Louth Junior Football Championship

The Louth Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA and contested by the junior One/A grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship, the winner of which then progresses to represent Leinster in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

Louth Junior Football Championship
Founded	1904
Title holders	Wolfe Tones (1st title)
Most titles	Glyde Rangers (7)
Sponsors	DKIT Sport[1]

Honours

The winning team is presented with the Christy Bellew Cup, named after the Drogheda GAA official and Killineer Larks club member who was chairman of Louth GAA in the 1920s.^[2] The cup was presented for the first time in 1949 to the victorious St Bride's team. The Junior championship itself was first contested in 1904.^[3]

The winning team is promoted to play in the following year's Louth Intermediate Football Championship.

Finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score	Winning Captain	Final Venue
2024[4]	Wolfe Tones	2–10	John Mitchels	2-02	Dwayne Leavy	Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2023[5]	Glyde Rangers	1–13	Naomh Fionnbarra	1-08	Brian Duffy	Stabannon
2022[6]	Stabannon Parnells	0–10, 2-10 (R)	Glyde Rangers	1-07, 0-08 (R)	Thomas Campbell	The Grove
2021[7]	Glen Emmets	3-07	John Mitchels	1-08	Conor Grimes	Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2020[8]	Naomh Fionnbarra	3-07	Lann Léire	2-07	Hugh McGrane	Darver
2019[9]	Roche Emmets	1–11, 2-07 (R)	Glyde Rangers	1–11, 0-10 (R)	Liam Dawe	Clan na Gael Park-The Grove (R)
2018[10]	Dundalk Young Irelands	1-04	Glyde Rangers	0-06	Cian Ó'Náraigh	St Brigid's Park
2017[11]	Glen Emmets	1–12	Glyde Rangers	0–14	Ronan Grufferty	The Grove
2016[12]	St Kevin's	2-09	Glen Emmets	0–14	Liam Boylan	The Grove
2015[13]	Naomh Fionnbarra	2-20	Roche Emmets	0-07	Hugh McGrane	Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2014[14]	Oliver Plunketts	2-06	Glen Emmets	0-09	Seán Brassil	Stabannon
2013[15]	Hunterstown	3–16	Naomh Fionnbarra	1-05	Pádraig Matthews	Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2012[16]	Glen Emmets	1-07	Lann Léire	0-09	Stephen Healy	The Grove
2011[17]	St Fechin's	2–16	Glen Emmets	1-09	Harry McArdle	Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2010[18]	Naomh Fionnbarra	3-05	Seán McDermott's	0–11	Bernard Osborne	The Grove
2009[19]	St Mochta's	0–15	St Fechin's	0–12	Gervaise Marron	McGeough Park
2008[20]	St. Nicholas	1-07, 1-10 (R)	Lann Léire	0–10, 0-08 (R)	Shane Downey	McGeough Park-Gaelic Grounds (R)
2007[21]	Dundalk Young Irelands	1-07	St Mochta's	0-07	Aaron Rogers	Clan na Gael Park
2006[22]	St Kevin's	1–10	Westerns	1-05	Mark Boylan	St Brigid's Park
2005[23]	Dowdallshill	1-08	St Kevin's	0–10	Vincent McKevitt	The Grove
2004[24]	St Mochta's	2–14	Glen Emmets	2–10	Gervaise Marron	Páirc Mhuire
2003[25]	Dowdallshill	3-05	Westerns	3-04	Ciarán O'Callaghan	Páirc Mochta
2002[26]	Na Piarsaigh	0–13	Dowdallshill	1-08	Barry Magill	Clan na Gael Park
2001[27]	O'Raghallaighs	1–12	Dundalk Young Irelands	0-07	Kevin King	Cluskey Park
2000[28]	Annaghminnon Rovers	1–16	Glen Emmets	3-08	Brendan Pepper	Tallanstown
1999[29]	Dreadnots	1-09	O'Connells	2-05	Gerard Byrne	Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1998[30]	John Mitchels	1-08	St Bride's	0-09	Des Halpenny	Páirc Mochta
1997[31]	Glen Emmets	3–13	Westerns	2–12	Shane Black	Páirc Mhuire
1996[32]	Glyde Rangers	1-09, 1-07 (R)	Oliver Plunketts	1-09, 1-05 (R)	Michael McKeever	Knockbridge
1995[33]	St Mochta's	1-08, 1-12 (R)	O'Raghallaighs	1-08, 0-05 (R)	Anthony Meegan	The Grove
