2021 Louth county football team season explained

Club:Louth county football team
Season:2021
Manager:Mickey Harte
League:NFL D4 North
League Result:2nd (promoted)
Cup1:All-Ireland SFC
Cup1 Result:Did not compete
Cup2:Leinster SFC
Cup2 Result:Preliminary round
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022

The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2021 season.

Competitions

O'Byrne Cup

There was no O'Byrne Cup in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.[1]

National Football League Division 4 North

See main article: 2021 National Football League (Ireland).

Table

Fixtures

GK1Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtin)
RCB2Dan Corcoran (Geraldines)
FB3Dermot Campbell (Dreadnots)
LCB4Donal McKenny (St Mary's)
RHB5Emmet Carolan (Newtown Blues)
CHB6Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)
LHB7Eoghan Callaghan (Naomh Máirtin)
MF8Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's)
MF9Ciarán Byrne (St Mochta's)
RHF10Liam Jackson (St Mary's)
CHF11Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c)
LHF12Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues)
RCF13Ciarán Keenan (St Mary's)
FF14Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets)
LCF15Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers)
Substitutes:
16Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) for Corcoran
17Declan Byrne (St Mochta's) for Burns
18Dáire Nally (Newtown Blues) for Campbell
19Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael) for Duffy
20John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtin) for Carolan

Antrim and Louth shared the Division 4 title, as Louth had a championship game on 27 June 2021.

Leinster Senior Football Championship

See main article: 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship. The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021.[2]

Fixtures

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

See main article: 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, there was no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Louth did not win the Leinster Championship, they did not qualify for the 2021 All-Ireland Championship.

Notable events

Notes and References

  1. News: GAA fixture calendar for 2021 revealed. Impartial Reporter. 24 December 2020. 24 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Here's the draw for the 2021 Leinster football championship. Emma. Duffy. The42. 20 April 2021.
  3. https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/55051814 BBC 23-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed new Louth manager 10 days after leaving Tyrone post
  4. https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/mickey-harte-appointed-new-louth-manager Mickey Harte appointed new Louth manager
  5. https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2020/1123/1180039-mickey-harte-appointed-new-louth-football-manager/ RTE 23-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed new Louth football manager
  6. https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/gaelic-football/news/30553/12140622/mickey-harte-appointed-louth-senior-football-manager Sky Sports 24-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed Louth senior football manager