1973 Meath Senior Football Championship Explained

Competition:	Meath S.F.C.
Season:	1973
Winners:	Navan O'Mahonys 8th Senior Championship Title
Relegated:	Ballinlough
Continentalcup1:	Leinster SCFC
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Navan O'Mahonys (preliminary round) Cooley Kickhams w, l Navan O'Mahonys
Continentalcup2:	All Ireland SCFC
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	n/a
Continentalcup3:	Winning Captain
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:	Ronan Giles (Navan O'Mahonys)
Continentalcup4:	Man of the Match
Matches:	40
Prevseason:	1972
Nextseason:	1974

The 1973 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 81st edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 15 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

This season saw Summerhill's return to the top flight after claiming the 1972 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title, their 3rd period as a senior club and 3rd season altogether.

Seneschalstown, the defending champions who had secured victory over Navan O'Mahonys in the previous year's final after a replay, relinquished their title this season at the semi-final stage. They were defeated by Ballivor, who went on to become the eventual runners-up.

Ballinlough were relegated to the 1974 I.F.C. after losing the Relegation Final to Syddan.

On 7 October 1973, Navan O'Mahonys won their 8th Meath S.F.C. title when they defeated Ballivor 1-9 to 1-7 in the final in Pairc Tailteann. Ronan Giles raised the Keegan Cup for the Hoops.

Team Changes

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The following teams have changed division since the 1972 championship season.

To S.F.C.

Promoted from I.F.C.

• Summerhill (Intermediate Champions).

From S.F.C.

Regraded to I.F.C.

• St. Vincent's

Group stage

Group A

Team
Seneschalstown	6	6	0	0	0	0	+0	12
Summerhill	7	5	1	1	0	0	+0	11
Dunderry	6	3	2	1	0	0	+0	7
	5	2	1	2	0	0	+0	6
Trim	5	3	2	0	0	0	+0	6
	7	2	5	0	0	0	+0	4
Slane	7	1	5	1	0	0	+0	3
Syddan	7	0	6	1	0	0	+0	1

Round 1:

• Seneschalstown 1-7, 0-6 Trim, Dunshaughlin, 15/4/1973,
• Summerhill 1-8, 1-7 Slane, Skryne, 15/4/1973,
• Dunderry 4-9, 1-5 Gaeil Colmcille, Martry, 15/4/1973,
• Walterstown 0-12, 2-5 Syddan, Kilberry, 15/4/1973,

Round 2:

• Summerhill 3-9, 1-8 Trim, Kildalkey, 29/4/1973,
• Dunderry 2-13, 2-4 Syddan, Kilberry, 29/4/1973,
• Gaeil Colmcille 1-9, 1-5 Walterstown, Martry, 29/4/1973,
• Seneschalstown 1-11, 0-7 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 13/5/1973,

Round 3:

• Walterstown 2-5, 1-8 Dunderry, Pairc Tailteann, 13/5/1973,
• Gaeil Colmcille w, l Syddan, Gibbstown, 13/5/1973,
• Trim 2-8, 1-5 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 24/6/1973,
• Seneschalstown 4-13, 1-10 Summerhill, Skryne, 24/6/1973,

Round 4:

• Seneschalstown 1-10, 1-6 Dunderry, Kilberry, 1/7/1973,
• Summerhill 1-12, 1-3 Gaeil Colmcille, Kilmessan, 1/7/1973,
• Walterstown 2-10, 0-4 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 8/7/1973,
• Trim 2-11, 0-5 Syddan, Martry, 8/7/1973,

Round 5:

• Seneschalstown w, l Syddan, Kilberry, 29/7/1973,
• Summerhill 1-6, 0-9 Walterstown, Dunshaughlin, 29/7/1973,
• Dunderry 1-7, 0-5 Slane, Pairc Tailteann, 29/7/1973,
• Trim 3-8, 2-6 Gaeil Colmcille, Pairc Tailteann, 29/7/1973,