1994[34]	St. Nicholas	2-05	Glyde Rangers	0-08	Tim Murphy	The Grove
1993[35]	Na Piarsaigh	2-06	Glyde Rangers	0–10	Paul Smyth	McGeough Park
1992[36]	John Mitchels	1-04	Glyde Rangers	0-06	Derek Breagy	McGeough Park
1991[37]	O'Raghallaighs	0–12	St Mochta's	0-09	David O'Neill	Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1990[38]	Glyde Rangers	2-04, 1-13 (R) A.E.T	St Mochta's	0–10, 1-08 (R)	Paddy Kelly	Páirc Mhuire
1989	St Kevin's	1-05, 1-07 (R)	St Mochta's	1-05, 1-03 (R)	John McGrane	The Grove
1988	O'Connells	0-06	St Kevin's	0-02	Gerry Fox	Knockbridge
1987	Hunterstown	2-02	Seán O'Mahony's	0-06	Mickey Durnin	Páirc Mochta
1986	Dundalk Gaels	0-06	Hunterstown	0-04	Kevin Barry	The Grove
1985	Lann Léire	2-09	John Mitchels	1-06	Aidan King	Cluskey Park
1984	Oliver Plunketts	2–11	Dundalk Gaels	1-07	Mickey Matthews	Cluskey Park
1983	O'Connells	1–10, 2-04 (R)	Lann Léire	1–10, 0-05 (R)	Gerry Fox	Knockbridge
1982[39]	Seán O'Mahony's	1-08	O'Connells	0-07	Eddie O'Leary	Knockbridge
1981	Oliver Plunketts	3–10	Lann Léire	1-08	Frank Taaffe	Knockbridge
1980[40]	Naomh Máirtín	1–14	Westerns	1-07	James Mullen	The Grove
1979[41]	Naomh Malachi	0-08	Naomh Máirtín	1-01	Brendan Begley	Cluskey Park
1978[42]	Naomh Mhuire	2-06	Lann Léire	1-07	Paul McKenna	The Grove
1977[43]	Dundalk Young Irelands	1–12	Oliver Plunketts	0-06	Gerry Nixon	Knockbridge
1976[44]	St Fechin's	2-09	Kilkerley Emmets	0-09	Con Sands	Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1975[44]	St Mochta's	0-09	St Fechin's	0-04	Don Neary	Páirc Mhuire
1974[45]	Seán McDermott's	0-07	St Mary's	0-05	Jim McLoughlin	Gaelic Grounds
1973[46]	Seán O'Mahony's	3-09	Naomh Fionnbarra	3-06	John Finnegan	The Grove
1972[47]	St Patrick's	1-05	St Mochta's	0-03	Seán Hanlon	Knockbridge
1971[48]	St Joseph's	1–11	St Patrick's	0-05	Éamon Daly	Knockbridge
1970[49]	Dowdallshill	1–10	St Patrick's	1-07	Billy Curran	Páirc Mochta
1969	Glyde Rangers	0-06	Seán McDermott's	0-03	Gerry Sheridan	Páirc Mochta
1968	St Kevin's	2-08	Fane Rangers (Channonrock)	0-05	Benny Grogan	Knockbridge
1967[50]	St Bride's	1-07	St Kevin's	1-05	Gerry Kelly	Páirc Mochta
1966	Geraldines	0-08	Seán McDermott's	1-01	Frank Lynch	Knockbridge
1965[44]	St Fechin's	1-05	Seán McDermott's	1-04	John Crosbie	Páirc Mhuire
1964[51]	Cooley Kickhams	0-08	Naomh Fionnbarra	0-07	John Woods	St Brigid's Park
1963	O'Raghallaighs	1–10	O'Connells	1-06	Muckle McKeown	Páirc Mhuire
1962	Glyde Rangers	1–11	St Bride's	0-06	Joe Mackin	Páirc Mochta
1961	Mattock Rangers	0–11	Geraldines	2-04	Ollie Geraghty	Páirc Mochta
1960[52]	St Patrick's	3–11	Parnells	0-02	Jim Byrne	Páirc Mhuire
1959	Hunterstown	0-09	St Bride's	0-05	Ollie Reilly	Páirc Mhuire
1958	Newtown Blues	1–11	St Bride's	1-05	Jim Judge	Páirc Mhuire
1957[53]	Roche Emmets	0-06	Glyde Rangers	0-03	Jim McArdle	Páirc Mhuire
1956[54]	Darver Volunteers	0–12	Roche Emmets	1-07	Michael McDonnell	Páirc Mhuire
1955	Unknowns	2-05	Newtown Blues	2-03	Paddy Dooley	Páirc Mhuire
1954[55]	Clan na Gael	1-06	Glyde Rangers	1-02	Paddy Dixon	The Grove
1953[56]	Walshestown Rovers	2-05	Oliver Plunketts	0-03	Larry Fay	Páirc Mhuire
1952[42]	Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda)	4-04	Kilkerley Emmets	2-01	Jim Gavin	Páirc Mhuire
1951	Dowdallshill	0-06, 4-04 (R)	Oliver Plunketts	1-03, 1-08 (R)	Owen Rogers	Páirc Mhuire
1950[57]	Dundalk Young Irelands	2-01	Dowdallshill	0-06	Harry Cumiskey	Athletic Grounds
1949[58]	St Bride's	2-06	Kilkerley Emmets	0-04	Harry Devine	Athletic Grounds
1948	Glyde Rangers	1-06	Parnells (Drogheda)	0-05	Peter Woods	Athletic Grounds
