Westmeath Senior Football Championship Explained

Westmeath Senior Football Championship
First:	1892
Sponsors:	Shay Murtagh Precast
Tv:	Iarmhí TV
Trophy:	Flanagan Cup
Teams:	12
Irish:	Craobh Sinsear Peile na hIarmhí
Code:	Football
Region:	Westmeath GAA
Current:	St Loman's
Currentordinal:	10
Super:	th
Most:	Athlone
Mostordinal:	19
Currentlyrunning:	2024 Westmeath Senior Football Championship
Website:	Westmeath GAA

The Westmeath Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Westmeath GAA between the top Gaelic football clubs in County Westmeath. The winner of the Westmeath Championship qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. The current champions are The Downs GAA, winning their 10th title in 2022.

Current senior teams

The 12 teams that will compete in the 2023 Westmeath Senior Football Championship are:

Group 1: St Loman's, Killucan, Caulry, The Downs, Coralstown Kinnegad, Tyrellspass

Group 2: Garrycastle, Mullingar Shamrocks, Moate All Whites, Shandonagh, Athlone, Tang

Shandonagh gained promotion to the senior championship as a reward for their 2022 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship victory, while Rosemount were relegated to the intermediate championship after six seasons in the top flight.

Top winners

	Team	Wins	Years won
1	Athlone	19	1892, 1947, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1998
2	Mullingar Shamrocks	13	1964, 1966, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2012, 2013, 2018
3	The Downs	10	1918, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1980, 2003, 2005, 2022
	St Loman's	10	1948, 1961, 1963, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023
5	Riverstown Emmets	9	1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914
	Rosemount	9	1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1989
7	Moate All Whites	8	1933, 1936, 1943, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1997
	Garrycastle	8	2001, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2019
	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	8	1919, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1935
10	Kinnegad	5	1916, 1929, 1944, 1945, 1946
	Rochfortbridge Warriors	5	1915, 1917, 1923, 1925, 1928
12	Tyrrellspass	3	1999, 2006, 2007
	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	3	1950, 1954, 1962
14	Milltown	2	1938, 1942
15	Castledaly	1	2008
	Coralstown/Kinnegad	1	1996
	Tubberclair	1	1985
	St Malachy's	1	1981
	St Finian's	1	1967
	Coralstown	1	1937
	Mullingar Young Irelands	1	1903
	Athlone Army	1	1909

