Louth Junior 2A Football League

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Louth Junior 2A Football League
Founded1941
Title holders St Mary's (8th title)
Most titles Cooley Kickhams (11 titles)
SponsorsJohn O'Neill Sand and Gravel

The Louth Junior 2A Football League, or Division 4 of the county football Leagues, is an annual Gaelic football competition that was introduced by Louth GAA in 1941 and contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth. The captain of the winning team is presented with the Cairnes Cup. [1]

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Format

A Final to determine the winner was held annually until 2015, when the format changed. At the end of the league programme, the team with the most points is now awarded the trophy. If two or more teams finish level on points at the top of the table, a play-off will decide the winner. The team that finishes bottom of the league is relegated to Division 5.

Trophy

The Ranafast Cup was presented to each winning team from 1944 [2] until 1999.

This trophy was purchased with money from the Fr Larry Murray Memorial Fund [3] and is named in memory of the Gaelic games and Irish language enthusiast priest's close association with Coláiste Bhríde in Ranafast. [4] The Cairnes Cup was presented to the winners for the first time in 2000.

Winners by Year

(R) = Replay

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
2023 [5] St Mary's 0-12 Cooley Kickhams 1-04
2022 [6] Naomh Máirtín --No Final--
2021 [1] Cooley Kickhams 3-12 St Mary's 2-03
2020Cancelled (COVID-19)
2019 [7] St Patrick's 1-15 St Mary's 2-08
2018 [8] Mattock Rangers 1-14 St Bride's 1-04
2017 [9] Dundalk Gaels --No Final--
2016 [10] St Bride's --No Final--
2015 [11] [12] Cooley Kickhams 0-13 St Bride's 0-07
2014 [13] [14] Clan na Gael 1-11 Naomh Máirtín 1-08
2013 St Mary's 2-10 St Patrick's 1-06
2012 [15] St Joseph's 0-11 St Patrick's 0-07
2011 [16] Cooley Kickhams 2-10 Clan na Gael 2-05
2010 St Mary's 0-08 Cooley Kickhams 0-06
2009 Newtown Blues 1-07 Cooley Kickhams 1-06
2008 [17] Cooley Kickhams 1-05 Dundalk Gaels 1-04
2007 [18] Newtown Blues 1-10 Cooley Kickhams 1-08
2006 [18] Newtown Blues 1-07 Cooley Kickhams 0-09
2005 [19] Cooley Kickhams 2-08 Newtown Blues 0-07
2004 [20] Mattock Rangers 2-10 Cooley Kickhams 1-08
2003 [21] Clan na Gael 0-14 St Patrick's 0-08
2002 [22] Cooley Kickhams 2-03 Clan na Gael 0-06
2001 [22] Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Clan na Gael 2-04
2000 [23] St Patrick's 1-12 Newtown Blues 2-07
1999 [24] Clan na Gael 1-11 St Mary's 1-10
1998 Cooley Kickhams 2-07 St Patrick's 1-07
1997 Newtown Blues 2-15 Lann Léire 1-05
1996 Lann Léire 2-09 Dundalk Gaels 2-05
1995 Dundalk Gaels (R)0-10 Clan na Gael (R)0-04
1994 Clan na Gael 1-09 St Mary's 0-07
1993 Cooley Kickhams 0-12 Clan na Gael 2-04
1992 Clan na Gael 1-10 Lann Léire 1-02
1991 [25] Clan na Gael 0-09 Glyde Rangers 0-03
1990 Cooley Kickhams 1-08 St Mary's 0-09
1989 [26] Kilkerley Emmets 1-09 Clan na Gael 1-05
1988 St Mary's 1-05 St Patrick's 1-04
1987 Roche Emmets 1-05 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-04
1986 Dundalk Gaels 2-07 Na Piarsaigh 0-07
1985 Lann Léire 2-09 St Bride's 1-05
1984 Geraldines 3-04 Naomh Fionnbarra 0-05
1983 [15] St Joseph's 1-08 Kilkerley Emmets 0-03
1982 Newtown Blues 3-09 Geraldines 1-05
1981 [26] Kilkerley Emmets 3-05 Newtown Blues 1-08
1980 St Mary's 0-11 Kilkerley Emmets 1-03
1979 Mattock Rangers 0-02 St Bride's 0-01
1978 St Mary's 0-08 St Fechin's 0-06
1977 Mattock Rangers 3-05 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-08
1976 [27] Glen Emmets 3-12 O'Connells 0-02
1975 [28] Westerns 3-04 Dreadnots 1-07
1974 St Bride's 0-06 Dreadnots 0-03
1973 [29] Dreadnots 2-06 Kilkerley Emmets 0-07
1972 Hunterstown Rovers 2-15 St Kevin's 3-01
1971 [30] Lann Léire 2-08 St Mochta's 0-06
1970 [31] Newtown Blues (R)1-05 Hunterstown Rovers (R)1-02
1969 [32] St Mochta's 1-05 St Kevin's 0-04
1968 [33] Naomh Fionnbarra 2-04 St Bride's 0-06
1967 St Bride's 2-07 Stabannon Parnells 0-07
1966 St Patrick's 2-04 St Mary's 2-03
1965 [34] Glen Emmets 1-05 St Bride's 0-05
1964 St Bride's 3-07 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-04
1963 [35] Naomh Máirtín 2-05 Stabannon Parnells 0-03
1962 [29] Dreadnots 2-08Fane Rangers1-02
1961 [29] Dreadnots (R)2-09Fane Rangers (R)2-03
1960 [29] Dreadnots 6-06 St Mary's 0-02
1959 [29] Dreadnots 2-06 O'Connells 1-06
1958 [36] St Fechin's 1-07 Kilkerley Emmets 0-02
1957 [36] St Fechin's 3-06Sean O'Carroll's (Ardee)2-04
1956 [36] St Fechin's (R)1-07 St Mochta's (R)0-03
1955 [29] Dreadnots 2-09 Seán McDermott's 1-06
1954 [37] Hunterstown Rovers 1-04 Lann Léire 0-03
1953 [38] Lann Léire 1-14Carlingford2-04
1952 Seán McDermott's 1-08 Roche Emmets 1-05
1951St Michael's (Clogherhead)3-05 Stabannon Parnells 0-02
1950 [39] St Colmcille's7-09 St Mochta's 1-02
1949 [40] St Mary's 6-07St Colmcille's (Togher)2-03
1948 [33] Walshestown Rovers0-07 Cooley Kickhams 0-04
1947Ramblers (Termonfeckin)2-0Red Hands (Martin's Cross)1-01
1946Fane Rangers2-01 Cooley Kickhams 0-01
1945 [41] St Mary's 4-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-03
1944 [2] Cooley Kickhams 2-05 Glyde Rangers 0-05
1943St Dominic's (Ardee)1-07 Glyde Rangers 2-01
1942 [26] Kilkerley Emmets 4-05 Lann Léire 3-04
1941 Stabannon Parnells 1-05Kilcurry1-04

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