The Louth Minor Football Championship is an annual competition organised by Louth GAA between the premier teams in minor (under-17) Gaelic football in County Louth.
| Louth Minor Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1913 |
| Title holders | St Mary's (4th title) |
| Most titles | Ardee Minors (12) Combination side |
| Sponsors | LMFM[1] |
Trophy
editThe winning team is presented with the Father Larry Murray Cup, named after the Louth priest who was a dedicated promoter of underage football and the Irish language.[2]
The Ulster Minor Football Championship and Leinster Minor Football Championship trophies are also named in his honour, as is Páirc Uí Mhuirí in Dunleer (where Murray served as Parish priest), home to the Lann Léire club.
He trained the Louth minor team from 1934 to 1941, a very successful period for the county during which two All-Ireland Minor Football Championship titles were won.[3]
Finals
edit| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score | Winning Captain | Final Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023[4] | St. Mary's | 1-14 | St Michael's/John Mitchels/Lann Léire | 0-06 | Adam Gillespie | St Brigid's Park | |
| 2022[5] | St Mary's | 1-10 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-07 | Tadhg McDonnell | Clan na Gael Park | |
| 2021[6] | St Kevin's/St Michael's | 1-08, 0-08 (R) | St Fechin's | 1-08, 2-01 (R) | Ryan Halpenny | Páirc Mhuire-Páirc Baile Fiach (R) | |
| 2020[7] | Cooley Kickhams/Cúchulainn Gaels | 4-10 | St Kevin's/St Michael's | 2-10 | Aaron Carolan/Paul Brennan | Darver | |
| 2019[8] | Naomh Máirtín | 2-08 | St Joseph's | 0-10 | Seán Healy | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2018[9] | St Mary's | 1-17 | St Mochta's/St Bride's | 0-12 | Liam Jackson | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2017[10] | St Mary's | 6-21 | Geraldines | 2-10 | Philip Trainor | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2016[11] | Naomh Máirtín | 4-14 | Newtown Blues | 1-09 | Sam Mulroy | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2015[12] | Newtown Blues | 1-08, 6-12 (Replay - AET) | Naomh Máirtín | 0-11, 2-14 | Conor Farrell | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2014[13] | Newtown Blues | 4-15 | Geraldines | 1-05 | James Carter | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2013[14] | Geraldines | 4-09 | St Mary's | 1-09 | Josh Arrowsmith | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2012[15] | Oliver Plunketts | 2-04 | St Joseph's/O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells | 1-05 | Gary Keogh | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2011[16] | St Bride's | 0-14 | Geraldines | 0-09 | Patrick Reilly | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2010[17] | St Joseph's | 3-09 | Dreadnots | 1-11 | Alan Lynch | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2009[18] | St Joseph's | 1-12 | Geraldines | 2-06 | Alan McKenna | Clan na Gael Park | |
| 2008[19] | Geraldines | 1-12 | St Mochta's/St Bride's/Annaghminnon Rovers | 2-05 | Patrick Hoey | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2007[20] | Geraldines | 1-12 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-07 | Alan Breen | St Brigid's Park | |
| 2006[21] | Cooley Kickhams | 4-10 | St Brigid's | 1-10 | Patrick McGrath | Clan na Gael Park | |
| 2005[22] | Cooley Kickhams | 2-07 | Na Piarsaigh | 1-07 | Keith White | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2004[23] | Newtown Blues | 1-13 | Baile Talún | 3-05 | Niall Costello | Clan na Gael Park | |
| 2003[24] | Oliver Plunketts | 2-06 | Baile Talún | 0-10 | Brian McKenna | St Brigid's Park | |
| 2002[25] | Valley Rangers | 0-08 | Na Piarsaigh | 0-07 | Paddy Keenan | Páirc Mhuire | |
| 2001[26] | Baile Talún | 1-15 | Seán Treacy's | 1-08 | Daniel Woods | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 2000[27] | Clan na Gael | 2-09 | St Mary's (Ardee) | 2-08 | Gary Hoey | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1999 | Clan na Gael | 4-04 | Baile Talún | 0-09 | Ruairí Duffy | McGeough Park | |
| 1998 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-07 | Clan na Gael | 0-07 | Seán O'Neill | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1997 | Dundalk Gaels | 4-10 | Cooley Kickhams | 3-05 | Peter McGinnity | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1996 | Oliver Plunketts | 1-07 | Newtown Blues | 0-09 | Gareth Coyle | Páirc Mhuire | |
