Louth Minor Football Championship

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Louth Minor Football Championship
Founded1913
Title holders St Patrick's (2nd title)
Most titlesArdee Minors (12) Combination side
Sponsors LMFM [1]

The Louth Minor Football Championship is an annual competition organised by Louth GAA between the premier teams in minor (under-17) Gaelic football in County Louth.

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Trophy

The winning team is presented with the Father Larry Murray Cup, named after the Louth priest who was a dedicated promoter of underage football and the Irish language. [2]

The Ulster Minor Football Championship and Leinster Minor Football Championship trophies are also named in his honour, as is Páirc Uí Mhuirí in Dunleer (where Murray served as Parish priest), home to the Lann Léire club.

He trained the Louth minor team from 1934 to 1941, a very successful period for the county during which two All-Ireland Minor Football Championship titles were won. [3]

Finals

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScoreWinning CaptainFinal Venue
2024 [4] St Patrick's 3-03 Cooley Kickhams 1-08Micheál O'Shaughnessy McGeough Park
2023 [5] St. Mary's 1-14St Michael's/John Mitchels/Lann Léire 0-06Adam Gillespie St Brigid's Park
2022 [6] St Mary's 1-10 Dundalk Gaels 1-07Tadhg McDonnell Clan na Gael Park
2021 [7] St Kevin's/St Michael's1-08, 0-08 (R) St Fechin's 1-08, 2-01 (R)Ryan Halpenny Páirc Mhuire-Páirc Baile Fiach (R)
2020 [8] Cooley Kickhams/Cúchulainn Gaels 4-10 St Kevin's/St Michael's2-10Aaron Carolan/Paul BrennanDarver
2019 [9] Naomh Máirtín 2-08 St Joseph's 0-10Seán Healy Gaelic Grounds
2018 [10] St Mary's 1-17 St Mochta's/St Bride's 0-12Liam Jackson Gaelic Grounds
2017 [11] St Mary's 6-21 Geraldines 2-10Philip Trainor Gaelic Grounds
2016 [12] Naomh Máirtín 4-14 Newtown Blues 1-09Sam Mulroy Gaelic Grounds
2015 [13] Newtown Blues 1-08, 6-12 (Replay - AET) Naomh Máirtín 0-11, 2-14Conor Farrell Gaelic Grounds
2014 [14] Newtown Blues 4-15 Geraldines 1-05James Carter Gaelic Grounds
2013 [15] Geraldines 4-09 St Mary's 1-09Josh Arrowsmith Gaelic Grounds
2012 [16] Oliver Plunketts 2-04 St Joseph's/O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 1-05Gary Keogh Gaelic Grounds
2011 [17] St Bride's 0-14 Geraldines 0-09Patrick Reilly Gaelic Grounds
2010 [18] St Joseph's 3-09 Dreadnots 1-11Alan Lynch Gaelic Grounds
2009 [19] St Joseph's 1-12 Geraldines 2-06Alan McKenna Clan na Gael Park
2008 [20] Geraldines 1-12 St Mochta's/St Bride's/Annaghminnon Rovers 2-05Patrick Hoey Gaelic Grounds
2007 [21] Geraldines 1-12 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07Alan Breen St Brigid's Park
2006 [22] Cooley Kickhams 4-10St Brigid's1-10Patrick McGrath Clan na Gael Park
2005 [23] Cooley Kickhams 2-07 Na Piarsaigh 1-07Keith White Gaelic Grounds
2004 [24] Newtown Blues 1-13Baile Talún3-05Niall Costello Clan na Gael Park
2003 [25] Oliver Plunketts 2-06Baile Talún0-10Brian McKenna St Brigid's Park
2002 [26] Valley Rangers0-08 Na Piarsaigh 0-07 Paddy Keenan Páirc Mhuire
2001 [27] Baile Talún1-15Seán Treacy's1-08Daniel Woods Gaelic Grounds
2000 [28] Clan na Gael 2-09 St Mary's (Ardee)2-08Gary Hoey Gaelic Grounds
1999 Clan na Gael 4-04Baile Talún0-09Ruairí Duffy McGeough Park
1998 Cooley Kickhams 2-07 Clan na Gael 0-07 Seán O'Neill St Brigid's Park
1997 Dundalk Gaels 4-10 Cooley Kickhams 3-05Peter McGinnity Gaelic Grounds
1996 Oliver Plunketts 1-07 Newtown Blues 0-09Gareth Coyle Páirc Mhuire
1995St Fursey's1-04 Newtown Blues 1-03Paudie Lynch Cluskey Park
1994 St Joseph's/St Vincent's2-11Abbey Gaels/Emmití Óg0-10Gervaise Marron The Grove
1993 Roche Emmets 0-08 Newtown Blues 0-02Ciarán Nash Gaelic Grounds
1992 Roche Emmets 1-09Valley Rangers1-04Paul Nash St Brigid's Park
1991 Roche Emmets 3-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-09Aidan O'Neill St Brigid's Park
1990Valley Rangers1-14St Michael's1-06Seán White St Brigid's Park
1989 Dundalk Gaels 0-07, 2-05 (R)Valley Rangers0-07, 0-02 (R)Niall Prenty Gaelic Grounds-St Brigid's Park (R)
1988 Clan na Gael 2-09Ardee1-04Niall O'Donnell Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1987Ardee1-20St Fursey's1-02Brian Scott Tallanstown
1986 Roche Emmets 3-10 Clan na Gael 1-06Aidan McArdle Cluskey Park
1985Seán Treacy's2-09Naomh Buithe0-05T.P. McHugh St Brigid's Park
1984 Cooley Kickhams 0-08St Brigid's0-04Declan Larkin Cluskey Park
1983 Clan na Gael 1-05Ardee1-03Kevin O'Hanlon The Grove
1982Seán Treacy's/Baile Philib1-07Naomh Buithe1-04David Reilly Gaelic Grounds
