The Louth Junior 2A Football League, or Division 4 of the county football Leagues, is an annual Gaelic football competition that was introduced by Louth GAA in 1941 and contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth. The captain of the winning team is presented with the Cairnes Cup.
Format A Final to determine the winner was held annually until 2015, when the format changed. At the end of the league programme, the team with the most points is now awarded the trophy. If two or more teams finish level on points at the top of the table, a play-off will decide the winner. The team that finishes bottom of the league is relegated to Division 5.
Trophy The Ranafast Cup was presented to each winning team from 1944 until 1999.
This trophy was purchased with money from the Fr Larry Murray Memorial Fund and named in memory of the Gaelic games and Irish language enthusiast priest's close association with Coláiste Bhríde in Ranafast. The Cairnes Cup was presented to the winners for the first time in 2000.
Winners by Year
(R) = Replay
Year Winner Score Opponent Score1941Stabannon Parnells 1-05Kilcurry 1-041942Kilkerley Emmets 4-05Lann Léire 3-041943St Dominic's (Ardee) 1-07Glyde Rangers 2-011944Cooley Kickhams 2-05Glyde Rangers 0-051945St Mary's 4-05Cooley Kickhams 2-031946Fane Rangers 2-01Cooley Kickhams 0-011947Ramblers (Termonfeckin) 2-0Red Hands (Martin's Cross) 1-011948Walshestown Rovers 0-07Cooley Kickhams 0-041949St Mary's 6-07St Colmcille's (Togher) 2-031950St Colmcille's 7-09St Mochta's 1-021951St Michael's (Clogherhead) 3-05Stabannon Parnells 0-021952Seán McDermott's 1-08Roche Emmets 1-051953Lann Léire 1-14Carlingford 2-041954Hunterstown Rovers 1-04Lann Léire 0-031955Dreadnots 2-09Seán McDermott's 1-061956St Fechin's (R) 1-07St Mochta's (R) 0-031957St Fechin's 3-06Seán O'Carroll's (Ardee) 2-041958St Fechin's 1-07Kilkerley Emmets 0-021959Dreadnots 2-06O'Connells 1-061960Dreadnots 6-06St Mary's 0-021961Dreadnots (R) 2-09Fane Rangers (R) 2-031962Dreadnots 2-08Fane Rangers 1-021963Naomh Máirtín 2-05Stabannon Parnells 0-031964St Bride's 3-07Naomh Fionnbarra 1-041965Glen Emmets 1-05St Bride's 0-051966St Patrick's 2-04St Mary's 2-031967St Bride's 2-07Stabannon Parnells 0-071968Naomh Fionnbarra 2-04St Bride's 0-061969St Mochta's 1-05St Kevin's 0-041970Newtown Blues (R) 1-05Hunterstown Rovers (R) 1-021971Lann Léire 2-08St Mochta's 0-061972Hunterstown Rovers 2-15St Kevin's 3-011973Dreadnots 2-06Kilkerley Emmets 0-071974St Bride's 0-06Dreadnots 0-031975Westerns 3-04Dreadnots 1-071976Glen Emmets 3-12O'Connells 0-021977Mattock Rangers 3-05Dundalk Young Irelands 1-081978St Mary's 0-08St Fechin's 0-061979Mattock Rangers 0-02St Bride's 0-011980St Mary's 0-11Kilkerley Emmets 1-031981Kilkerley Emmets 3-05Newtown Blues 1-081982Newtown Blues 3-09Geraldines 1-051983St Joseph's 1-08Kilkerley Emmets 0-031984Geraldines 3-04Naomh Fionnbarra 0-051985Lann Léire 2-09St Bride's 1-051986Dundalk Gaels 2-07Na Piarsaigh 0-071987Roche Emmets 1-05Naomh Fionnbarra 1-041988St Mary's 1-05St Patrick's 1-041989Kilkerley Emmets 1-09Clan na Gael 1-051990Cooley Kickhams 1-08St Mary's 0-091991Clan na Gael 0-09Glyde Rangers 0-031992Clan na Gael 1-10Lann Léire 1-021993 Cooley Kickhams 0-12Clan na Gael 2-041994Clan na Gael 1-09St Mary's 0-071995Dundalk Gaels (R) 0-10Clan na Gael (R) 0-041996Lann Léire 2-09Dundalk Gaels 2-051997Newtown Blues 2-15Lann Léire 1-051998Cooley Kickhams 2-07St Patrick's 1-071999Clan na Gael 1-11St Mary's 1-102000St Patrick's 1-12Newtown Blues 2-072001Cooley Kickhams 1-09Clan na Gael 2-042002Cooley Kickhams 2-03Clan na Gael 0-062003Clan na Gael 0-14St Patrick's 0-082004Mattock Rangers 2-10Cooley Kickhams 1-082005Cooley Kickhams 2-08Newtown Blues 0-072006Newtown Blues 1-07Cooley Kickhams 0-092007Newtown Blues 1-10Cooley Kickhams 1-082008Cooley Kickhams 1-05Dundalk Gaels 1-042009Newtown Blues 1-07Cooley Kickhams 1-062010St Mary's 0-08Cooley Kickhams 0-062011Cooley Kickhams 2-10Clan na Gael 2-052012St Joseph's 0-11St Patrick's 0-072013St Mary's 2-10St Patrick's 1-062014Clan na Gael 1-11Naomh Máirtín 1-082015Cooley Kickhams 0-13St Bride's 0-072016St Bride's -- No Final --2017Dundalk Gaels -- No Final --2018Mattock Rangers 1-14St Bride's 1-042019St Patrick's 1-15St Mary's 2-082020 Cancelled (COVID-19)2021Cooley Kickhams 3-12St Mary's 2-032022Naomh Máirtín -- No Final --2023 St Mary's 0-12 Cooley Kickhams 1-042024 St Mary's 2-10 Cooley Kickhams 1-092025 St Mary's 2-13 Cooley Kickhams 1-11
References
External links Louth GAA official website