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.
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.The GAA in Louth (An Historical Record), Fr.John Mulligan (1984). It was revived 32 years later in 1944. However, the competition was only staged twice before it lapsed again.The GAA in Louth (An Historical Record), Fr.John Mulligan (1984). It re-emerged permanently on the county scene in 1978 with Kilkerley Emmets becoming the first winners of the Seamus Flood Cup.The GAA in Louth (An Historical Record), Fr.John Mulligan (1984).
Trophy The winning team is presented with the Séamus 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. 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.
Finals
Year Winner Score Opponent Score Winning Captain Final Venue 1907 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 Dromiskin Mitchels 0-03 Charles P. Kearney Athletic Grounds 1908 Boyne Emmets 4-05 Hitchestown 0-07 - Athletic Grounds 1909 Dundalk Rangers 1-11 Castlebellingham 1-06 - Athletic Grounds 1910 John Boyle O'Reilly's (Dundalk) 0-02 Castlebellingham 2-00 - Ardee 1911 Ardee St Mochta's 0-01 Geraldines 0-00 - The Grove 1912 Geraldines 2-04 Funshog 0-00 - Shamrock Lodge 1944 Null and Void 1945 Clan na Gael 1-07 Oliver Plunketts 2-01 - Athletic Grounds 1978 Kilkerley Emmets 0-14 Dreadnots 2-05 Arthur Mulholland Knockbridge 1979 Geraldines 2-08 Dundalk Gaels 1-04 Michael Lynch Páirc Mochta 1980 St Patrick's 0-09, 1-06 (R) St Bride's 2-03, 0-08 (R) Eamonn McCann Cluskey Park 1981 St Mochta's 2-07 St Bride's 2-02 Michael Byrne Páirc Mhuire 1982 Mattock Rangers 2-04 St Joseph's 1-04 Damien Reid Páirc Mhuire 1983 St Joseph's 1-06 Oliver Plunketts 0-08 Noel Murtagh The Grove 1984 St Patrick's 1-05 St Bride's 0-03 Diarmuid McArtain Clan na Gael Park 1985 Oliver Plunketts 2-08 Seán O'Mahony's 0-06 Michael Rossiter Páirc Mhuire 1986 Dreadnots 1-06, 3-11 (R) Naomh Máirtín 2-03, 2-08 (R) Pádraig Califf Páirc Uí Mhuirí 1987 Dundalk Gaels 3-10 Geraldines 0-08 Davy McDonnell Páirc Mochta 1988 Naomh Máirtín 0-07 Naomh Malachi 1-03 Martin Morgan Páirc Uí Mhuirí 1989 Stabannon Parnells 1-13 Seán McDermott's 0-04 Fiachra Bell Páirc Mhuire 1990 St Joseph's 3-08 Naomh Malachi 0-11 David Mulligan Páirc Mochta 1991 Dundalk Gaels 2-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-05 Robbie McCrave Knockbridge 1992 Seán O'Mahony's 0-12, 1-11 (R) Naomh Fionnbarra 1-09, 1-02 (R) Willie Crawley The Grove 1993 Hunterstown Rovers 0-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-08 Thomas Duff Knockbridge 1994 Lann Léire 3-08 John Mitchels 0-07 Brendan Martin Páirc Mhuire 1995 Geraldines 1-09 (R) Mattock Rangers 1-06 Nicholas Browne (R) Páirc Mhuire 1996 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-14 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-08 Kevin Gorham The Grove 1997 Roche Emmets 0-13 Naomh Fionnbarra 0-10 Gerard Craven St Brigid's Park 1998 Seán O'Mahony's 2-06 Oliver Plunketts 0-10 Martin Connolly McGeough Park 1999 Hunterstown Rovers 2-09 Geraldines 1-11 John McBride The Grove 2000 Dreadnots 2-08 St Kevin's 0-10 Paul Aspell Páirc Mhuire 2001 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-11, 0-15 (R) Seán McDermott's 2-08, 1-08 (R) Gerard Leonard The Grove 2002 Naomh Malachi 3-08 Geraldines 2-08 Micheál Daly St Brigid's Park 2003 Dundalk Gaels 1-06 Oliver Plunketts 1-03 Peter McGinnity The Grove 2004 Dreadnots 2-07 O'Raghallaighs 1-09 Darren Malone Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2005 Geraldines 0-11 Naomh Malachi 0-10 John Neary Clan na Gael Park 2006 Naomh Malachi 1-09 O'Connells 1-08 Ronan Greene Páirc Mochta 2007 Dundalk Gaels 1-09 Dreadnots 0-08 Aidan Delaney Páirc Mhuire 2008 Dreadnots 2-10 Na Piarsaigh 1-12 Fergal McGuigan Páirc Mhuire 2009 Naomh Malachi 1-12 Na Piarsaigh 1-11 Aidan Murphy Cluskey Park 2010 Dundalk Young Irelands 2-11 O'Raghallaighs 1-11 Aaron Rogers Páirc Mhuire 2011 O'Raghallaighs 0-09 Clan na Gael 0-06 James Moonan McGeough Park 2012 O'Connells 0-09 Clan na Gael 1-04 Niall Conlon McGeough Park 2013 Geraldines 2-15 St Bride's 2-05 Jim McEneaney St Brigid's Park 2014 Seán O'Mahony's 1-11 St Fechin's 1-08 Pat O'Brien Clan na Gael Park 2015 Kilkerley Emmets 0-10, 3-10 (R) Clan na Gael 1-07, 0-11 (R) Shane Lennon McGeough Park 2016 St Joseph's 2-08 Mattock Rangers 0-12 Dáire Smyth St Brigid's Park 2017 O'Connells 1-11 Clan na Gael 0-08 Stuart Reynolds Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2018 St Mochta's 1-15 St Fechin's 1-13 Darren McMahon The Grove 2019 Mattock Rangers 1-17 Kilkerley Emmets 0-12 Adrian Reid Stabannon 2020 St Bride's 1-21 Kilkerley Emmets 1-08 James Costelloe Darver 2021 St Fechin's 1-11 Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Conor Haughney Clan na Gael Park 2022 Cooley Kickhams 1-13 St Kevin's 0-12 Darren Marks Páirc Mhuire 2023 Roche Emmets 0-12 O'Raghallaighs 1-08 Glen Stewart Clan na Gael Park 2024 Dundalk Gaels 2-04, 2-09 (R) Hunterstown Rovers 1-07, 0-13 (R) Dylan McKeown Darver 2025 Hunterstown Rovers 2-10 Stabannon Parnells 0-15 Ryan Burns Páirc Mhuire
Title awarded to John Boyle O'Reilly's. Castlebellingham had fielded unregistered players.
Drogheda Shamrocks beat Dundalk Young Irelands 1-06 to 0-06 in the Final. Championship was later declared void after County Board established that Shamrocks had fielded an ineligible player.
See also Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship
References
External links Louth GAA official website Louth on Hoganstand