The Louth Under-21 Football Championship is a competition organised by Louth GAA for Gaelic football teams in County Louth.

History First contested in 1972, the inaugural winners were Cooley Kickhams. As is the case nationally, amalgamated parish teams are a regular feature of the competition due to lack of numbers. The county board removed the competition from the calendar in the mid-1980s but it returned in 1991. The competition has on occasion been run as an under-20 tournament, in line with changes introduced by the GAA in 2018. It reverted to the U-21 format in 2022. The county board scrapped the competition in 2023, when a new under-19 football championship was introduced in its place. The U-21 championship returned to the club calendar in 2025.

The McGeough Cup is presented to the captain of the winning side.

Finals Year Winner Score Opponent Score Captain Venue 1972 Cooley Kickhams 3-06 Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns 0-13 - Clan na Gael Park 1973 St Mary's/Hunterstown/John Mitchels 2-05 Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns 1-03 - Páirc Mochta 1974 St Mary's/Hunterstown 1-09 Newtown Blues/O'Raghallaighs/St Dominic's 0-05 - Páirc Uí Mhuirí 1975 Dundalk Young Irelands/Seán O'Mahony's/Geraldines 0-08 Clan na Gael 1-04 - Clan na Gael Park 1976 Dreadnots/St Fechin's 2-06 Kilkerley Emmets/Roche Emmets 1-03 - Páirc Mhuire 1977 Dreadnots/St Fechin's 3-04 St Mochta's/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's 0-06 Peter Briscoe Páirc Mhuire 1978 Newtown Blues 0-07 Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's 0-04 Oliver Winters Páirc Uí Mhuirí 1979 Newtown Blues 2-07 St Mochta's/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns/Fr. Bannon's 0-10 Ray Faulkner The Grove 1980 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-07 Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's 0-06 Brian McGuinness The Grove 1981 Naomh Buithe 2-06 Cooley Kickhams 0-08 Michael Ward Clan na Gael Park 1982 Cooley Kickhams 2-08 Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's 1-01 Seán Thornton St Brigid's Park 1983 St Fursey's 2-07 (replay) St Mary's/ Hunterstown/John Mitchels 0-07 - Tallanstown 1984 No Championship 1985 No Championship 1986 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 0-05 St Mary's/ Hunterstown/John Mitchels 0-04 Donal Murray Knockbridge 1987 No Championship 1988 No Championship 1989 No Championship 1990 No Championship1991 Dundalk Gaels 2-12 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 0-04 Ciarán Boyle St Brigid's Park1992 Dundalk Gaels 1-12 St Patrick's 1-08 Paul Loughran St Brigid's Park1993 Roche Emmets 1-12 St Joseph's/St Mochta's 2-08 John O'Hanlon Knockbridge 1994 Roche Emmets 1-11 Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi 1-06 Paddy McArdle Knockbridge1995 St Joseph's/St Mochta's/Annaghminnon Rovers 0-12 Hunterstown/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/John Mitchels/Westerns 1-06 Paul McDonnell The Grove1996 Newtown Blues 2-09 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 2-07 Paddy Stone Páirc Uí Mhuirí1997 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 1-13 (AET) St Joseph's/St Mochta's/Annaghminnon Rovers 1-10 - Páirc Uí Mhuirí1998 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 1-08 Oliver Plunketts 0-06 Mark Stanfield Gaelic Grounds 1999 Newtown Blues 0-12 St Bride's 1-04 Ronan Philips Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2000 St Bride's 1-11 St Patrick's 0-07 David J. McArdle St Brigid's Park 2001 St Patrick's 1-13 (AET) Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi 2-08 Damien Connor St Brigid's Park 2002 Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 3-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-07 - McGeough Park 2003 Na Piarsaigh 3-10 Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 1-08 Ronan McCartney Cluskey Park 2004 Newtown Blues 1-11 Cooley Kickhams 2-06 Brian Kermode Páirc Na nGael 2005 Newtown Blues 3-06 St Patrick's 1-06 Hugh McGinn The Grove 2006 No Championship 2007 Mellifont Rovers 1-10 Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Adrian Reid McGeough Park 2008 Dreadnots/St Fechin's 8-10 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 0-02 Niall Levins Darver 2009 Geraldines 3-12 St Joseph's 1-10 Brendan Molloy Darver 2010 Cancelled due to Winter cold snap 2011 Geraldines 4-13 Naomh Máirtín 2-07 Jim McEneaney Darver 2012 Geraldines 3-07 St Bride's 0-10 Shane O'Hanlon Darver 2013 St Bride's 0-16 Clan na Gael 1-12 Gareth Hall Darver2014 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells/John Mitchels 3-12 (AET) Clan na Gael 2-12 - Páirc de Róiste2015 Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 0-15 Naomh Fionnbarra/O'Connells 0-06 - Darver 2016 Cooley Kickhams 3-07 Geraldines 0-09 Peter Thornton Darver 2017 Newtown Blues 1-12 Mattock Rangers/ Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 3-05 Conor Moore Darver 2018 Newtown Blues 0-16 Mattock Rangers/ Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 0-06 Ronan Levins Darver 2019 St Mary's 4-11 St Bride's/St Mochta's 2-07 Conor Gillespie Darver 2020 Cancelled - COVID-19 2021 St Fechin's 1-13 St Joseph's/St Mochta's 2-03 John O'Connell Páirc Uí Mhuirí 2022 Roche Emmets 1-06 Naomh Máirtín 0-04 Glen Stewart Darver 2023 No Championship 2024 No Championship 2025 Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown 1-18 Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Liam Flynn/James Rogers Darver

Mellifont Rovers - Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets combination

St Fursey's - Geraldines and St Bride's combination

Naomh Buithe - combination team from Monasterboice, Collon, and Tullyallen parishes

See also

References

External links Louth GAA official website Louth on Hoganstand