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County: | Louth | ||||||||
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Colours: | Sky blue and white | ||||||||
Grounds: | Newfoundwell Road, Drogheda | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 53°43′36″N6°19′27″W / 53.72667°N 6.32417°W | ||||||||
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Newtown Blues are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. They are the most successful club in Louth GAA and hold the record for the most Louth Senior Football Championships won in Gaelic football history. The club won their last such title in the 2019 Louth Senior Football Championship. [1]
The club, which was founded on 12 July 1887, has its home ground on the Newfoundwell road, beside the local secondary school. [2] The club's colours are sky blue and white.
In 1962 Newtown Blues won all three Senior club competitions (Old Gaels Cup, Cardinal O'Donnell Cup and Senior Championship) and went on to repeat this feat in 1963 [3] and 1986. [4]
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