Louth Junior 2A Football League

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.^[1]

Louth Junior 2A Football League
Founded	1941
Title holders	St Mary's (10th title)
Most titles	Cooley Kickhams (11 titles)
Sponsors	John O'Neill Sand and Gravel

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^[2] until 1999.

This trophy was purchased with money from the Fr Larry Murray Memorial Fund^[3] and is named in memory of the Gaelic games and Irish language enthusiast priest's close association with Coláiste Bhríde in Ranafast.^[4] The Cairnes Cup was presented to the winners for the first time in 2000.

Winners by Year

(R) = Replay

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2025[5]	St Mary's	2-13	Cooley Kickhams	1-11
2024	St Mary's	2-10	Cooley Kickhams	1-09
2023[6]	St Mary's	0-12	Cooley Kickhams	1-04
2022[7]	Naomh Máirtín	--	No Final	--
2021[1]	Cooley Kickhams	3-12	St Mary's	2-03
2020	Cancelled (COVID-19)
2019[8]	St Patrick's	1-15	St Mary's	2-08
2018[9]	Mattock Rangers	1-14	St Bride's	1-04
2017[10]	Dundalk Gaels	--	No Final	--
2016[11]	St Bride's	--	No Final	--
2015[12][13]	Cooley Kickhams	0-13	St Bride's	0-07
2014[14][15]	Clan na Gael	1-11	Naomh Máirtín	1-08
2013	St Mary's	2-10	St Patrick's	1-06
2012[16]	St Joseph's	0-11	St Patrick's	0-07
2011[17]	Cooley Kickhams	2-10	Clan na Gael	2-05
2010	St Mary's	0-08	Cooley Kickhams	0-06
2009	Newtown Blues	1-07	Cooley Kickhams	1-06
2008[18]	Cooley Kickhams	1-05	Dundalk Gaels	1-04
2007[19]	Newtown Blues	1-10	Cooley Kickhams	1-08
2006[19]	Newtown Blues	1-07	Cooley Kickhams	0-09
2005[20]	Cooley Kickhams	2-08	Newtown Blues	0-07
2004[21]	Mattock Rangers	2-10	Cooley Kickhams	1-08
2003[22]	Clan na Gael	0-14	St Patrick's	0-08
2002[23]	Cooley Kickhams	2-03	Clan na Gael	0-06
2001[23]	Cooley Kickhams	1-09	Clan na Gael	2-04
2000[24]	St Patrick's	1-12	Newtown Blues	2-07
1999[25]	Clan na Gael	1-11	St Mary's	1-10
1998	Cooley Kickhams	2-07	St Patrick's	1-07
1997	Newtown Blues	2-15	Lann Léire	1-05
1996	Lann Léire	2-09	Dundalk Gaels	2-05
1995	Dundalk Gaels (R)	0-10	Clan na Gael (R)	0-04
1994	Clan na Gael	1-09	St Mary's	0-07
1993	Cooley Kickhams	0-12	Clan na Gael	2-04
1992	Clan na Gael	1-10	Lann Léire	1-02
1991[26]	Clan na Gael	0-09	Glyde Rangers	0-03
1990	Cooley Kickhams	1-08	St Mary's	0-09
1989[27]	Kilkerley Emmets	1-09	Clan na Gael	1-05
1988	St Mary's	1-05	St Patrick's	1-04
1987	Roche Emmets	1-05	Naomh Fionnbarra	1-04
1986	Dundalk Gaels	2-07	Na Piarsaigh	0-07
1985	Lann Léire	2-09	St Bride's	1-05
1984	Geraldines	3-04	Naomh Fionnbarra	0-05
1983[16]	St Joseph's	1-08	Kilkerley Emmets	0-03
1982	Newtown Blues	3-09	Geraldines	1-05
1981[27]	Kilkerley Emmets	3-05	Newtown Blues	1-08
1980	St Mary's	0-11	Kilkerley Emmets	1-03
1979	Mattock Rangers	0-02	St Bride's	0-01
1978	St Mary's	0-08	St Fechin's	0-06
1977	Mattock Rangers	3-05	Dundalk Young Irelands	1-08
1976[28]	Glen Emmets	3-12	O'Connells	0-02
1975[29]	Westerns	3-04	Dreadnots	1-07
1974	St Bride's	0-06	Dreadnots	0-03
1973[30]	Dreadnots	2-06	Kilkerley Emmets	0-07
1972	Hunterstown Rovers	2-15	St Kevin's	3-01
1971[31]	Lann Léire	2-08	St Mochta's	0-06
1970[32]	Newtown Blues (R)	1-05	Hunterstown Rovers (R)	1-02
1969[33]	St Mochta's	1-05	St Kevin's	0-04
1968[34]	Naomh Fionnbarra	2-04	St Bride's	0-06
1967	St Bride's	2-07	Stabannon Parnells	0-07
1966	St Patrick's	2-04	St Mary's	2-03
1965[35]	Glen Emmets	1-05	St Bride's	0-05
1964	St Bride's	3-07	Naomh Fionnbarra	1-04
1963[36]	Naomh Máirtín	2-05	Stabannon Parnells	0-03
1962[30]	Dreadnots	2-08	Fane Rangers	1-02
1961[30]	Dreadnots (R)	2-09	Fane Rangers (R)	2-03
1960[30]	Dreadnots	6-06	St Mary's	0-02
1959[30]	Dreadnots	2-06	O'Connells	1-06
1958[37]	St Fechin's	1-07	Kilkerley Emmets	0-02
1957[37]	St Fechin's	3-06	Seán O'Carroll's (Ardee)	2-04
1956[37]	St Fechin's (R)	1-07	St Mochta's (R)	0-03
1955[30]	Dreadnots	2-09	Seán McDermott's	1-06
1954[38]	Hunterstown Rovers	1-04	Lann Léire	0-03
1953[39]	Lann Léire	1-14	Carlingford	2-04
1952	Seán McDermott's	1-08	Roche Emmets	1-05
1951	St Michael's (Clogherhead)	3-05	Stabannon Parnells	0-02
1950[40]	St Colmcille's	7-09	St Mochta's	1-02
1949[41]	St Mary's	6-07	St Colmcille's (Togher)	2-03
1948[34]	Walshestown Rovers	0-07	Cooley Kickhams	0-04
1947	Ramblers (Termonfeckin)	2-0	Red Hands (Martin's Cross)	1-01
1946	Fane Rangers	2-01	Cooley Kickhams	0-01
1945[42]	St Mary's	4-05	Cooley Kickhams	2-03
1944[2]	Cooley Kickhams	2-05	Glyde Rangers	0-05
1943	St Dominic's (Ardee)	1-07	Glyde Rangers	2-01
1942[27]	Kilkerley Emmets	4-05	Lann Léire	3-04
1941	Stabannon Parnells	1-05	Kilcurry	1-04