The Louth Junior 2A Football Championship is an annual knockout gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA, contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth.
Formerly known as the Second Division Championship, it was renamed the Junior 2 Championship when the county football Leagues were reorganized in 1978.
Trophy The captain of the winning team is presented with the Dan McEvoy Cup. Dan "Warren" McEvoy was a member of the Tredaghs football club in Drogheda and played on the Louth team that won the 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Finals
(R) = Replay
Year Winner Score Opponent Score Winning Captain 1917 Drogheda Harps 0-05 Dromiskin Shamrocks 0-02 - 1918 Castle Emmets (Dundalk) - Boyne Rangers (Drogheda) - - 1919 Boyne Rangers 4-05 Clan na Gael 0-00 Edward Corbally 1920 Clan na Gael 4-04 Hitchestown 1-01 Peter Woods 1921 Fane Rangers (Channonrock) 1-05 Walshestown Rovers 0-00 - 1922 Stabannon Independents (Won via objection) Fane Rangers - Jack McConnon 1923 Clan na Gael 0-06 Shamrocks (Dundalk) 0-02 Peter Woods 1924 Castle Emmets 2-03 Dromiskin Unknowns 1-00 - 1925 Dromiskin Unknowns 0-06 Ballybinaby Emmets 0-00 Paddy Connor 1926 Rapparees (Dundalk) 1-02 Blues (Dundalk) 1-01 Joe Farrell 1927 Clan na Gael 1-03 Newtown Blues 1-02 James Hearty 1928 Glyde Rangers 1-01 Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers 0-00 Michael Rogan 1929 Hitchestown 1-11 Kilcurry 2-02 Tom Maguire 1930 Kilcurry 3-01 Dromiskin Unknowns 1-03 - 1931 St Magdalene's (Drogheda) 1-04 Dowdallshill 0-04 Paddy Mullen 1932 O'Connells 1-06 Dowdallshill 0-01 Peter Tuite 1933 Glyde Rangers 3-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-02 - 1934 Dowdallshill 1-04 Cannontown Emmets (Termonfeckin) 0-02 Johnny Murphy 1935 St Mochta's 2-03 Stabannon Parnells 1-02 Bernard Byrne 1936 Stabannon Parnells 1-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-02 - 1937 Woodington Rangers (Drogheda) 2-05 St Joseph's (Dundalk) 1-06 Patrick Dunne 1938 Dillonstown 3-02 Cooley Kickhams 2-02 Thomas O'Neill 1939 Dowdallshill 1-08 Darver Young Irelands 2-00 Dan Bennett 1940 Ramblers United (Termonfeckin) 1-06 Stabannon Parnells 1-05 - 1941 Stabannon Parnells 2-01 Kilkerley Emmets 0-04 John Lynch 1942 Kilkerley Emmets 1-06 Lann Léire 0-02 Petey Murphy 1943 St Dominic's (Ardee) 1-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-04 - 1944 Glyde Rangers 1-08 Stabannon Parnells 1-06 Benny Ryan 1945 St Mary's 0-04 Fane Rangers 0-01 James Burke 1946 Thomas Davis (Dunleer) 3-00 Fane Rangers 1-04 Owen Holdcroft 1947 Darver Volunteers 1-05 Cooley Kickhams 0-02 - 1948 (Declared null and void) 1949 O'Connells 2-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-04 Peter Tuite 1950 St Colmcille's (Togher) 3-09 Mountpleasant Plunkets 1-03 Paddy Butterly 1951 Stabannon Parnells 1-06 Walshestown Rovers 0-06 Willie Byrne 1952 Walshestown Rovers 4-01 St Michael's (Clogherhead) 0-03 Amby Morgan 1953 Roche Emmets 1-04 (R) Lann Léire 0-06 (R) Willie Treacy 1954 Hunterstown Rovers 1-06 Lann Léire 0-04 Jack Reilly 1955 Lann Léire 1-07 Seán McDermott's 1-04 John Bowden 1956 St Mochta's 0-07 O'Connells 1-02 Tom Kerr 1957 St Kevin's 2-06 Seán McDermott's 3-02 Jim McCabe 1958 Seán McDermott's 2-03 Naomh Máirtín 1-03 Joe Osborne 1959 Naomh Máirtín 0-05 Dreadnots 0-04 Hugh Russell 1960 Mattock Rangers 2-07 Dreadnots 1-05 Paddy Geraghty 1961 St Fechin's 2-04 Dreadnots 1-03 Michael Carroll 1962 Dreadnots 2-08 Fane Rangers 1-03 Anthony Kirwan 1963 Fane Rangers 1-12 Naomh Máirtín 3-01 Harry Reilly 1964 Annaghminnon Rovers 1-09 John Mitchels 2-05 Mick Drumgoole 1965 Glen Emmets 0-08 Stabannon Parnells 0-07 Paul Carrie 1966 (Declared null and void) 1967 John Mitchels 5-05 Stabannon Parnells 1-02 