List of finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2023^[1]	St Loman's	0-09	Coralstown/Kinnegad	0-07
2022^[2]	The Downs	1-08	St Loman's	0-07
2021	St Loman's	0-13, 1-16 (R) (AET)	Garrycastle	0-13, 1-12 (R)
2020^[3]	St Loman's	0-17	Tyrrellspass	2-09
2019^[4]	Garrycastle	2-13	St Loman's	3-06
2018^[5]	Mullingar Shamrocks	2-12	St Loman's	1-11
2017^[6]	St Loman's	3-13	Tyrrellspass	0-14
2016^[7]	St Loman's	1-13	Tyrrellspass	0-10
2015^[8]	St Loman's	1-15	Castledaly	0-08
2014^[9]	Garrycastle	1-11	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-08
2013^[10]	St Loman's	1-16	Tyrrellspass	0-15
2012^[11] ^[12]	Mullingar Shamrocks	3-09, 0-12 (R)	Garrycastle	3-09, 1-08 (R)
2011	Garrycastle	0-11, 1-09 (R)	Mullingar Shamrocks	1-08, 0-09 (R)
2010	Garrycastle	2-09	Mullingar Shamrocks	1-08
2009	Garrycastle	3-08	St Loman's	0-06
2008	Castledaly	0-10	Garrycastle	0-08
2007	Tyrrellspass	1-10	Mullingar Shamrocks	2-04
2006	Tyrrellspass	0-09, 1-07 (R)	Castledaly	0-09, 0-05 (R)
2005	The Downs	1-10	Garrycastle	0-10
2004	Garrycastle	1-08	Castledaly	0-09
2003	The Downs	2-11	Athlone	1-09
2002	Garrycastle	4-11	Castledaly	0-09
2001	Garrycastle	1-09	Tyrrellspass	0-11
2000	Mullingar Shamrocks	1-05	Tyrrellspass	0-02
1999	Tyrrellspass	2-06	Athlone	1-07
1998	Athlone	3-10	Coralstown/Kinnegad	3-08
1997	Moate All Whites	2-11	Coralstown/Kinnegad	1-09
1996	Coralstown/Kinnegad	2-10	Moate All Whites	0-10
1995	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-18	Rosemount	1-07
1994	Mullingar Shamrocks	1-14	Tyrrellspass	0-09
1993	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-13	Rosemount	0-04
1992	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-14	Athlone	0-04
1991	Athlone	1-07	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-07
1990	Mullingar Shamrocks	2-07	Coralstown/Kinnegad	2-06
1989	Rosemount	1-09	Athlone	0-05
1988	Athlone	0-12	Tubberclair	0-07
1987	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-06	Moate All Whites	0-02
1986	Mullingar Shamrocks	1-11	The Downs	2-05
1985	Tubberclair	2-04	St Malachy's	0-07
1984	Athlone	2-09	Moate All Whites	1-07
1983	Moate All Whites	1-05	St Malachy's	0-07
1982	Athlone	0-07	St Malachy's	0-04
1981	St Malachy's	1-09	Athlone	1-08
1980	The Downs	1-02	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	0-03
1979	Athlone	1-10	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-05
1978	Moate All Whites	1-09	Athlone	0-08
1977	Athlone	3-07	Moate All Whites	1-07
1976	Moate All Whites	2-05, 2-06 (R)	The Downs	1-08, 0-02 (R)
1975	Moate All Whites	0-08	The Downs	0-05
1974	The Downs	0-13	Athlone	0-01
1973	Athlone	2-09	The Downs	0-08
1972	The Downs	0-11	Athlone	1-06
1971	Athlone	1-08	Moate All Whites	0-07
1970	The Downs	0-09, 1-15 (R)	Moate All Whites	0-09, 0-12 (R)
1969	The Downs	2-07	Moate All Whites	0-09
1968	The Downs	2-06	St Loman's	1-07
1967	St Finian's	3-05	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	0-03
1966	Mullingar Shamrocks	5-10	Maryland	1-05
1965	Athlone	2-07	Ballymore	0-06
1964	Mullingar Shamrocks	0-08	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	1-03
1963	St Loman's	0-08, 3-07 (R)	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	1-05, 0-01 (R)
1962	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	2-09	Rosemount	0-07
1961	St Loman's	0-10	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	1-05
1960	Athlone	0-06	St Finian's	0-03
1959	Athlone	4-04	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	1-11
1958	Athlone	0-09	Mental Hospital St Loman's	0-08
1957	Athlone	2-08	Mental Hospital St Loman's	1-05
1956	Athlone	0-12	Kinnegad	1-07
1955	Athlone	2-07	Kinnegad	2-02
1954	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	3-07	Athlone	4-00
1953	Rosemount	0-14	Athlone	2-03
1952	Rosemount	2-00, 2-05 (R)	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	0-06, 1-04 (R)
1951	Rosemount	2-07	Kinnegad	1-04
1950	St Mary's Rochfortbridge	2-09	Athlone	0-08
1949	Athlone	0-07	Mental Hospital St Loman's	0-06
1948	Mental Hospital St Loman's	0-05	Athlone	0-01
1947	Athlone	2-09	Kinnegad	2-03
1946	Kinnegad	1-05	Rosemount	1-03
1945	Kinnegad	0-05 (awarded to Kinnegad)	Moate All Whites	1-05
1944	Kinnegad	3-07	Mullingar Shamrocks	2-08
1943	Moate All Whites	2-04	Milltown	1-05
1942	Milltown	5-06	Drumraney	0-04
1941	Rosemount	3-01	Ballynacargy	0-02
1940	Rosemount	4-03	Milltown	1-06
1939	Rosemount	3-02	Moate All Whites	1-02
1938	Milltown	1-05	Coralstown	1-01
1937	Coralstown	4-05	Moate All Whites	2-04
1936	Moate All Whites	0-09	Rochfortbridge Warriors	0-01
1935	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	0-05	Coralstown	0-02
1934	Rosemount	1-03	Coralstown	0-04
1933	Moate All Whites	1-08	Kinnegad	1-06
1932	Rosemount	1-03 (R)	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	0-02 (R)
1931	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	2-04	Rochfortbridge Warriors	0-03
1930	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	0-04	Rochfortbridge Warriors	0-01
1929	Kinnegad	3-06	Rochfortbridge Warriors	3-03
1928	Rochfortbridge Warriors	1-02	Athlone Military	1-04 (awarded to RW)
1927	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	1-04	Drumraney	1-03
1926	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	1-03	Rochfortbridge Warriors	1-01
1925	Rochfortbridge Warriors	1-05	Athlone	1-02
1924	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	1-02	Rochfortbridge Warriors	1-01
1923	Rochfortbridge Warriors	0-03	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	0-02
1922	No Championship
1921	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	3-05	Rochfortbridge Warriors	1-01
1920	No Championship
1919	Kilbeggan Shamrocks	1-07	Kinnegad	1-01
1918	The Downs	3-03	Athlone	0-01
1917	Rochfortbridge Warriors	4-01	Riverstown Emmets	1-03
1916	Kinnegad St Patrick's	2-02	Riverstown Emmets	0-00
1915	Rochfortbridge Warriors	6-02	Riverstown Emmets	1-02
1914	Riverstown Emmets	2-01	The Downs	1-01
1913	Riverstown Emmets	1-04	The Downs	0-01
1912	Riverstown Emmets	0-03	Kinnegad St Patrick's	0-02
1911	Riverstown Emmets	2-04	Kinnegad St Patrick's	1-02
1910	Riverstown Emmets	1-05 (awarded)	Athlone	2-02
1909	Athlone Volunteers	0-04 (R)	Riverstown Emmets	0-02 (R)
1908	Riverstown Emmets	1-02	Cullion Celtics	1-01
1907	Riverstown Emmets	2-04	Athlone	1-00
1906	Riverstown Emmets	2-05	Cullion Celtics	2-04
1905	Athlone Volunteers	refused to be awarded
1904	Riverstown Emmets	2-16 (R)	Athlone	0-01 (R)
1903	Mullingar Young Irelands	1-04	Moate Stars of Erin	0-02
1902	No Championship
1901	No Championship
1900	No Championship
1899	No Championship
1898	No Championship
1897	No Championship
1896	No Championship
1895	No Championship
1894	No Championship
1893	No Championship
1892	Athlone		Mullingar Commercials

