Louth Minor Football Championship Explained

Louth Minor Football Championship
First:	1913
Sponsors:	LMFM^[1]
Current:	St Patrick's
Currentordinal:	2
Most:	Ardee Minors (12) Combination side

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.

Trophy

The 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

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score	Winning Captain	Final Venue
2024^[4]	St Patrick's	3-03	Cooley Kickhams	1-08	Micheál O'Shaughnessy	McGeough Park
2023^[5]	St. Mary's	1-14	St Michael's/John Mitchels/Lann Léire	0-06	Adam Gillespie	St Brigid's Park
2022^[6]	St Mary's	1-10	Dundalk Gaels	1-07	Tadhg McDonnell	Clan na Gael Park
2021^[7]	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^[8]	Cooley Kickhams/Cúchulainn Gaels	4-10	St Kevin's/St Michael's	2-10	Aaron Carolan/Paul Brennan	Darver
2019^[9]	Naomh Máirtín	2-08	St Joseph's	0-10	Seán Healy	Gaelic Grounds
2018^[10]	St Mary's	1-17	St Mochta's/St Bride's	0-12	Liam Jackson	Gaelic Grounds
2017^[11]	St Mary's	6-21	Geraldines	2-10	Philip Trainor	Gaelic Grounds
2016^[12]	Naomh Máirtín	4-14	Newtown Blues	1-09	Sam Mulroy	Gaelic Grounds
2015^[13]	Newtown Blues	1-08, 6-12 (Replay - AET)	Naomh Máirtín	0-11, 2-14	Conor Farrell	Gaelic Grounds
2014^[14]	Newtown Blues	4-15	Geraldines	1-05	James Carter	Gaelic Grounds
2013^[15]	Geraldines	4-09	St Mary's	1-09	Josh Arrowsmith	Gaelic Grounds
2012^[16]	Oliver Plunketts	2-04	St Joseph's/O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells	1-05	Gary Keogh	Gaelic Grounds
2011^[17]	St Bride's	0-14	Geraldines	0-09	Patrick Reilly	Gaelic Grounds
2010^[18]	St Joseph's	3-09	Dreadnots	1-11	Alan Lynch	Gaelic Grounds
2009^[19]	St Joseph's	1-12	Geraldines	2-06	Alan McKenna	Clan na Gael Park
2008^[20]	Geraldines	1-12	St Mochta's/St Bride's/Annaghminnon Rovers	2-05	Patrick Hoey	Gaelic Grounds
2007^[21]	Geraldines	1-12	Dundalk Young Irelands	1-07	Alan Breen	St Brigid's Park
2006^[22]	Cooley Kickhams	4-10	St Brigid's	1-10	Patrick McGrath	Clan na Gael Park
2005^[23]	Cooley Kickhams	2-07	Na Piarsaigh	1-07	Keith White	Gaelic Grounds
2004^[24]	Newtown Blues	1-13	Baile Talún	3-05	Niall Costello	Clan na Gael Park
2003^[25]	Oliver Plunketts	2-06	Baile Talún	0-10	Brian McKenna	St Brigid's Park
2002^[26]	Valley Rangers	0-08	Na Piarsaigh	0-07	Paddy Keenan	Páirc Mhuire
2001^[27]	Baile Talún	1-15	Seán Treacy's	1-08	Daniel Woods	Gaelic Grounds
2000^[28]	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		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		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		2-04	Colm Markey	St Brigid's Park
1980	Naomh Buithe	1-06	Clan na Gael	0-07	Declan Healy	Páirc Mhuire
1979		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		1-04	Séamus O'Neill	St Brigid's Park
1971		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		2-03	Gerry Sheridan	Páirc Mochta
1968^[29]		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		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^[30]	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^[31]	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^[32]	De La Salle (Dundalk)	3-10	St Magdalene's	0-01	Tommy Larkin	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		0-00	-	Athletic Grounds
1937	St. Mary's College	4-08	St Magdalene's	1-03	Aidan Goulding	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	Jim Curran	Gaelic Grounds
1933	Dundalk Gaels	2-07	Ardee	2-02	Paddy Hoey	Gaelic Grounds
1932^[33]	Round Towers (Monasterboice)	4-04	Clan na Gael	0-06	-	Athletic Grounds
1931	St Magdalene's (Drogheda)	2-04		1-02	Vincent Kerr	The Grove
1930	Ardee	2-04 (Replay)		2-01	-	Ferdia Park, Ardee
1929	Null and Void
1928	Owen Roe's	1-03	Clan na Gael	1-00	Tom McKeown	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