John Manning 1968 Stabannon Parnells 1-08 O'Connells 0-05 Seán Quinn 1969 St Mary's 3-01 Hunterstown Rovers 1-05 Francie Higgins 1970 St Mochta's 1-03 Hunterstown Rovers 0-03 John Byrne 1971 Lann Léire 0-07 Westerns 0-04 Bartle Faulkner 1972 Naomh Máirtín 1-11 Hunterstown Rovers 1-09 John Mullen 1973 Hunterstown Rovers 1-04 Dreadnots 0-05 Peter Taaffe 1974 Dreadnots 3-03 Westerns 2-05 Dermot Campbell 1975 Lann Léire 1-07 Westerns 1-05 Tommy Martin 1976 O'Connells 0-10 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-04 Patsy Callan 1977 Westerns 0-08 Glen Emmets 1-02 Brendan Matthews 1978 St Fechin's 0-06 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 Charlie Collier 1979 Roche Emmets 1-03 Mattock Rangers 0-02 Seán Quinn1980 Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 Brendan Shields1981 Seán O'Mahony's 1-06 St Mary's 0-05 Eddie O'Leary1982 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-09 Geraldines 0-05 Michael Bracken1983 Glen Emmets 0-09 Dundalk Gaels 0-05 Gerry Martin1984 Clan na Gael 1-06 Oliver Plunketts 0-02 David Neary1985 Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) 2-07 (R) Na Piarsaigh 0-11 (R) Gerard Murtagh1986 Kilkerley Emmets 0-07 Glen Emmets 1-02 Francie Kirk1987 St Nicholas 2-12 Na Piarsaigh 0-08 Philip Kirwan1988 Roche Emmets 2-07 St Patrick's 1-05 Martin Shearman1989 St Mary's 2-06 (R) Cooley Kickhams 1-06 (R) Bartle Landy1990 Clan na Gael 1-10 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-03 Ciarán McKeever1991 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 St Mary's 0-05 Aidan Shields1992 Cooley Kickhams 1-08 Clan na Gael 1-07 Ian Murphy1993 Clan na Gael 1-10 Roche Emmets 0-07 Donagh Rice1994 Clan na Gael 1-12 (R) Cooley Kickhams 2-08 (R) Fergus Byrne1995 Clan na Gael 1-12 Cooley Kickhams 2-07 Derek McCabe1996 Newtown Blues 3-10 St Mary's 2-06 David Hughes1997 St Patrick's 0-10 Cooley Kickhams 0-07 Gerry McEneaney1998 St Patrick's 3-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-10 Séamus Rennick1999 St Patrick's 2-12 Roche Emmets 0-04 Damien White2000 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 (R) Newtown Blues 0-02 (R) Pádraig O'Neill2001 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Naomh Máirtín 1-04 Michael Murphy2002 Cooley Kickhams 2-13 Newtown Blues 0-07 Michael Hanlon2003 St Patrick's 1-08 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 James Hynes2004 Newtown Blues 3-04 St Mary's 1-06 Tommy Costello2005 Clan na Gael 2-09 Newtown Blues 0-12 Ciarán Campbell2006 St Patrick's 2-06 Cooley Kickhams 0-08 Paddy White2007 Cooley Kickhams 0-13 St Patrick's 1-07 Ronan Hanlon2008 Naomh Malachi 2-04 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Ronan Lynch2009 Cooley Kickhams 0-11 St Patrick's 0-08 Declan McGuinness2010 Newtown Blues 2-11 Naomh Máirtín 0-08 Stephen Kermode2011 Dundalk Gaels 2-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 Stephen McLoughlin2012 Naomh Máirtín 3-08 St Mary's 3-07 Thomas Sullivan2013 St Bride's 3-11 Clan na Gael 0-09 Ruairí Kelly2014 St Mary's 2-09 Geraldines 1-08 Shane Carroll2015 St Mary's 2-09 St Patrick's 0-10 Paul Malone2016 Geraldines 2-11 Naomh Máirtín 0-07 John Pepper2017 St Mary's 2-07 St Fechin's 0-06 Wayne Matthews2018 St Mary's 0-10 Dundalk Gaels 0-07 Mark Gorman2019 Naomh Máirtín 4-07 St Patrick's 0-11 Connor Smyth2020 (Cancelled - COVID-19)2021 Cooley Kickhams 1-11 St Mary's 0-12 Keith White2022 Naomh Máirtín 3-16 St Patrick's 0-07 Jack McCarville2023 Geraldines 0-14 Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Paul Clarke2024 St Patrick's 1-07 Naomh Máirtín 0-07 Adam Finnegan2025 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 St Patrick's 1-05 Seán White
References
External links Louth GAA official website