External links

• Official Westmeath Website
• Westmeath on Hoganstand

Notes and References

1. News: St Loman's clinch seventh Westmeath SFC title in 11 years. 1 October 2023 . . 1 October 2023.
2. Web site: The Downs end 17-year wait. 9 October 2022 . Irish Examiner. 9 October 2022.
3. Web site: St Loman's dig deep to clinch Westmeath title. 28 September 2020 . Irish Examiner. 27 September 2020.
4. News: Westmeath SFC final: Garrycastle comeback floors Loman's. 16 October 2019 . . 13 October 2019.
5. News: Shamrocks put the brakes on Loman's bid for four-in-a-row in all-Mullingar tie. 26 October 2018 . . 22 October 2018.
6. News: Westmeath SFC final: Heslin the Loman's hero once again . 31 October 2017 . . 29 October 2017.
7. News: Westmeath SFC final: Loman's make it three out of four . 2 November 2016 . . 30 October 2016.
8. News: Loman's hit high notes to leave Castle' in ruins . 12 October 2015 . . 12 October 2015.
9. Web site: Garrycastle roar into seventh heaven . 27 October 2014 . . 27 October 2014.
10. Web site: St Loman's end 50-year wait as Whelan's goal kills off gutsy Tyrrellspass . 14 October 2013 . . 14 October 2013.
11. News: Westmeath SFC final: Smyth inspires Shamrocks comeback . 22 October 2012 . . 22 October 2012.
12. Web site: Shamrocks shock for Garrycastle . 29 October 2012. Irish Examiner. 30 October 2012.