Minor B Championship finals

Year	Winner	Opponent
2024	Roche Emmets	Dundalk Young Irelands/Seán O'Mahony's
2023	Naomh Fionnbarra	St Patrick's
2022	Glen Emmets	Naomh Fionnbarra
2021	Dundalk Gaels	Newtown Blues
2020	Oliver Plunketts (AET)	St Bride's (AET)
2019	Dreadnots	Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire
2018	St Joseph's	Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire
2017	Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi	Glen Emmets
2016	O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells/John Mitchels	Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire
2015	Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire	Dreadnots
2014	St Kevin's/Baile Talún	St Mary's
2013	Cooley Kickhams	Dundalk Gaels
2012	Baile Talún	Naomh Máirtín
2011	Naomh Fionnbarra/St Kevin's	Seán O'Mahony's
2010	St Fechin's	St Patrick's
2009	Roche Emmets	Na Piarsaigh
2008	Dundalk Gaels	Mellifont Rovers
2007	St Nicholas	Naomh Fionnbarra
2006	Geraldines	St Michael's
2005	Dundalk Young Irelands	St Michael's
2004	St Joseph's/St Vincent's	Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi
2003	Naomh Máirtín	St Joseph's/St Vincent's
2002	St Fursey's	St Michael's
2001	St Bride's	Lann Léire/St Kevin's
2000	Wolfe Tones	Naomh Máirtín
1999	Roche Emmets (R)	Seán Treacy's (R)

See also

• Book: Mulligan, Fr.John. The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record. 1984.
• Book: Mulligan, Fr.John. The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record (updated). 2000.

External links

• Louth GAA official website
• Louth on Hoganstand

Notes and References

1. Web site: mighty Quinn the difference . The Argus . . 3 October 2020 . 20 November 2022 .
2. Web site: Dunleer talk on the life and times of Fr Larry Murray . Drogheda Independent . . 8 October 2016 . 20 November 2022 .
3. Web site: Cups of Cheer . 20 November 2022 . . 20 November 2002.
4. Web site: St. Pats claim Minor Football Championship. 21 October 2024. Dundalk Democrat.
5. Web site: Minor championship final between Ardee St Mary's and the Stabannon/O'Connells/John Mitchells/Lannleire amalgamation. . 23 October 2023.
6. Web site: Tadhg McDonnell plays a captain's part as Ardee St Mary's win first minor championship title since 2018 against Dundalk Gaels . . 3 October 2022 . 20 November 2022 .
7. Web site: Celebrating the Championship winners . . 4 May 2022 . 20 November 2022 .
8. Web site: mighty Quinn the difference . The Argus . . 3 October 2020 . 20 November 2022 .
9. Web site: Callanan's double inspires Naomh Máirtín to Louth minor final victory over St. Joseph's . Dundalk Democrat . . 20 October 2019 . 20 November 2022 .
10. Web site: Cool hand Luke fires Mary's to glory . The Argus . . 27 October 2018 . 20 November 2022 .
11. Web site: MFC Div 1 final: 2-13 for Commins as magnificent Marys blow away Gers . 20 November 2022 . . 16 October 2017.
12. Web site: Revenge sweet for Jocks . The Argus . . 8 October 2016 . 20 November 2022 .
13. Web site: MFC: Newtown Blues complete minor double . 20 November 2022 . . 3 November 2015.
14. Web site: MFC final: impressive Blues end ten-year wait . 20 November 2022 . . 29 September 2014.
15. Web site: MFC final: Geraldines hit the spot . 20 November 2022 . . 30 September 2013.
16. Web site: All's 'Mell' that ends 'Mell' as Plunketts crack the combination . . . 3 December 2012 . 20 November 2022 .
17. Web site: MFC final: McKenna leads St. Brides to first ever minor title . 20 November 2022 . . 17 October 2011.
18. Web site: Joes minors throw down the gauntlet . 20 November 2022. . 30 December 2010.
19. Web site: Minor Final 09 . 20 November 2022. . 1 January 2010.
20. Web site: Leinster club MFC: Don-Ash see off Geraldines. 20 November 2022. . 12 January 2009.
21. Web site: Major minor achievement. 20 November 2022. . 30 November 2007.
22. Web site: Cooley retain Mfc. 20 November 2022. . 30 November 2006.
23. Web site: Plenty of kick here. 20 November 2022. . 30 November 2005.
24. Web site: Blues minors end 29-year famine. 20 November 2022. . 30 November 2004.
25. Web site: Minor miracle for Plunketts!. 20 November 2022. Drogheda Independent. 26 September 2003.
26. Web site: Valley Rangers edge. 20 November 2022. The Argus . . 20 September 2002.
27. Web site: Baile Talun strike gold . 20 November 2022. . 30 November 2001.
28. Web site: Duffy goal sinks battling St Marys. 20 November 2022. Drogheda Independent. 22 September 2000.
29. Web site: Legendary son of Collon Doc will be sadly missed. . 28 January 2009.
30. Web site: Leo Nawn's mighty men from O'Raghallaigh's. . 26 November 2009.
31. Web site: St Mary's Ardee lift the Louth minor title. . 6 June 2020.
32. Web site: Paddy won Leinster Minor Cship medal. The Argus. 17 June 2005.
33. News: G.A.A. Notes. Drogheda Independent. 8 October 1932.