The Louth Intermediate Football League is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA for Division 2 teams in County Louth.
Format At the end of the league programme, the team with the most points is automatically promoted to Division 1 as league winners. The second-placed team can achieve promotion by winning a play-off against a Division 1 club. The team that finishes at the bottom of the league is relegated to Junior football.
History The competition was launched in 1978 when Louth GAA introduced the Intermediate football grade, situated between Senior and Junior levels. The first club to win the competition was Geraldines. A final to determine the winner was held each year until 1995, when the format changed.
Trophy The captain of the winning team receives the McShane Cup, named after Jimmy McShane, a former county board official and Lann Léire club member.
Winners by Year
Year Winner Winning Captain1996Mattock Rangers John Hanratty1997Naomh Fionnbarra Stephen Devlin1998Mattock Rangers Gerry Hanratty1999St Bride's David Dunne2000Glyde Rangers Rory McCoy2001Hunterstown Rovers Niall Lynch2002Kilkerley Emmets Barry Clarke2003Dundalk Gaels Peter McGinnity2004Dreadnots Darren Malone2005Seán O'Mahony's Brendan Nordone2006Dundalk Gaels Aidan Delaney2007Dundalk Gaels Aidan Delaney2008Glyde Rangers -2009O'Connells Stuart Reynolds2010Dreadnots Chris Mulroy2011O'Raghallaighs James Moonan2012Dundalk Gaels Seán Fee2013Geraldines Jim McEneaney2014St Fechin's Colm O'Neill2015Cooley Kickhams Conor McGuinness2016Dundalk Gaels Derek Crilly2017St Bride's Patrick Reilly2018O'Raghallaighs Ben Rogan2019St Fechin's Bevan Duffy2020 Cancelled (COVID-19)2021Dundalk Young Irelands Derek Maguire2022 O'Raghallaighs James Moonan2023 Cooley Kickhams Darren Marks2024Hunterstown Rovers Ryan Burns2025Dundalk Gaels Dylan McKeown
Finals
(R) = Replay
Year Winner Score Opponent Score Winning Captain1978 Geraldines 3-03 Kilkerley Emmets 0-09 John Lynch1979 Dreadnots 3-06 Glyde Rangers 1-06 Pádraig Califf1980 Naomh Fionnbarra 3-06 Glyde Rangers 0-09 Peter Callaghan1981 Dreadnots 2-08 St Joseph's 2-04 Pat Rath1982 St Joseph's 1-10 Seán McDermott's 1-04 Danny Culligan1983 Naomh Fionnbarra 1-08 St Bride's 0-04 Brendan Rogers1984 St Patrick's 0-11 St Mary's 1-06 Diarmuid MacArtain1985 Dreadnots 1-10 St Bride's 1-04 Pat Rath1986 St Bride's 1-05 Mattock Rangers 0-04 Anthony McGuinness1987 St Mary's 2-05 Geraldines 0-10 Gerry Rooney1988 St Joseph's 2-03 Naomh Máirtin 0-05 Eugene McArdle1989 Stabannon Parnells 0-09 Dundalk Gaels 1-05 Fiachra Bell1990 St Kevin's 0-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-04 John McGrane1991 Hunterstown Rovers 2-06 Dundalk Gaels 0-06 Brian Martin1992 Lann Léire 2-08 St Kevin's 1-06 Stephen Flood1993 Lann Léire 3-09 Hunterstown Rovers 3-08 Patrick Callan1994 Lann Léire 0-10 (R) Geraldines 0-06 (R) Brendan Martin1995 Dreadnots 0-06 (R) St Kevin's 0-04 (R) Liam Kelleher
References
External links Louth GAA official website