Louth Junior 2A Football Championship

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Louth Junior 2A Football Championship
Founded1917 [1]
Title holders St Patrick's (6th title)
Most titles Cooley Kickhams
Clan na Gael (9 titles)

The Louth Junior 2A Football Championship is an annual knockout gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA, contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth.

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Formerly known as the Second Division Championship, it was renamed the Junior 2 Championship when the county football Leagues were reorganized in 1978. [1]

Trophy

The captain of the winning team is presented with the Dan McEvoy Cup. Dan "Warren" McEvoy was a member of the Tredaghs football club in Drogheda and played on the Louth team that won the 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [1]

Finals

(R) = Replay

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScoreWinning Captain
2024 [2] St Patrick's 1-07 Naomh Máirtín 0-07Adam Finnegan
2023 Geraldines 0-14 Cooley Kickhams 1-07Paul Clarke
2022 [3] Naomh Máirtín 3-16 St Patrick's 0-07Jack McCarville
2021 [4] Cooley Kickhams 1-11 St Mary's 0-12Keith White
2020(Cancelled - COVID-19)
2019 [5] Naomh Máirtín 4-07 St Patrick's 0-11Connor Smyth
2018 [6] St Mary's 0-10 Dundalk Gaels 0-07Mark Gorman
2017 [7] St Mary's 2-07 St Fechin's 0-06Wayne Matthews
2016 [8] Geraldines 2-11 Naomh Máirtín 0-07John Pepper
2015 [9] St Mary's 2-09 St Patrick's 0-10Paul Malone
2014 St Mary's 2-09 Geraldines 1-08-
2013 [10] St Bride's 3-11 Clan na Gael 0-09Ruairí Kelly
2012 [11] Naomh Máirtín 3-08 St Mary's 3-07Thomas Sullivan
2011 [12] Dundalk Gaels 2-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-09Stephen McLoughlin
2010 [13] Newtown Blues 2-11 Naomh Máirtín 0-08Stephen Kermode
2009 [14] Cooley Kickhams 0-11 St Patrick's 0-08Declan McGuinness
2008 [15] Naomh Malachi 2-04 Cooley Kickhams 1-06Ronan Lynch
2007 [16] Cooley Kickhams 0-13 St Patrick's 1-07Ronan Hanlon
2006 [17] St Patrick's 2-06 Cooley Kickhams 0-08Paddy White
2005 [18] Clan na Gael 2-09 Newtown Blues 0-12Ciarán Campbell
2004 [19] Newtown Blues 3-04 St Mary's 1-06Tommy Costello
2003 [20] St Patrick's 1-08 Cooley Kickhams 0-09James Hynes
2002 [21] Cooley Kickhams 2-13 Newtown Blues 0-07Michael Hanlon
2001 [22] Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Naomh Máirtín 1-04Michael Murphy
2000 [23] Cooley Kickhams 1-06 (R) Newtown Blues 0-02 (R)Pádraig O'Neill
1999 [24] St Patrick's 2-12 Roche Emmets 0-04Damien White
1998 St Patrick's 3-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-10Séamus Rennick
1997 St Patrick's 0-10 Cooley Kickhams 0-07Gerry McEneaney
1996 Newtown Blues 3-10 St Mary's 2-06David Hughes
1995 Clan na Gael 1-12 Cooley Kickhams 2-07Derek McCabe
1994 Clan na Gael 1-12 (R) Cooley Kickhams 2-08 (R)Fergus Byrne
1993 Clan na Gael 1-10 Roche Emmets 0-07Donagh Rice
1992 Cooley Kickhams 1-08 Clan na Gael 1-07Ian Murphy
1991 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 St Mary's 0-05Aidan Shields
1990 [25] Clan na Gael 1-10 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-03Ciarán McKeever
1989 St Mary's 2-06 (R) Cooley Kickhams 1-06 (R)Bartle Landy
1988 Roche Emmets 2-07 St Patrick's 1-05Martin Shearman
1987 St Nicholas 2-12 Na Piarsaigh 0-08Philip Kirwan
1986 [26] Kilkerley Emmets 0-07 Glen Emmets 1-02Francie Kirk
1985Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda)2-07 (R) Na Piarsaigh 0-11 (R)Gerard Murtagh
1984 [25] Clan na Gael 1-06 Oliver Plunketts 0-02David Neary
1983 [27] Glen Emmets 0-09 Dundalk Gaels 0-05Gerry Martin
1982 [28] Dundalk Young Irelands 1-09 Geraldines 0-05Michael Bracken
1981 Seán O'Mahony's 1-06 St Mary's 0-05Eddie O'Leary
1980 Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07Brendan Shields
1979 Roche Emmets 1-03 Mattock Rangers 0-02Seán Quinn