1981 Clan na Gael 1-08 Cooley Kickhams 2-04Colm Markey St Brigid's Park
1980Naomh Buithe1-06 Clan na Gael 0-07Declan Healy Páirc Mhuire
1979 Cooley Kickhams 2-11Naomh Buithe1-08Tony McCarragher Páirc Mochta
1978Naomh Buithe2-10Ardee1-05Michael Ward Gaelic Grounds
1977 Kilkerley Emmets/Roche Emmets/Naomh Malachi 1-07Ardee0-09Séamus Bellew Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1976 Clan na Gael 1-02 Oliver Plunketts 0-04Seán Kieran St Brigid's Park
1975 Newtown Blues 0-08, 2-17 (Replay - AET)St Brigid's0-08, 1-10 (R)Vincent Murray Gaelic Grounds
1974 Dundalk Gaels 0-06, 1-09 (R) Newtown Blues 0-06, 0-02 (R)Mickey White Páirc Mhuire
1973Ardee2-03 Dundalk Gaels 1-05Jim Matthews St Brigid's Park
1972Ardee1-09 Cooley Kickhams 1-04Séamus O'Neill St Brigid's Park
1971 Cooley Kickhams 2-07Ardee1-05Kevin Thornton St Brigid's Park
1970 Newtown Blues 1-06, 3-03 (R)Ardee1-06, 0-07 (R)Noel Crilly Páirc Uí Mhuirí-Páirc Mochta (R)
1969Baile Talún5-06 Cooley Kickhams 2-03Gerry Sheridan Páirc Mochta
1968 [29] Cooley Kickhams 1-09Collon Minors2-03Alo McGrath St Brigid's Park
1967Ardee3-16Naomh Buithe0-04Mattie Reilly St Brigid's Park
1966Ardee0-11Clann Mhuire0-03Tommy Reilly St Brigid's Park
1965Ardee3-10 Dowdallshill 2-04Turlough McDonald The Grove
1964Ardee1-05, 3-05 (R) Newtown Blues 1-05, 0-02 (R)Tony Breen Knockbridge
1963 O'Raghallaighs 3-06Baile Philip2-04Fergus McKeown The Grove
1962 Dundalk Gaels 1-05 O'Raghallaighs 1-04Jimmy Kelleher The Grove
1961 O'Raghallaighs 3-06Clann Mhuire (Omeath)2-07Muckle McKeown Gaelic Grounds
1960 O'Raghallaighs 5-09 Clan na Gael 2-07Anthony Campbell Knockbridge
1959 [30] O'Raghallaighs 2-08 Clan na Gael 3-04Leo Nawn Páirc Mhuire
1958 Newtown Blues 2-05Ardee1-02Terry Kelly The Grove
1957 Newtown Blues 2-02Ardee1-03Peter McKenna The Grove
1956 Newtown Blues 1-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-04Jim Judge Páirc Mhuire
1955Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda)5-10Con Colbert's0-01Tom O'Connor The Grove
1954 [31] Ardee0-09 Clan na Gael 2-01Patsy ColemanAthletic Grounds
1953St Dominic's1-02, 1-08 (R) Clan na Gael 0-05, 1-06 (R)Paddy Hallinan Gaelic Grounds-Athletic Grounds (R)
1952 Clan na Gael 1-07St Dominic's1-05Benny ToalAthletic Grounds
1951Ardee1-08St Dominic's (Drogheda)1-03Michael BrennanAthletic Grounds
1950Ardee1-05 Dundalk Gaels 1-02Michael Brennan The Grove
1949Null and Void
1948 St. Mary's College 4-03Larks (Killineer)2-01Vincent Bransfield Gaelic Grounds
1947 St. Mary's College 4-04Ardee0-03-Athletic Grounds
1946 Wolfe Tones 3-04Ardee0-01Jim Gavin Gaelic Grounds
1945 St. Mary's College 2-07Ardee0-04Francesco Belotti Gaelic Grounds
1944 St. Mary's College 3-05 Oliver Plunketts 0-05-Athletic Grounds
1943Ardee4-04 St. Mary's College 1-06Mickey Reynolds Gaelic Grounds
1942 De La Salle W/OArdeescr.-Athletic Grounds
1941 [32] De La Salle (Dundalk)3-10St Magdalene's0-01Tommy Larkin Gaelic Grounds
1940 St. Mary's College 2-06Ardee0-02-Athletic Grounds
1939 St. Mary's College 2-08Ardee0-04-Athletic Grounds
1938St Magdalene's0-03 Cooley Kickhams 0-00-Athletic Grounds
1937 St. Mary's College 4-08St Magdalene's1-03Aidan Goulding Gaelic Grounds
1936 St. Mary's College 1-03St Magdalene's0-03-Athletic Grounds
1935 St. Mary's College (Dundalk)1-01Woodington Rangers0-01-Athletic Grounds
1934 Dundalk Gaels 6-06Woodington Rangers (Drogheda)2-02Jim Curran Gaelic Grounds
1933 Dundalk Gaels 2-07Ardee2-02Paddy Hoey Gaelic Grounds
1932 [33] Round Towers (Monasterboice)4-04 Clan na Gael 0-06-Athletic Grounds
1931St Magdalene's (Drogheda)2-04 Cooley Kickhams 1-02Vincent Kerr The Grove
1930Ardee2-04 (Replay) Cooley Kickhams 2-01-Ferdia Park, Ardee
1929Null and Void
1928Owen Roe's1-03 Clan na Gael 1-00Tom McKeown Gaelic Grounds
1927 Clan na Gael 6-01Owen Roe's5-03John GreyAthletic Grounds
1926Dundalk John Dillons1-01Owen Roe's (Drogheda)0-00-Athletic Grounds
1925Shamrocks-Unknowns (Dromiskin)--Athletic Grounds
1924‡ Shamrocks0-02Boyne Rangers2-01- Castlebellingham
1923Shamrocks (Dundalk)2-02Castlebellingham0-00-Athletic Grounds
1922Null and Void
1921Dundalk John Dillons1-05Darver Boglarks0-01-Athletic Grounds
1920 Clan na Gael 2-02 (Replay)O'Mahony's1-01John McKennaAthletic Grounds
1919Annagassan2-01Castle Emmets (Dundalk)1-01-Athletic Grounds
1918No Championship
1917No Championship
1916No Championship
1915Ardee St. Mochta's4-05 Geraldines 1-00-Shamrock Lodge
1914Drogheda Stars3-01 Geraldines 0-01-Athletic Grounds
1913Dundalk Rangers2-02Hearts of Oriel (Dundalk)2-00-Athletic Grounds

