The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2021 season.
Andy McDonnell retired at the end of this season, having made 93 appearances. His final match was against Antrim. He returned for the 2025 season.
Competitions O'Byrne Cup There was no O'Byrne Cup in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.
National Football League Division 4 North
Table
Fixtures
GK1 Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtin)RCB2 Dan Corcoran (Geraldines)FB3 Dermot Campbell (Dreadnots)LCB4 Donal McKenny (St Mary's)RHB5 Emmet Carolan (Newtown Blues)CHB6 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)LHB7 Eoghan Callaghan (Naomh Máirtin) MF8 Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's)MF9 Ciarán Byrne (St Mochta's)RHF10 Liam Jackson (St Mary's)CHF11 Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c) LHF12 Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues)RCF13 Ciarán Keenan (St Mary's)FF14 Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets)LCF15 Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers)Substitutes: 16 Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) for Corcoran 17 Declan Byrne (St Mochta's) for Burns 18 Dáire Nally (Newtown Blues) for Campbell 19 Conall McKeever (Clan Na Gael) for Duffy 20 John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtin) for Carolan
Antrim and Louth shared the Division 4 title, as Louth had a championship game on 27 June 2021.
Leinster Senior Football Championship
The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021.
Bracket
Fixtures
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, there was no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Louth did not win the Leinster Championship, they did not qualify for the 2021 All-Ireland Championship.
Notable events Mickey Harte was appointed as manager on 23 November 2020.BBC 23-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed new Louth manager 10 days after leaving Tyrone postMickey Harte appointed new Louth managerRTE 23-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed new Louth football managerSky Sports 24-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed Louth senior football manager
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