| 1995 | St Fursey's | 1-04 | Newtown Blues | 1-03 | Paudie Lynch | Cluskey Park | |
| 1994 | St Joseph's/St Vincent's | 2-11 | Abbey Gaels/Emmití Óg | 0-10 | Gervaise Marron | The Grove | |
| 1993 | Roche Emmets | 0-08 | Newtown Blues | 0-02 | Ciarán Nash | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1992 | Roche Emmets | 1-09 | Valley Rangers | 1-04 | Paul Nash | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1991 | Roche Emmets | 3-07 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-09 | Aidan O'Neill | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1990 | Valley Rangers | 1-14 | St Michael's | 1-06 | Seán White | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1989 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-07, 2-05 (R) | Valley Rangers | 0-07, 0-02 (R) | Niall Prenty | Gaelic Grounds-St Brigid's Park (R) | |
| 1988 | Clan na Gael | 2-09 | Ardee | 1-04 | Niall O'Donnell | Páirc Uí Mhuirí | |
| 1987 | Ardee | 1-20 | St Fursey's | 1-02 | Brian Scott | Tallanstown | |
| 1986 | Roche Emmets | 3-10 | Clan na Gael | 1-06 | Aidan McArdle | Cluskey Park | |
| 1985 | Seán Treacy's | 2-09 | Naomh Buithe | 0-05 | T.P. McHugh | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1984 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-08 | St Brigid's | 0-04 | Declan Larkin | Cluskey Park | |
| 1983 | Clan na Gael | 1-05 | Ardee | 1-03 | Kevin O'Hanlon | The Grove | |
| 1982 | Seán Treacy's/Baile Philib | 1-07 | Naomh Buithe | 1-04 | David Reilly | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1981 | Clan na Gael | 1-08 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-04 | Colm Markey | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1980 | Naomh Buithe | 1-06 | Clan na Gael | 0-07 | Declan Healy | Páirc Mhuire | |
| 1979 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-11 | Naomh Buithe | 1-08 | Tony McCarragher | Páirc Mochta | |
| 1978 | Naomh Buithe | 2-10 | Ardee | 1-05 | Michael Ward | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1977 | Kilkerley Emmets/Roche Emmets/Naomh Malachi | 1-07 | Ardee | 0-09 | Séamus Bellew | Páirc Uí Mhuirí | |
| 1976 | Clan na Gael | 1-02 | Oliver Plunketts | 0-04 | Seán Kieran | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1975 | Newtown Blues | 0-08, 2-17 (Replay - AET) | St Brigid's | 0-08, 1-10 (R) | Vincent Murray | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1974 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-06, 1-09 (R) | Newtown Blues | 0-06, 0-02 (R) | Mickey White | Páirc Mhuire | |
| 1973 | Ardee | 2-03 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-05 | Jim Matthews | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1972 | Ardee | 1-09 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-04 | Séamus O'Neill | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1971 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-07 | Ardee | 1-05 | Kevin Thornton | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1970 | Newtown Blues | 1-06, 3-03 (R) | Ardee | 1-06, 0-07 (R) | Noel Crilly | Páirc Uí Mhuirí-Páirc Mochta (R) | |
| 1969 | Baile Talún | 5-06 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-03 | Gerry Sheridan | Páirc Mochta | |
| 1968[28] | Cooley Kickhams | 1-09 | Collon Minors | 2-03 | Alo McGrath | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1967 | Ardee | 3-16 | Naomh Buithe | 0-04 | Mattie Reilly | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1966 | Ardee | 0-11 | Clann Mhuire | 0-03 | Tommy Reilly | St Brigid's Park | |
| 1965 | Ardee | 3-10 | Dowdallshill | 2-04 | Turlough McDonald | The Grove | |
| 1964 | Ardee | 1-05, 3-05 (R) | Newtown Blues | 1-05, 0-02 (R) | Tony Breen | Knockbridge | |
| 1963 | O'Raghallaighs | 3-06 | Baile Philip | 2-04 | Fergus McKeown | The Grove | |
| 1962 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-05 | O'Raghallaighs | 1-04 | Jimmy Kelleher | The Grove | |
| 1961 | O'Raghallaighs | 3-06 | Clann Mhuire (Omeath) | 2-07 | Muckle McKeown | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1960 | O'Raghallaighs | 5-09 | Clan na Gael | 2-07 | Anthony Campbell | Knockbridge | |
| 1959[29] | O'Raghallaighs | 2-08 | Clan na Gael | 3-04 | Leo Nawn | Páirc Mhuire | |
| 1958 | Newtown Blues | 2-05 | Ardee | 1-02 | Terry Kelly | The Grove | |
| 1957 | Newtown Blues | 2-02 | Ardee | 1-03 | Peter McKenna | The Grove | |
| 1956 | Newtown Blues | 1-07 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-04 | Jim Judge | Páirc Mhuire | |
