Newtown Blues GAC explained

Club Gaa:	Newtown Blues
Irish:	Gormaithe Bhaile Nua
Province:	Leinster
County:	Louth
Colours:	Sky blue and white
Grounds:	Newfoundwell Road, Drogheda
Coordinates:	53.7267°N -6.3242°W
F3:	23
Leftarm:	87CEEB
Body:	87CEEB
Rightarm:	87CEEB
Shorts:	FFFFFF
Socks:	87CEEB

Newtown Blues are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. They are the most successful club in Louth GAA and hold the record for the most Louth Senior Football Championships won in Gaelic football history. The club won their last such title in the 2019 Louth Senior Football Championship.^[1]

The club, which was founded on 12 July 1887, has its home ground on the Newfoundwell road, beside the local secondary school.^[2] The club's colours are sky blue and white.

In 1962 Newtown Blues won all three Senior club competitions (Old Gaels Cup, Cardinal O'Donnell Cup and Senior Championship) and went on to repeat this feat in 1963^[3] and 1986.^[4]

Notable players

• Jamie Carr^[5]
• Colm Judge
• Colin Kelly
• Jimmy Mulroy
• Ged Nash

Honours

• Louth Senior Football Championship (23): 1889, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1981, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2013,^[6] 2017,^[7] 2018, 2019
• Louth Senior Football League (14): 1933, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2005, 2010, 2018, 2022
• Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1958
• Old Gaels/ACC/Paddy Sheelan Cup (10): 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1986, 1997, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2022
• Louth Junior A Football League (1): 1928
• Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (3): 1996, 2004, 2010
• Louth Junior 2A Football League (6): 1970, 1982, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2009
• Louth Minor Football Championship (8): 1956, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1975, 2004, 2014, 2015
• Louth Under-21 Football Championship (8): 1978, 1979, 1996, 1999,^[8] 2004,^[9] 2005,^[10] 2017,^[11] 2018^[12]

External links

• Newtown Blues GAA Club website (archived 2017)
• "Louth Teams have Ground for Optimism" (2 November 2013) Dundalk Democrat. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Newtown Blues complete Louth three-in-a-row after narrow win . . 20 October 2019.
2. Web site: Club History-the Blues. Newtown Blues GFC.
3. News: St.Pats outclassed by the Blues. The Argus. 16 November 1963.
4. Web site: Blues did the treble in '86 . . 30 November 2007.
5. News: John. Savage. Jamie driven by hunger to win second medal. Drogheda Independent. 30 September 2013. 30 September 2013.
6. Web site: Louth SFC final: 20th title for Newtown Blues . 1 October 2013 . . 29 September 2013.
7. News: Louth SFC final: Nally points the way for the Blues . 18 October 2017 . . 15 October 2017.
8. Web site: Blues in brilliant U-21 win. . 12 November 1999.
9. News: Blues rise above chaos. . 28 January 2005.
10. News: Wealth of talent at Blues' disposal gets them home in U-21 decider. The Argus. 23 December 2005.
11. Web site: Nally and Downey inspire Blues to U21 Championship title. Dundalk Democrat. 26 November 2017.
12. Web site: Newtown give combination side the Blues . . 8 December 2018.