Cardinal O'Donnell Cup

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Cardinal O'Donnell Cup
Founded1927
Title holders St Mary's (Ardee) (13th title)
Most titles Cooley Kickhams (15)
SponsorsJohn O'Neill Sand and Gravel

The Cardinal O'Donnell Cup is an annual senior league competition organised by Louth GAA for the Division 1 teams in Gaelic football in County Louth.

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Format

All 12 teams play each other once, with the top four traditionally qualifying for the semi-final stage. The semi-final victors then face off in the final of the competition. There is also relegation to Division 2 for the worst-performing team(s). [1]

Trophy

The winning team is presented with the Cardinal O'Donnell Cup, named after Patrick O'Donnell, who was Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1924 until his death in October 1927.

The trophy, which was donated to the County Board of Louth GAA by the Cardinal in 1926, [2] is a replica of the Ardagh Chalice. The inaugural winners of the competition were Wolfe Tones of Drogheda.

Roll of Honour

#TeamWinsYears won
1 Cooley Kickhams 151936, 1937, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1989, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
2 Newtown Blues 141933, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1986, 2005, 2010, 2018, 2022
3 St Mary's 131947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1971, 1975, 1991, 2002, 2021, 2024
4 Clan na Gael 101929, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000
5 Dundalk Young Irelands 61938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1978
St Patrick's 61999, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014
7 Stabannon Parnells 51945, 1950, 1951, 1995, 1998
Wolfe Tones 51927, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1935
9 Roche Emmets 41958, 1960, 1961, 2001
10 Dundalk Gaels 31942, 1943, 1944
11 Mattock Rangers 22011, 2015
Naomh Máirtín 22017, 2019
Oliver Plunketts 21957, 1959
Dreadnots 21988, 2016
15 O'Raghallaighs 11973
St Fechin's 11985
St Bride's 11968
St Mochta's 12023
Kilkerley Emmets 11980
Glyde Rangers 11932
Boyne Rangers11930

Finals

‡winners also won Louth Senior Football Championship that year

§ Title awarded to St Mary's after objection. Oliver Plunketts fielded an ineligible player

