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
Current season or competition:
2020 Louth Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Shinsearach Peile an Lú
Founded1887
Title holdersNaomh Máirtín (1st title)
Most titlesNewtown Blues (23 titles)
SponsorsAnchor Tours

Top winners
Team Winner Winning Years
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
3 St Mary's, Ardee 10 1946, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1995
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
20 Davitts (Drogheda) 1 1890
Drogheda (Emmetts) 1 1896
Ardee Volunteers 1 1903
Glyde Rangers 1 1934
St Bride's 1 1943
Naomh Mhuire 1 1953
Oliver Plunketts 1 1957
Seán O'Mahony's 1 2016
Ardee St. Mochta's 1 1914
Naomh Máirtín 1 2020
Boyne Rovers 1 1904
O'Raghallaighs 1 1965
Sarsfields 1 1928
Dundalk O'Rahillys 1 1918

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

Trophy

The winning team is presented with the Joe Ward Cup.[43]

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