Louth Junior Football Championship

The Louth Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA and contested by the junior One/A grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship, the winner of which then progresses to represent Leinster in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

Honours The winning team is presented with the Christy Bellew Cup, named after the Drogheda GAA official and Killineer Larks club member who was chairman of Louth GAA in the 1920s. The cup was presented for the first time in 1949 to the victorious St Bride's team. The Junior championship itself was first contested in 1904.

The winning team is promoted to play in the following year's Louth Intermediate Football Championship.

Finals

Year Winner Score Opponent Score Winning Captain Final Venue 1904 Tredaghs (Drogheda) 0-03 O'Mahony's (Dundalk) 0-02 Tom Kelly Castlebellingham 1905 Dundalk Rangers 1-06 (R) Newtown Blues 0-04 (R) Johnny Brennan Castlebellingham 1906 Stars (Drogheda) 1-05 O'Mahony's 1-03 Jim McKeown Athletic Grounds 1907 Tredaghs 2-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 Denis Tenanty Castlebellingham 1908 Dundalk Rangers 0-08 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 - Athletic Grounds 1909 Geraldines 1–16 Dundalk Rangers 1-01 Joe McGuinness Athletic Grounds 1910 Ardee St Mochta's 1-05 Dundalk Rangers 1-02 Jimmy McCann Shamrock Lodge 1911 Funshog 1-02 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-04 James Reilly Castlebellingham 1912 Stars 0-05 Dundalk Rangers 0-01 Tom Burke Athletic Grounds 1913 Dundalk Rangers 3-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-00 John Norton Athletic Grounds 1914 Stars 3-02 Hitchestown 2-03 Tom Burke Athletic Grounds 1915 Hitchestown 0-03 Hearts of Oriel (Dundalk) 0-01 Paddy Joe Butterly Shamrock Lodge 1916 Cooley Kickhams 2-06 Tower Emmets (Drogheda) 1-00 Josie Ferguson Athletic Grounds 1917 Dundalk Rangers 2-07 Ardee St Mochta's 2-02 James Woods Athletic Grounds 1918 Dundalk O'Rahillys 2-03 Eamonn Ceannts (Ardee) 0-03 Jimmy Martin Ardee 1919 Dundalk John Dillons 2-00 Eamonn Ceannts 0-02 Atty Hanratty Shamrock Lodge 1920 Geraldines 2-01 Con Colberts (Dundalk) 1-02 Joe Donnelly Athletic Grounds 1921 Boyne Rangers 3-01 Larks 2-01 Edward Corbally Shamrock Lodge 1922 Clan na Gael 1-05 Castlebellingham 0-02 Peter Garland Castlebellingham 1923 O'Mahony's 1-02 Dundalk Rangers 1-01 Pat Carroll Athletic Grounds 1924 Castlebellingham 1-05 Larks 1-01 Jack Lynch Athletic Grounds 1925 O'Mahony's 2-02 Castle Emmets (Dundalk) 2-01 Jack Callan Athletic Grounds 1926 Con Colberts 1-03 St Dominic's (Dundalk) 0-04 Willie Lawless Athletic Grounds 1927 Unknowns (Dromiskin) 4-03 Cooley Kickhams 0-03 Paddy Connor Athletic Grounds 1928 Castlebellingham 1-04 St Mary's 1-02 - Gaelic Grounds 1929 Glyde Rangers 2-03 Clan na Gael 1-04 Jimmy Kelly The Grove 1930 Clan na Gael 2-05 Castle Emmets 2-04 Peter Garland Athletic Grounds 1931 St Bride's 1-04 Owen Roe's (Drogheda) 1-02 Peter Byrne The Grove 1932 Owen Roe's 2-02 Dundalk Gaels 1-04 Jimmy Mullen Athletic Grounds 1933 Dundalk Gaels 4-02 Darver Young Irelands 0-08 Arty Connolly The Grove 1934 Cooley Kickhams 7–10 St Joseph's (Dundalk, now defunct) 1-02 Jim Murphy Athletic Grounds 1935 Dowdallshill 2-06 (After 2nd replay) St Magdalene's (Drogheda) 3-01 Jim Tiernan Gaelic Grounds 1936 Clan na Gael 1-05 Geraldines 0-01 Joe Hearty Athletic Grounds 1937 Dundalk Young