1978 [29] St Fechin's 0-06 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05Charlie Collier
1977 Westerns 0-08 Glen Emmets 1-02Brendan Matthews
1976 [30] O'Connells 0-10 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-04Patsy Callan
1975 [31] Lann Léire 1-07 Westerns 1-05Tommy Martin
1974 [32] Dreadnots 3-03 Westerns 2-05Dermot Campbell
1973 [33] Hunterstown Rovers 1-04 Dreadnots 0-05Peter Taaffe
1972 [34] Naomh Máirtín 1-11 Hunterstown Rovers 1-09John Mullen
1971 [35] Lann Léire 0-07 Westerns 0-04Bartle Faulkner
1970 St Mochta's 1-03 Hunterstown Rovers 0-03John Byrne
1969 St Mary's 3-01 Hunterstown Rovers 1-05Francie Higgins
1968 Stabannon Parnells 1-08 O'Connells 0-05Seán Quinn
1967 [36] John Mitchels 5-05 Stabannon Parnells 1-02John Manning
1966(Declared null and void)
1965 [37] Glen Emmets 0-08 Stabannon Parnells 0-07Paul Carrie
1964 [38] Annaghminnon Rovers 1-09 John Mitchels 2-05Mick Drumgoole
1963Fane Rangers1-12 Naomh Máirtín 3-01Harry Reilly
1962 [32] Dreadnots 2-08Fane Rangers1-03Anthony Kirwan
1961 [39] St Fechin's 2-04 Dreadnots 1-03Michael Carroll
1960 Mattock Rangers 2-07 Dreadnots 1-05Paddy Geraghty
1959 Naomh Máirtín 0-05 Dreadnots 0-04Hugh Russell
1958 [40] Seán McDermott's 2-03 Naomh Máirtín 1-03Joe Osborne
1957 [41] St Kevin's 2-06 Seán McDermott's 3-02Jim McCabe
1956 St Mochta's 0-07 O'Connells 1-02Tom Kerr
1955 [42] Lann Léire 1-07 Seán McDermott's 1-04John Bowden
1954 [43] Hunterstown Rovers 1-06 Lann Léire 0-04Jack Reilly
1953 [44] Roche Emmets 1-04 (R) Lann Léire 0-06 (R)Willie Treacy
1952 [45] Walshestown Rovers4-01St Michael's (Clogherhead)0-03Amby Morgan
1951 [46] Stabannon Parnells 1-06Walshestown Rovers0-06Willie Byrne
1950 [47] St Colmcille's (Togher)3-09Mountpleasant Plunkets1-03Paddy Butterly
1949 [48] O'Connells 2-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-04Peter Tuite
1948(Declared null and void)
1947 [49] Darver Volunteers1-05 Cooley Kickhams 0-02-
1946Thomas Davis (Dunleer)3-00Fane Rangers1-04Owen Holdcroft
1945 [50] St Mary's 0-04Fane Rangers0-01James Burke
1944 Glyde Rangers 1-08 Stabannon Parnells 1-06Benny Ryan
1943St Dominic's (Ardee)1-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-04-
1942 [26] Kilkerley Emmets 1-06 Lann Léire 0-02Petey Murphy
1941 [26] Stabannon Parnells 2-01 Kilkerley Emmets 0-04John Lynch
1940 [51] Ramblers United (Termonfeckin)1-06 Stabannon Parnells 1-05-
1939 Dowdallshill 1-08Darver Young Irelands2-00Dan Bennett
1938Dillonstown3-02 Cooley Kickhams 2-02Thomas O'Neill
1937Woodington Rangers (Drogheda)2-05St Joseph's (Dundalk)1-06Patrick Dunne
1936 Stabannon Parnells 1-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-02-
1935 St Mochta's 2-03 Stabannon Parnells 1-02Bernard Byrne
1934 Dowdallshill 1-04Cannontown Emmets (Termonfeckin)0-02Johnny Murphy
1933 Glyde Rangers 3-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-02-
1932 O'Connells 1-06 Dowdallshill 0-01-
1931St Magdalene's (Drogheda)1-04 Dowdallshill 0-04Paddy Mullen
1930Kilcurry3-01Dromiskin Unknowns1-03-
1929Hitchestown1-11Kilcurry2-02Tom Maguire
1928 Glyde Rangers 1-01Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers0-00Michael Rogan
1927 Clan na Gael 1-03 Newtown Blues 1-02James Hearty
1926Rapparees (Dundalk)1-02Blues (Dundalk)1-01Joe Farrell
1925Dromiskin Unknowns0-06Ballybinaby Emmets0-00Paddy Connor
1924Castle Emmets2-03Dromiskin Unknowns1-00-
1923 Clan na Gael 0-06Shamrocks (Dundalk)0-02Peter Woods
1922Stabannon Independents(Won via objection)Fane Rangers-Jack McConnon
1921Fane Rangers (Channonrock)1-05Walshestown Rovers0-00-
1920 Clan na Gael 4-04Hitchestown1-01Peter Woods
1919Boyne Rangers4-05 Clan na Gael 0-00Edward Corbally
1918Castle Emmets (Dundalk)-Boyne Rangers (Drogheda)--
1917 [52] Drogheda Harps0-05Dromiskin Shamrocks0-02-

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