mhuire
2005[41] Dowdallshill 1-08 St Kevin's 0–10 Vincent McKevitt The Grove
2006[42] St Kevin's 1–10 Westerns 1-05 Mark Boylan St Brigid's Park
2007[43] Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 St Mochta's 0-07 Aaron Rogers Clan na Gael Park
2008[44] St. Nicholas 1-07, 1-10 (R) Lann Léire 0–10, 0-08 (R) Shane Downey McGeough Park-Gaelic Grounds (R)
2009[45] St Mochta's 0–15 St Fechin's 0–12 Gervaise Marron McGeough Park
2010[46] Naomh Fionnbarra 3-05 Seán McDermott's 0–11 Bernard Osborne The Grove
2011[47] St Fechin's 2–16 Glen Emmets 1-09 Harry McArdle Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2012[48] Glen Emmets 1-07 Lann Léire 0-09 Stephen Healy The Grove
2013[49] Hunterstown 3–16 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-05 Pádraig Matthews Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2014[50] Oliver Plunketts 2-06 Glen Emmets 0-09 Seán Brassil Stabannon
2015[51] Naomh Fionnbarra 2-20 Roche Emmets 0-07 Hugh McGrane Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2016[52] St Kevin's 2-09 Glen Emmets 0–14 Liam Boylan The Grove
2017[53] Glen Emmets 1–12 Glyde Rangers 0–14 Ronan Grufferty The Grove
2018[54] Dundalk Young Irelands 1-04 Glyde Rangers 0-06 Cian Ó'Náraigh St Brigid's Park
2019[55] Roche Emmets 1–11, 2-07 (R) Glyde Rangers 1–11, 0-10 (R) Liam Dawe Clan na Gael Park-The Grove (R)
2020[56] Naomh Fionnbarra 3-07 Lann Léire 2-07 Hugh McGrane Darver
2021[57] Glen Emmets 3-07 John Mitchels 1-08 Conor Grimes Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2022[58] Stabannon Parnells 0–10, 2-10 (R) Glyde Rangers 1-07, 0-08 (R) Thomas Campbell The Grove
2023[59] Glyde Rangers 1–13 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-08 Brian Duffy Stabannon
2024[60] Wolfe Tones 2–10 John Mitchels 2-02 Dwayne Leavy Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2025[61][62] Oliver Plunketts 2–10, 1-13 (R) Glyde Rangers 1–13, 1-11 (R) Dean Carolan The Grove

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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