Round 6:

• Seneschalstown w, l Gaeil Colmcille, Dunshaughlin, 5/8/1973,
• Walterstown v Trim, Pairc Tailteann, 19/8/1973,
• Summerhill 1-10, 1-5 Dunderry, Trim, 26/8/1973,
• Slane 2-5, 1-8 Syddan, Kilberry, 26/8/1973,

Round 7:

• Summerhill 2-9, 1-6 Syddan, Pairc Tailteann, 2/9/1973,
• Slane w, l Gaeil Colmcille,
• Seneschalstown v Walterstown,
• Dunderry v Trim,

Group B

Team
Navan O'Mahonys	6	6	0	0	0	0	+0	12
Ballivor	6	3	1	2	0	0	+0	7
Skryne	6	3	3	0	0	0	+0	6
Duleek	6	3	3	0	0	0	+0	6
Kilbride	6	2	3	1	0	0	+0	5
	6	2	3	1	0	0	+0	5
Ballinlough	6	0	6	0	0	0	+0	0

Round 1:

• Duleek 1-8, 1-6 Ballinlough, Kilbride, 1/4/1973,
• Ballivor 2-5, 1-8 Kilbride, Kilmessan, 15/4/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 0-11, 1-6 Skryne, Duleek, 15/4/1973,
• St. Patrick's - Bye,

Round 2:

• St. Patrick's 1-13, 2-7 Ballinlough, Pairc Tailteann, 15/4/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys w, l Ballivor, Trim, 29/4/1973,
• Skryne w, l Kilbride, Dunshaughlin, 29/4/1973,
• Duleek - Bye,

Round 3:

• Duleek w, l St. Patrick's, Seneschalstown, 29/4/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 1-6, 0-4 Kilbride, Kilmessan, 13/5/1973,
• Ballivor 2-8, 1-3 Skryne, Trim, 13/5/1973,
• Ballinlough - Bye,

Round 4:

• Duleek 4-8, 4-6 Kilbride, Skryne, 10/6/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 2-13, 1-4 Ballinlough, Martry, 24/6/1973,
• St. Patrick's 2-8, 1-8 Skryne, Seneschalstown, 24/6/1973,
• Ballivor - Bye,

Round 5:

• Skryne 0-18, 0-6 Duleek, Seneschalstown, 8/7/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 0-13, 0-2 St. Patrick's, Duleek, 8/7/1973,
• Ballivor w/o, scr Ballinlough, Athboy, 8/7/1973,
• Kilbride - Bye,

Round 6:

• Ballivor 1-7, 1-7 St. Patrick's, Dunshaughlin, 5/8/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 1-12, 1-8 Duleek, Skryne, 5/8/1973,
• Kilbride w/o, scr Ballinlough,
• Skryne - Bye,

Round 7:

• Ballivor w, l Duleek, Dunshaughlin, 26/8/1973,
• Skryne w/o, scr Ballinlough,
• Kilbride w, l St. Patrick's,
• Navan O'Mahonys - Bye,

Knock-out Stages

Relegation final

• Syddan 2-14, 1-5 Ballinlough, Kells, 30/9/1973,

Finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals:

• Ballivor 0-14, 2-6 Seneschalstown, Pairc Tailteann, 9/9/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 1-6, 1-6 Summerhill Pairc Tailteann, 16/9/1973,
• Navan O'Mahonys 3-4, 0-9 Summerhill, Trim, 30/9/1973

Final:

• Navan O'Mahonys 1-9, 1-7 Ballivor, Pairc Tailteann, 7/10/1973,

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

Preliminary round:

• Cooley Kickhams w, l Navan O'Mahonys, ???, 11/11/1973,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meath Chronicle Archives. 16 January 2018. Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018.
2. Web site: Meath Gaelic Football Champions Roll of Honor. 16 January 2018. Hoganstand.com. 16 January 2018.