1947	Cooley Kickhams	2-04 (R)	Oliver Plunketts	0-03 (R)	Mick Callaghan	Athletic Grounds
1946	Kilkerley Emmets	4-04	Hunterstown	0-04	Tom O'Hare	Athletic Grounds
1945	Owen Roe's	4-01	Hunterstown	1-04	Oliver Mullen	Gaelic Grounds
1944	St Mochta's	5-04	Round Towers (Dromiskin)	1-03	John Byrne	Athletic Grounds
1943	Stabannon Parnells	1-03	Lann Léire	1-02	John Lynch	Athletic Grounds
1942[59]	St Magdalene's	2-06	Geraldines	2-05	Ollie Halpin	Athletic Grounds
1941[59]	Seán O'Mahony's	2-07	Wolfe Tones	0-04	Anthony Rogers	The Grove
1940	St Bride's	1-06	Seán O'Mahony's	1-04	Jack Treanor	Athletic Grounds
1939	Geraldines	2-04	St Bride's	1-03	Tommy Thornton	Athletic Grounds
1938	Darver Young Irelands	2-06	St Bride's	2-04	Jim Cluskey	Athletic Grounds
1937	Dundalk Young Irelands	4-05 (R)	Darver Young Irelands	2-04 (R)	Nick Mulligan	Athletic Grounds
1936	Clan na Gael	1-05	Geraldines	0-01	Joe Hearty	Athletic Grounds
1935	Dowdallshill	2-06 (After 2nd replay)	St Magdalene's (Drogheda)	3-01	Jim Tiernan	Gaelic Grounds
1934[60]	Cooley Kickhams	7–10	St Joseph's (Dundalk, now defunct)	1-02	Jim Murphy	Athletic Grounds
1933[59]	Dundalk Gaels	4-02	Darver Young Irelands	0-08	Arty Connolly	The Grove
1932	Owen Roe's	2-02	Dundalk Gaels	1-04	Jimmy Mullen	Athletic Grounds
1931	St Bride's	1-04	Owen Roe's (Drogheda)	1-02	Peter Byrne	The Grove
1930	Clan na Gael	2-05	Castle Emmets	2-04	Peter Garland	Athletic Grounds
1929[59]	Glyde Rangers	2-03	Clan na Gael	1-04	Jimmy Kelly	The Grove
1928	Castlebellingham	1-04	St Mary's	1-02	-	Gaelic Grounds
1927	Unknowns (Dromiskin)	4-03	Cooley Kickhams	0-03	Paddy Connor	Athletic Grounds
1926[59]	Con Colberts	1-03	St Dominic's (Dundalk)	0-04	Willie Lawless	Athletic Grounds
1925	O'Mahony's	2-02	Castle Emmets (Dundalk)	2-01	Jack Callan	Athletic Grounds
1924	Castlebellingham	1-05	Larks	1-01	Jack Lynch	Athletic Grounds
1923	O'Mahony's	1-02	Dundalk Rangers	1-01	Pat Carroll	Athletic Grounds
1922[59]	Clan na Gael	1-05	Castlebellingham	0-02	Peter Garland	Castlebellingham
1921	Boyne Rangers	3-01	Larks	2-01	Edward Corbally	Shamrock Lodge
1920	Geraldines	2-01	Con Colberts (Dundalk)	1-02	Joe Donnelly	Athletic Grounds
1919	Dundalk John Dillons	2-00	Eamonn Ceannts	0-02	Atty Hanratty	Shamrock Lodge
1918[59]	Dundalk O'Rahillys	2-03	Eamonn Ceannts (Ardee)	0-03	Jimmy Martin	Ardee
1917	Dundalk Rangers	2-07	Ardee St. Mochta's	2-02	James Woods	Athletic Grounds
1916	Cooley Kickhams	2-06	Tower Emmets (Drogheda)	1-00	Josie Ferguson	Athletic Grounds
1915	Hitchestown	0-03	Hearts of Oriel (Dundalk)	0-01	Paddy Joe Butterly	Shamrock Lodge
1914[59]	Stars	3-02	Hitchestown	2-03	Tom Burke	Athletic Grounds
1913	Dundalk Rangers	3-04	Cooley Kickhams	0-00	John Norton	Athletic Grounds
1912	Stars	0-05	Dundalk Rangers	0-01	Tom Burke	Athletic Grounds
1911	Funshog	1-02	Dundalk Young Irelands	0-04	James Reilly	Castlebellingham
1910	Ardee St. Mochta's	1-05	Dundalk Rangers	1-02	Jimmy McCann	Shamrock Lodge
1909	Geraldines	1–16	Dundalk Rangers	1-01	Joe McGuinness	Athletic Grounds
1908	Dundalk Rangers	0-08	Dundalk Young Irelands	0-05	-	Athletic Grounds
1907	Tredaghs	2-09	Dundalk Young Irelands	0-05	Denis Tenanty	Castlebellingham
1906	Stars (Drogheda)	1-05	O'Mahony's	1-03	Jim McKeown	Athletic Grounds
1905[59]	Dundalk Rangers	1-06 (R)	Newtown Blues	0-04 (R)	Johnny Brennan	Castlebellingham
1904[59]	Tredaghs (Drogheda)	0-03	O'Mahony's (Dundalk)	0-02	Tom Kelly	Castlebellingham

See also

• Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
• Mulligan, Fr.John (2000). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record (updated).