Irelands 4-05 (R) Darver Young Irelands 2-04 (R) Nick Mulligan Athletic Grounds 1938 Darver Young Irelands 2-06 St Bride's 2-04 Jim Cluskey Athletic Grounds 1939 Geraldines 2-04 St Bride's 1-03 Tommy Thornton Athletic Grounds 1940 St Bride's 1-06 Seán O'Mahony's 1-04 Jack Treanor Athletic Grounds 1941 Seán O'Mahony's 2-07 Wolfe Tones 0-04 Anthony Rogers The Grove 1942 St Magdalene's 2-06 Geraldines 2-05 Ollie Halpin Athletic Grounds 1943 Stabannon Parnells 1-03 Lann Léire 1-02 John Lynch Athletic Grounds 1944 St Mochta's 5-04 Round Towers (Dromiskin) 1-03 John Byrne Athletic Grounds 1945 Owen Roe's 4-01 Hunterstown 1-04 Oliver Mullen Gaelic Grounds 1946 Kilkerley Emmets 4-04 Hunterstown 0-04 Tom O'Hare Athletic Grounds 1947 Cooley Kickhams 2-04 (R) Oliver Plunketts 0-03 (R) Mick Callaghan Athletic Grounds 1948 Glyde Rangers 1-06 Parnells (Drogheda) 0-05 Peter Woods Athletic Grounds 1949 St Bride's 2-06 Kilkerley Emmets 0-04 Harry Devine Athletic Grounds 1950 Dundalk Young Irelands 2-01 Dowdallshill 0-06 Harry Cumiskey Athletic Grounds 1951 Dowdallshill 0-06, 4-04 (R) Oliver Plunketts 1-03, 1-08 (R) Owen Rogers Páirc Mhuire 1952 Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) 4-04 Kilkerley Emmets 2-01 Jim Gavin Páirc Mhuire 1953 Walshestown Rovers 2-05 Oliver Plunketts 0-03 Larry Fay Páirc Mhuire 1954 Clan na Gael 1-06 Glyde Rangers 1-02 Paddy Dixon The Grove 1955 Unknowns 2-05 Newtown Blues 2-03 Paddy Dooley Páirc Mhuire 1956 Darver Volunteers 0–12 Roche Emmets 1-07 Michael McDonnell Páirc Mhuire 1957 Roche Emmets 0-06 Glyde Rangers 0-03 Jim McArdle Páirc Mhuire 1958 Newtown Blues 1–11 St Bride's 1-05 Jim Judge Páirc Mhuire 1959 Hunterstown 0-09 St Bride's 0-05 Ollie Reilly Páirc Mhuire 1960 St Patrick's 3–11 Parnells 0-02 Jim Byrne Páirc Mhuire 1961 Mattock Rangers 0–11 Geraldines 2-04 Ollie Geraghty Páirc Mochta 1962 Glyde Rangers 1–11 St Bride's 0-06 Joe Mackin Páirc Mochta 1963 O'Raghallaighs 1–10 O'Connells 1-06 Muckle McKeown Páirc Mhuire 1964 Cooley Kickhams 0-08 Naomh Fionnbarra 0-07 John Woods St Brigid's Park 1965 St Fechin's 1-05 Seán McDermott's 1-04 John Crosbie Páirc Mhuire 1966 Geraldines 0-08 Seán McDermott's 1-01 Frank Lynch Knockbridge 1967 St Bride's 1-07 St Kevin's 1-05 Gerry Kelly Páirc Mochta 1968 St Kevin's 2-08 Fane Rangers (Channonrock) 0-05 Benny Grogan Knockbridge 1969 Glyde Rangers 0-06 Seán McDermott's 0-03 Gerry Sheridan Páirc Mochta 1970 Dowdallshill 1–10 St Patrick's 1-07 Billy Curran Páirc Mochta 1971 St Joseph's 1–11 St Patrick's 0-05 Éamon Daly Knockbridge 1972 St Patrick's 1-05 St Mochta's 0-03 Seán Hanlon Knockbridge 1973 Seán O'Mahony's 3-09 Naomh Fionnbarra 3-06 John Finnegan The Grove 1974 Seán McDermott's 0-07 St Mary's 0-05 Jim McLoughlin Gaelic Grounds 1975 St Mochta's 0-09 St Fechin's 0-04 Don Neary Páirc Mhuire 1976 St Fechin's 2-09 Kilkerley Emmets 0-09 Con Sands Páirc Uí Mhuirí 1977 Dundalk Young Irelands 1–12 Oliver Plunketts 0-06 Gerry Nixon Knockbridge 1978 Naomh Mhuire 2-06 Lann Léire 1-07 Paul McKenna The Grove 1979 Naomh Malachi 0-08 Naomh Máirtín 1-01 Brendan Begley Cluskey Park 1980 Naomh Máirtín 1–14 Westerns 1-07 James Mullen The Grove 1981 Oliver Plunketts 3–10 Lann Léire 1-08 Frank Taaffe Knockbridge 1982 Seán O'Mahony's 1-08 O'Connells 0-07 Eddie O'Leary Knockbridge 1983 O'Connells 1–10, 2-04 (R) Lann Léire 1–10, 0-05 (R) Gerry Fox Knockbridge 1984 Oliver Plunketts 2–11 Dundalk Gaels 1-07 Mickey Matthews