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScoreFinal Venue
2024 [3] ‡ St Mary's 1-15 St Mochta's 1-12 Stabannon
2023 [4] St Mochta's 0-12 Naomh Máirtín 0-11Darver
2022 [5] Newtown Blues 0-11 St Mary's 1-07Darver
2021 [6] St Mary's -A Final was not played--
2020Cancelled (COVID-19)
2019 [7] Naomh Máirtín 2-19 St Mary's 1-12 The Grove
2018 [8] ‡ Newtown Blues 2-10 Naomh Máirtín 1-08 Gaelic Grounds
2017 [9] Naomh Máirtín 0-18 (AET) Dreadnots 1-10 The Grove
2016 [10] Dreadnots 2-15 Geraldines 1-16 Stabannon
2015 [11] Mattock Rangers 1-12 St Patrick's 0-14 Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2014 [12] ‡ St Patrick's 1-10 Dreadnots 1-06 Clan na Gael Park
2013 [13] St Patrick's 1-17 Cooley Kickhams 2-05 St Brigid's Park
2012 [14] ‡ St Patrick's 0-18 O'Connells 0-08 St Brigid's Park
2011 [15] Mattock Rangers 3-13 (AET) Dreadnots 2-12 McGeough Park
2010 [16] Newtown Blues 0-15 Kilkerley Emmets 0-09 McGeough Park
2009 [17] St Patrick's 0-12 (Replay) Newtown Blues 1-08 McGeough Park
2008 [18] Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Newtown Blues 0-08 Clan na Gael Park
2007 [19] Cooley Kickhams 0-08 (Replay) Naomh Malachi 0-06 Clan na Gael Park
2006 [20] Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Glyde Rangers 0-08 St Brigid's Park
2005 [21] Newtown Blues 0-11 Cooley Kickhams 0-07 Páirc Na nGael
2004 [22] Cooley Kickhams 1-10 Glyde Rangers 0-07 Clan na Gael Park
2003 [23] ‡ St Patrick's 0-13 St Bride's 1-07 Clan na Gael Park
2002 [24] St Mary's 1-05 Mattock Rangers 0-04 Gaelic Grounds
2001 [25] Roche Emmets 1-09 St Patrick's 0-08 St Brigid's Park
2000 [26] Clan na Gael 2-05 (Replay) Cooley Kickhams 1-06 St Brigid's Park
1999 St Patrick's 1-14 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 St Brigid's Park
1998 Stabannon Parnells 0-08 Newtown Blues 0-05 Páirc Mhuire
1997 Clan na Gael 1-08 (Replay) Newtown Blues 1-05 The Grove
1996 Clan na Gael 1-12 St Patrick's 0-03 St Brigid's Park
1995 Stabannon Parnells 0-11 St Joseph's 0-07 The Grove
1994 Clan na Gael 3-07 Dundalk Gaels 1-11 St Brigid's Park
1993‡ Clan na Gael 2-07 (Replay) Stabannon Parnells 1-08 St Brigid's Park
1992‡ Clan na Gael 0-12 Newtown Blues 1-05 The Grove
1991 St Mary's 1-11 Stabannon Parnells 0-04 Knockbridge
1990 Clan na Gael 1-09 St Mary's 0-06 Cluskey Park
1989‡ Cooley Kickhams 0-06 St Patrick's 0-05 St Brigid's Park
1988 [27] Dreadnots 0-13 St Mary's 2-04 The Grove
1987‡ Clan na Gael 1-08 Dreadnots 0-05 The Grove
1986‡ Newtown Blues 0-10 Clan na Gael 1-04 Páirc Mhuire
1985 [28] St Fechin's 0-09 Cooley Kickhams 1-03 McGeough Park
1984 Newtown Blues 0-08 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-03 McGeough Park
1983 Cooley Kickhams 2-07 Clan na Gael 0-07 St Brigid's Park
1982 Clan na Gael 2-10 Newtown Blues 0-04 The Grove
1981‡ Newtown Blues 2-11 Kilkerley Emmets 1-05 Cluskey Park
1980 Kilkerley Emmets 1-09 Cooley Kickhams 2-05 Clan na Gael Park
1979 Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Clan na Gael 1-06 St Brigid's Park
1978 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-11 St Mary's 0-04 Páirc Mochta
1977 Newtown Blues 2-09 Roche Emmets 2-05 The Grove
1976‡ Cooley Kickhams 2-10 Newtown Blues 1-09 Clan na Gael Park
1975‡ St Mary's w/o O'Raghallaighs scr. Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1974 Cooley Kickhams 1-14 St Mary's 1-06 Knockbridge
1973 O'Raghallaighs 1-11 St Bride's 0-06 Páirc Mhuire
1972 Cooley Kickhams 3-08 (Replay) Newtown Blues 2-05 Knockbridge
1971 St Mary's 1-07 O'Raghallaighs 1-05 Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1970 Cooley Kickhams 4-03 Newtown Blues 2-05 The Grove
1969‡ Newtown Blues 1-08 Mattock Rangers 1-05 The Grove
1968 St Bride's 1-10 (Replay, AET) St Mary's 0-07 Páirc Mochta
1967 Cooley Kickhams -A Final was not played--
1966 Cooley Kickhams 2-08 Newtown Blues 1-10 St Brigid's Park
1965 Newtown Blues 3-08 Clan na Gael 1-07 Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1964‡ Newtown Blues 1-10 O'Raghallaighs 1-05 Gaelic Grounds
1963‡ Newtown Blues 3-07 Roche Emmets 0-05 The Grove
1962‡ Newtown Blues 1-15 Roche Emmets 0-05 Knockbridge
1961 Roche Emmets 1-10 Newtown Blues 1-05 St Brigid's Park
1960 Roche Emmets 3-04 Newtown Blues 1-09 Knockbridge
1959 [29] Oliver Plunketts 0-06 Roche Emmets 0-03 Páirc Mhuire
1958‡ Roche Emmets 2-07Darver Volunteers0-04 Knockbridge
1957‡ Oliver Plunketts 1-04 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 Knockbridge
1956 [30] ‡ St Mary's 0-06 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05Athletic Grounds
1955 [30] ‡ St Mary's 2-08 Stabannon Parnells 1-04Athletic Grounds
1954 [30] § St Mary's 1-07 Oliver Plunketts 1-08 Gaelic Grounds
1953 [30] St Mary's -A Final was not played--
1952 [30] St Mary's 3-09St Magdalene's2-03 Gaelic Grounds
1951 Stabannon Parnells 2-07 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-07 Stabannon
1950 Stabannon Parnells 2-03 Dundalk Gaels 1-00 The Grove
1949 St Mary's 3-03 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-05 Páirc Mhuire
1948 Dundalk Young Irelands 2-10 St Mary's 2-05Athletic Grounds
1947 St Mary's w/o Clan na Gael scr. Gaelic Grounds
1946Cancelled
1945 Stabannon Parnells 0-05St Magdalene's0-04Athletic Grounds
1944 Dundalk Gaels 0-07St Magdalene's0-02Athletic Grounds
1943 Dundalk Gaels 1-06 St Bride's 1-05Athletic Grounds
1942‡ Dundalk Gaels 1-06 St Bride's 1-03Athletic Grounds
1941‡ Dundalk Young Irelands 3-07Darver Young Irelands1-01 The Grove
1940‡ Dundalk Young Irelands 1-05 Glyde Rangers 1-03 The Grove
1939 Dundalk Young Irelands 3-03Darver Young Irelands1-03Athletic Grounds
1938‡ Dundalk Young Irelands 2-05 Wolfe Tones 1-03Athletic Grounds
1937 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Wolfe Tones 1-04 Gaelic Grounds
1936 Cooley Kickhams 3-06 Wolfe Tones 1-01Athletic Grounds
1935 Wolfe Tones 1-04St Magdalene's (Drogheda)1-03 Gaelic Grounds
1934 Wolfe Tones 0-07 Newtown Blues 0-03 Gaelic Grounds
1933‡ Newtown Blues 1-04 Glyde Rangers 1-02Athletic Grounds
1932 Glyde Rangers 2-03 Newtown Blues 1-01 Gaelic Grounds
1931‡ Wolfe Tones 2-06 Newtown Blues 1-06 Gaelic Grounds
1930‡ Boyne Rangers4-03 Wolfe Tones 1-02 Gaelic Grounds
1929 Clan na Gael 3-02 Wolfe Tones 0-03Athletic Grounds
1928 Wolfe Tones 0-06Boyne Rangers (Drogheda)0-01 Gaelic Grounds
1927 Wolfe Tones 1-07Gardaí0-06 Gaelic Grounds

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