| 1955 | Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) | 5-10 | Con Colbert's | 0-01 | Tom O'Connor | The Grove | |
| 1954[30] | Ardee | 0-09 | Clan na Gael | 2-01 | Patsy Coleman | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1953 | St Dominic's | 1-02, 1-08 (R) | Clan na Gael | 0-05, 1-06 (R) | Paddy Hallinan | Gaelic Grounds-Athletic Grounds (R) | |
| 1952 | Clan na Gael | 1-07 | St Dominic's | 1-05 | Benny Toal | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1951 | Ardee | 1-08 | St Dominic's (Drogheda) | 1-03 | Michael Brennan | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1950 | Ardee | 1-05 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-02 | Michael Brennan | The Grove | |
| 1949 | Null and Void | ||||||
| 1948 | St. Mary's College | 4-03 | Larks (Killineer) | 2-01 | Vincent Bransfield | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1947 | St. Mary's College | 4-04 | Ardee | 0-03 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1946 | Wolfe Tones | 3-04 | Ardee | 0-01 | Jim Gavin | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1945 | St. Mary's College | 2-07 | Ardee | 0-04 | Francesco Belotti | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1944 | St. Mary's College | 3-05 | Oliver Plunketts | 0-05 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1943 | Ardee | 4-04 | St. Mary's College | 1-06 | Mickey Reynolds | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1942 | De La Salle | W/O | Ardee | scr. | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1941[31] | De La Salle (Dundalk) | 3-10 | St Magdalene's | 0-01 | - | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1940 | St. Mary's College | 2-06 | Ardee | 0-02 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1939 | St. Mary's College | 2-08 | Ardee | 0-04 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1938 | St Magdalene's | 0-03 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-00 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1937 | St. Mary's College | 4-08 | St Magdalene's | 1-03 | - | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1936 | St. Mary's College | 1-03 | St Magdalene's | 0-03 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1935 | St. Mary's College (Dundalk) | 1-01 | Woodington Rangers | 0-01 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1934 | Dundalk Gaels | 6-06 | Woodington Rangers (Drogheda) | 2-02 | - | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1933 | Dundalk Gaels | 2-07 | St Magdalene's | 2-02 | - | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1932 | Shamrock Rovers (Monasterboice) | 4-04 | Clan na Gael | 0-05 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1931 | St Magdalene's (Drogheda) | 2-04 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-02 | - | Castlebellingham | |
| 1930 | Ardee | 2-04 (Replay) | Cooley Kickhams | 2-01 | - | Ferdia Park, Ardee | |
| 1929 | Null and Void | ||||||
| 1928 | Owen Roe's | 1-03 | Clan na Gael | 1-00 | - | Gaelic Grounds | |
| 1927 | Clan na Gael | 6-01 | Owen Roe's | 5-03 | John Grey | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1926 | Dundalk John Dillons | 1-01 | Owen Roe's (Drogheda) | 0-00 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1925 | Shamrocks | - | Unknowns (Dromiskin) | - | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1924 | ‡ Shamrocks | 0-02 | Boyne Rangers | 2-01 | - | Castlebellingham | |
| 1923 | Shamrocks (Dundalk) | 2-02 | Castlebellingham | 0-00 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1922 | Null and Void | ||||||
| 1921 | Dundalk John Dillons | 1-05 | Darver Boglarks | 0-01 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1920 | Clan na Gael | 2-02 (Replay) | O'Mahony's | 1-01 | John McKenna | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1919 | Annagassan | 2-01 | Castle Emmets (Dundalk) | 1-01 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1918 | No Championship | ||||||
| 1917 | No Championship | ||||||
| 1916 | No Championship | ||||||
| 1915 | Ardee St. Mochta's | 4-05 | Geraldines | 1-00 | - | Shamrock Lodge | |
| 1914 | Drogheda Stars | 3-01 | Geraldines | 0-01 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
| 1913 | Dundalk Rangers | 2-02 | Hearts of Oriel (Dundalk) | 2-00 | - | Athletic Grounds | |
‡ Title awarded to Shamrocks on appeal
See also
edit- 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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