St Mary's GAA (Louth)
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| Founded: | 1928 | ||||||||
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| County: | Louth | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | DEFY Páirc Mhuire | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°50′31″N 6°32′36″W / 53.841912°N 6.5432°W | ||||||||
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St Mary's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Ardee, County Louth, Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organized by Louth GAA.
History
The club was founded in 1928.[1] In 1955 St Mary's won all three Senior club competitions (Old Gaels Cup, Cardinal O'Donnell Cup and Senior Championship) and went on to repeat this feat in 1956.[2] As of 2022, the club had competed in 26 Louth Senior Football Championship finals, winning 10.[3]
By 2023, St Mary's had won their 12th county title, after defeating Naomh Máirtín in the 2023 Louth Senior Football Championship final.[4]
The club won a third consecutive Joe Ward Cup (Louth SFC) in 2024, again overcoming Naomh Máirtín in the final, by 2-02 to 0-04.[5] St Mary's went on to reach the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, losing by one point to Cuala of Dublin at Croke Park.[6]
Down native Cathal Murray, who oversaw a period in which the club became a "dominant force in Louth football", was the senior team manager until 2025.[7] He left after completing the Louth SFC three-in-a-row.[8]
Achievements
- Louth Senior Football Championship (13): 1946,[9] 1948,[9] 1951,[9] 1955,[9] 1956,[9] 1960,[10] 1968,[11] 1972,[1] 1975,[12] 1995,[13] 2022,[14] 2023, 2024
- Louth Senior Football League (13): 1947, 1949, 1952,[9] 1953,[9] 1954,[9] 1955,[9] 1956,[9] 1971, 1975, 1991, 2002,[15] 2021,[16] 2024[17]
- Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2004[18]
- Louth Intermediate Football League (1): 1987[1]
- Old Gaels/ACC/Paddy Sheelan Cup (9): 1955,[19] 1956,[19] 1959, 1972, 1978,[12] 1983,[12] 2016,[20] 2018,[21] 2021[22]
- Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (7): 1945,[9] 1969, 1989, 2014, 2015,[23] 2017,[24] 2018[25]
- Louth Junior 2A Football League (10): 1945,[9] 1949,[26] 1978, 1980, 1988, 2010, 2013, 2023,[27] 2024, 2025[28]
Notable players
References
- 1 2 3 "History of Ardee St. Mary's GFC". stmarysgaa.ie.
- ↑ "Ardee". Drogheda Independent. 7 December 2011.
- ↑ "Newtown Blues and Ardee St Mary's Louth SFC finals' record and winning captains". The Argus. 7 October 2022.
- ↑ "Senior final result: Ardee St Mary's 0-15 Naomh Mairtin 1-11". Dundalk Democrat. 23 October 2023.
- ↑ "Ardee St Mary make goals count against Naomh Mairtín on route to 13th Louth SFC title". Hogan Stand. 20 October 2024.
- ↑ "Ardee St. Mary's suffer Leinster final heartbreak against Cuala". Dundalk Democrat. 1 December 2024.
- ↑ "Murray departs Ardee St Marys after trophy laden spell in charge". LMFM. 30 September 2025.
...the Marys became the dominant force in Louth football.
- ↑ "4 in a row seekers Marys earn favourable draw in latest Louth SFC title defence". LMFM. 19 March 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Ardee's farewell to Paddy Beahan". Drogheda Independent. 27 February 2016.
- ↑ "Inside Track: Joe Carroll looks back at Louth's 60 years of play at Dowdallshill's St. Brigid's Park". Dundalk Democrat. 2 March 2020.
- ↑ "Fechin's featured in first TV match". Drogheda Independent. 5 August 2005.
- 1 2 3 "Davy was the real Mccoy". Drogheda Independent. 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Alan Doherty: The Louth GAA star, Ardee St. Mary's stalwart and Dundalk FC FAI Cup finalist". Dundalk Democrat. 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "Ardee St Marys end 27 year wait for Joe Ward Cup following thrilling Senior Replay". Dundalk Democrat. 16 October 2022.
- ↑ "Gutsy 14-man St Marys deny Mattock the double". Drogheda Independent. 6 December 2002.
- ↑ "Cardinal O'Donnell in Ardee for First Time in 19 Years". Louth GAA. 3 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ardee St Mary's flex their muscles to dethrone St Mochta's in Cardinal O'Donnell Cup final". Louth GAA. 19 August 2024.
- ↑ "McShane Cup for Mary's as Division 1B winners". The Argus. 3 September 2004.
- 1 2 "Ardee's Pat Markey was one of the very best in GAA world". Drogheda Independent. 28 December 2019.
- ↑ "Paddy Sheelan Cup Final". St Marys's GFC. 28 June 2016.
- ↑ "Mary's launch stirring fightback to dethrone Mattock in Sheelan Cup final". Dundalk Democrat. 2 July 2018.
- ↑ "Congratulations to Ardee St.Marys who are Powerscreen New England Paddy Sheelan Cup Winners for 2021". Louth GAA. 23 October 2021.
- ↑ "Louth Junior 2A championship Final". St Mary’s GFC. 24 October 2015.
- ↑ "Ardee, St. Mary's take Junior 2A Championship title". Dundalk Democrat. 22 October 2017.
- ↑ "Well done to our junior team". St Mary's GFC. 7 October 2018.
- ↑ "Diamond searching for gold". Hogan Stand. 30 November 2006.
- ↑ "League triumph means increased congestion in Ardee St Mary's trophy cabinet". independent.ie. 13 November 2023.
- ↑ "St. Mary's defeat Cooley in Division Four League final". Dundalk Democrat. 31 July 2025.
- ↑ "Dermot will be remembered for that famous day and his music". The Argus. 24 May 2007.
- 1 2 "Naomh Mairtin win their first ever Louth senior football title after overcoming Ardee St Mary's in the final". rte.ie. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2022.