‡Title awarded to Shamrocks on appeal

Minor B Championship finals

YearWinnerOpponent
2024 Roche Emmets Dundalk Young Irelands/Seán O'Mahony's
2023 Naomh Fionnbarra St Patrick's
2022 Glen Emmets Naomh Fionnbarra
2021 Dundalk Gaels Newtown Blues
2020 Oliver Plunketts (AET) St Bride's (AET)
2019 Dreadnots Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire
2018 St Joseph's Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire
2017 Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi Glen Emmets
2016 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells/John Mitchels Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire
2015 Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire Dreadnots
2014 St Kevin's/Baile Talún St Mary's
2013 Cooley Kickhams Dundalk Gaels
2012Baile Talún Naomh Máirtín
2011 Naomh Fionnbarra/St Kevin's Seán O'Mahony's
2010 St Fechin's St Patrick's
2009 Roche Emmets Na Piarsaigh
2008 Dundalk Gaels Mellifont Rovers
2007 St Nicholas Naomh Fionnbarra
2006 Geraldines St Michael's
2005 Dundalk Young Irelands St Michael's
2004 St Joseph's/St Vincent's Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi
2003 Naomh Máirtín St Joseph's/St Vincent's
2002St Fursey'sSt Michael's
2001 St Bride's Lann Léire/St Kevin's
2000 Wolfe Tones Naomh Máirtín
1999 Roche Emmets (R)Seán Treacy's (R)

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