Louth Intermediate Football Championship

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Louth Intermediate Football Championship
Founded1907 [1]
Title holders Roche Emmets (2nd title)
Most titles Dundalk Gaels, Geraldines, Dreadnots (4 each)
SponsorsCTI Business Solutions [2]

The Louth Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA, among the intermediate grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland.

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History

The competition, introduced as a bridge between the senior and junior grades, was first staged in 1907 and annually until 1912, when the county board discontinued it. [3] It was revived 32 years later in 1944. However, the competition was only staged twice before it lapsed again. [4] It re-emerged permanently on the county scene in 1978 with Kilkerley Emmets becoming the first winners of the Seamus Flood Cup. [5]

Trophy

The winning team is presented with the Seamus Flood Cup, named after the Dundalk GAA official (d. April 1970) and Clan na Gael club member who was chairman of Leinster GAA from 1939 to 1941. [6] The Leinster Under-20 Football Championship trophy is also named in his honour.

The winners of the Louth Intermediate Football Championship progress to the Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship. [7]

Finals

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScoreWinning CaptainFinal Venue
2023 [8] Roche Emmets 0-12 O'Raghallaighs 1-08Glen Stewart Clan na Gael Park
2022 [9] Cooley Kickhams 1-13 St Kevin's 0-12Darren Marks Páirc Mhuire
2021 [10] St Fechin's 1-11 Cooley Kickhams 1-09Conor Haughney Clan na Gael Park
2020 [11] St Bride's 1-21 Kilkerley Emmets 1-08James CostelloeDarver
2019 [12] Mattock Rangers 1-17 Kilkerley Emmets 0-12Adrian Reid Stabannon
2018 [13] St Mochta's 1-15 St Fechin's 1-13Darren McMahon The Grove
2017 [14] O'Connells 1-11 Clan na Gael 0-08Stuart Reynolds Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2016 [15] St Joseph's 2-08 Mattock Rangers 0-12Dáire Smyth St Brigid's Park
2015 [16] Kilkerley Emmets 0-10, 3-10 (R) Clan na Gael 1-07, 0-11 Shane Lennon McGeough Park
2014 [17] Seán O'Mahony's 1-11 St Fechin's 1-08Pat O'Brien Clan na Gael Park
2013 [18] Geraldines 2-15 St Bride's 2-05Jim McEneaney St Brigid's Park
2012 [19] O'Connells 0-09 Clan na Gael 1-04Niall Conlon McGeough Park
2011 [20] O'Raghallaighs 0-09 Clan na Gael 0-06James Moonan McGeough Park
2010 [21] Dundalk Young Irelands 2-11 O'Raghallaighs 1-11Aaron Rogers Páirc Mhuire
2009 [22] Naomh Malachi 1-12 Na Piarsaigh 1-11Aidan Murphy Cluskey Park
2008 [23] Dreadnots 2-10 Na Piarsaigh 1-12Fergal McGuigan Páirc Mhuire
2007 [24] Dundalk Gaels 1-09 Dreadnots 0-08Aidan Delaney Páirc Mhuire
2006 [25] Naomh Malachi 1-09 O'Connells 1-08Ronan Greene Páirc Mochta
2005 [26] Geraldines 0-11 Naomh Malachi 0-10John Neary Clan na Gael Park
2004 [27] Dreadnots 2-07 O'Raghallaighs 1-09Darren Malone Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2003 [28] Dundalk Gaels 1-06 Oliver Plunketts 1-03Peter McGinnity The Grove
2002 [29] Naomh Malachi 3-08 Geraldines 2-08Micheál Daly St Brigid's Park
2001 [30] Naomh Fionnbarra 1-11, 0-15 (R) Seán McDermott's 2-08, 1-08 (R)Gerard Leonard The Grove
2000 [31] Dreadnots 2-08 St Kevin's 0-10Paul Aspell Páirc Mhuire
1999 Hunterstown 2-09 Geraldines 1-11John McBride The Grove
1998 Seán O'Mahony's 2-06 Oliver Plunketts 0-10Martin Connolly McGeough Park
1997 Roche Emmets 0-13 Naomh Fionnbarra 0-10Gerard Craven St Brigid's Park
1996 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-14 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-08Kevin Gorham The Grove
1995 Geraldines 1-09 (R) Mattock Rangers 1-06Nicholas Browne Páirc Mhuire
1994 Lann Léire 3-08 John Mitchels 0-07Brendan Martin Páirc Mhuire
1993 Hunterstown 0-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-08Thomas Duff Knockbridge
1992 Seán O'Mahony's 0-12, 1-11 (R) Naomh Fionnbarra 1-09, 1-02 (R)Willie Crawley The Grove
1991 Dundalk Gaels 2-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-05Robbie McCrave Knockbridge
1990 St Joseph's 3-08 Naomh Malachi 0-11David Mulligan Páirc Mochta
1989 Stabannon Parnells 1-13 Seán McDermott's 0-04Fiachra Bell Páirc Mhuire
1988 [32] Naomh Máirtín 0-07 Naomh Malachi 1-03Martin Morgan Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1987 Dundalk Gaels 3-10 Geraldines 0-08Davy McDonnell Páirc Mochta
1986 [33] Dreadnots 1-06, 3-11 (R) Naomh Máirtín 2-03, 2-08 (R)Pádraig Califf Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1985 Oliver Plunketts 2-08 Seán O'Mahony's 0-06Michael Rossiter Páirc Mhuire
1984 St Patrick's 1-05 St Bride's 0-03Diarmuid McArtain Clan na Gael Park
1983 St Joseph's 1-06 Oliver Plunketts 0-08Noel Murtagh The Grove
1982 Mattock Rangers 2-04 St Joseph's 1-04Damien Reid Páirc Mhuire
1981 St Mochta's 2-07 St Bride's 2-02Michael Byrne Páirc Mhuire
1980 St Patrick's 0-09, 1-06 (R) St Bride's 2-03, 0-08 (R)Eamonn McCann Cluskey Park
1979 Geraldines 2-08 Dundalk Gaels 1-04Michael Lynch Páirc Mochta
1978 [34] Kilkerley Emmets 0-14 Dreadnots 2-05Arthur Mulholland Knockbridge
1945 Clan na Gael 1-07 Oliver Plunketts 2-01-Athletic Grounds
1944Shamrocks (Drogheda)1-06 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-06-Athletic Grounds
1912 Geraldines 2-04Funshog0-00-Shamrock Lodge
1911Ardee St. Mochta's0-01 Geraldines 0-00- The Grove
1910 John Boyle O'Reilly's (Dundalk)0-02Castlebellingham2-00- Ardee
1909Dundalk Rangers1-11Castlebellingham1-06-Athletic Grounds
1908Boyne Emmets4-05Hitchestown0-07-Athletic Grounds
1907 Cooley Kickhams 0-09Dromiskin Mitchels0-03-Athletic Grounds

Title awarded to John Boyle O'Reilly's. Castlebellingham had fielded unregistered players

See also

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