Cluskey Park 1985 Lann Léire 2-09 John Mitchels 1-06 Aidan King Cluskey Park 1986 Dundalk Gaels 0-06 Hunterstown 0-04 Kevin Barry The Grove 1987 Hunterstown 2-02 Seán O'Mahony's 0-06 Mickey Durnin Páirc Mochta 1988 O'Connells 0-06 St Kevin's 0-02 Gerry Fox Knockbridge 1989 St Kevin's 1-05, 1-07 (R) St Mochta's 1-05, 1-03 (R) John McGrane The Grove 1990 Glyde Rangers 2-04, 1-13 (R) A.E.T St Mochta's 0–10, 1-08 (R) Paddy Kelly Páirc Mhuire 1991 O'Raghallaighs 0–12 St Mochta's 0-09 David O'Neill Páirc Uí Mhuirí 1992 John Mitchels 1-04 Glyde Rangers 0-06 Derek Breagy McGeough Park 1993 Na Piarsaigh 2-06 Glyde Rangers 0–10 Paul Smyth McGeough Park 1994 St. Nicholas 2-05 Glyde Rangers 0-08 Tim Murphy The Grove 1995 St Mochta's 1-08, 1-12 (R) O'Raghallaighs 1-08, 0-05 (R) Anthony Meegan The Grove 1996 Glyde Rangers 1-09, 1-07 (R) Oliver Plunketts 1-09, 1-05 (R) Michael McKeever Knockbridge 1997 Glen Emmets 3–13 Westerns 2–12 Shane Black Páirc Mhuire 1998 John Mitchels 1-08 St Bride's 0-09 Des Halpenny Páirc Mochta 1999 Dreadnots 1-09 O'Connells 2-05 Gerard Byrne Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2000 Annaghminnon Rovers 1–16 Glen Emmets 3-08 Brendan Pepper Tallanstown 2001 O'Raghallaighs 1–12 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-07 Kevin King Cluskey Park 2002 Na Piarsaigh 0–13 Dowdallshill 1-08 Barry Magill Clan na Gael Park 2003 Dowdallshill 3-05 Westerns 3-04 Ciarán O'Callaghan Páirc Mochta 2004 St Mochta's 2–14 Glen Emmets 2–10 Gervaise Marron Páirc Mhuire 2005 Dowdallshill 1-08 St Kevin's 0–10 Vincent McKevitt The Grove 2006 St Kevin's 1–10 Westerns 1-05 Mark Boylan St Brigid's Park2007 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 St Mochta's 0-07 Aaron Rogers Clan na Gael Park 2008 St. Nicholas 1-07, 1-10 (R) Lann Léire 0–10, 0-08 (R) Shane Downey McGeough Park-Gaelic Grounds (R) 2009 St Mochta's 0–15 St Fechin's 0–12 Gervaise Marron McGeough Park 2010 Naomh Fionnbarra 3-05 Seán McDermott's 0–11 Bernard Osborne The Grove 2011 St Fechin's 2–16 Glen Emmets 1-09 Harry McArdle Páirc Uí Mhuirí2012 Glen Emmets 1-07 Lann Léire 0-09 Stephen Healy The Grove 2013 Hunterstown 3–16 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-05 Pádraig Matthews Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2014 Oliver Plunketts 2-06 Glen Emmets 0-09 Seán Brassil Stabannon 2015 Naomh Fionnbarra 2-20 Roche Emmets 0-07 Hugh McGrane Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2016 St Kevin's 2-09 Glen Emmets 0–14 Liam Boylan The Grove 2017 Glen Emmets 1–12 Glyde Rangers 0–14 Ronan Grufferty The Grove2018 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-04 Glyde Rangers 0-06 Cian Ó'Náraigh St Brigid's Park 2019 Roche Emmets 1–11, 2-07 (R) Glyde Rangers 1–11, 0-10 (R) Liam Dawe Clan na Gael Park-The Grove (R) 2020 Naomh Fionnbarra 3-07 Lann Léire 2-07 Hugh McGrane Darver 2021 Glen Emmets 3-07 John Mitchels 1-08 Conor Grimes Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2022 Stabannon Parnells 0–10, 2-10 (R) Glyde Rangers 1-07, 0-08 (R) Thomas Campbell The Grove 2023 Glyde Rangers 1–13 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-08 Brian Duffy Stabannon 2024 Wolfe Tones 2–10 John Mitchels 2-02 Dwayne Leavy Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2025 Oliver Plunketts 2–10, 1-13 (R) Glyde Rangers 1–13, 1-11 (R) Dean Carolan The Grove

See also

References

External links Louth GAA official website Louth on Hoganstand