Meath Senior Football Championship

The Meath Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Meath, Ireland.

Meath Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2023 Meath Senior Football Championship
Irish	An Mhí
Founded	1887
Trophy	Keegan Cup
Title holders	Dunshaughlin (2024) (4th title)
Most titles	Navan O'Mahonys (20 titles)
Sponsors	Fairyhouse Steel

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The winners of the Meath Senior Football Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Competition format

From 2020, 16 teams compete in the championship, with four groups of four teams. The top two finishers in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams in each group progress to the relegation playoffs. The overall loser in the relegation playoffs gets relegated to the Intermediate Division. In the 2020 Meath Senior Football Championship, due to the short window available to complete the championship because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Meath county board decided that only the top team in each group would qualify for the semi-finals while only the bottom team in each group would take part in the relegation playoffs.

History

Wolfe Tones went from the Meath Junior Football Championship to Meath SFC winners in the space of four seasons in the early 21st-century, featuring Meath player Cian Ward, whose emergence as one of Meath's "most exciting talents" coincided with this run, while 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship-winning captain Tommy Dowd also joined the club around this time.^[1]

In the 2024 final, Dunshaughlin defeated Wolfe Tones 2-07 to 1–08.^[2]

Senior teams

The 16 teams competing in the 2022 Senior Football Championship are:

Club	Finish in 2022	First year of current spell at Senior Level	S.F.C titles	Last S.F.C title
Ballinabrackey	Relegation Semi-Finalist	2020	0	n/a
Curraha	Relegation Quarter-Finalist	2018	0	n/a
Donaghmore/Ashbourne	Relegation Quarter-Finalist	2008	3	1942
Gaeil Colmcille	Quarter-Finalist	2014	3	1991
Moynalvey	Quarter-Finalist	2012	0	n/a
Na Fianna	Semi-Finalist	2013	0	n/a
Ratoath	Champions	2016	3	2022
Seneschalstown	Relegation Finalist	1968	4	2009
Simonstown Gaels	Relegation Quarter-Finalist	1996	2	2017
Skryne	Quarter-Finalist	1938	13	2010
St Colmcille's	Relegation Semi-Finalist	2017	0	n/a
St. Peter's Dunboyne	Relegation Quarter-Finalist	1993	3	2018
Summerhill	Runners-Up	1972	7	2013
Trim	Non Qualifier	2022	1	1962
Wolfe Tones	Semi-Finalist	2005	2	2021

Top winners

#	Club	Titles	Years won
1	Navan O'Mahonys	20	1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015
2	Skryne	13	1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1965, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2004, 2010
3	Navan Gaels	10	1907, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938
4	Summerhill	8	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1986, 2011, 2013, 2023
5	Bohermeen	7	1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916
6	Walterstown	5	1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984
	Kilbride	5	1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971
	Rathkenny	5	1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923
	Castletown	5	1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908
10	Seneschalstown	4	1972, 1994, 2007, 2009
	Syddan	4	1949, 1951, 1952, 1956
	Dunshaughlin	4	2000, 2001, 2002, 2024
12	Ratoath	3	2019, 2020, 2022
	St. Peter's Dunboyne	3	1998, 2005, 2018
	Gaeil Colmcille	3	1966, 1968, 1991
	Donaghmore	3	1927, 1928, 1942
	Kilmessan	3	1903, 1936, 1939
	Navan Harps	3	1915, 1920, 1921
	Pierce O'Mahony's	3	1894, 1895, 1896
20	Wolfe Tones	2	2006, 2021
	Simonstown Gaels	2	2016, 2017
	Dowdstown	2	1887, 1888
22	Blackhall Gaels	1	2003
	Kilmainhamwood	1	1996
	Dunderry	1	1995
	Trim	1	1962
	St Vincent's	1	1955
	North Meath	1	1950
	Navan Parnells	1	1946
	Duleek	1	1943
	St Mary's (Moynalty/Kilbeg)	1	1937
	Moynalty	1	1932
	Martry	1	1931
	Stamullen	1	1900
	Own Roes (Drogheda)	1	1897
	Julianstown	1	1889

Roll of honour

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score	Note
2024[2]	Dunshaughlin	2-07	Wolfe Tones	1-08
2023[3]	Summerhill	0-22	Ratoath	1-13	After extra time.
2022[4]	Ratoath	0-12	Summerhill	0-11
2021[5]	Wolfe Tones	1-09	St. Peter's Dunboyne	0-09
2020[6]	Ratoath	1-14	Gaeil Colmcille	1-13
2019[7]	Ratoath	3-15	Summerhill	2-13
2018[8]	St. Peter's Dunboyne	1-11	Summerhill	0-09
2017[9]	Simonstown Gaels	2-09	Summerhill	0-07
2016[10]	Simonstown Gaels	1-14	Donaghmore/Ashbourne	0-08
2015[11]	Navan O'Mahonys	0-13	Na Fianna	1-08
2014[12]	Navan O'Mahonys	2-11	Donaghmore/Ashbourne	2-09
2013[13]	Summerhill	1-13	Na Fianna	1-10
2012[14]	Navan O'Mahonys	1-11	Wolfe Tones	0-07
2011	Summerhill	0-10, 0-14 (R)	Dunshaughlin	0-10, 1-09 (R)
2010	Skryne	0-21	Seneschalstown	4-08
2009	Seneschalstown	1-13, 2-08 (R)	Wolfe Tones	1-13, 1-08 (R)
2008	Navan O'Mahonys	2-12	Summerhill	0-07
2007	Seneschalstown	1-08, 0-15 (R)	Navan O'Mahonys	0-11, 0-09 (R)
2006	Wolfe Tones	1-09	Navan O'Mahonys	1-07
2005	St. Peter's, Dunboyne	1-08	Blackhall Gaels	0-08
2004	Skryne	1-09	Simonstown Gaels	0-07
2003	Blackhall Gaels	2-09	Simonstown Gaels	1-09
2002	Dunshaughlin	1-11	Trim	2-06
2001	Dunshaughlin	0-11	Skryne	1-05
2000	Dunshaughlin	1-19	Kilmainhamwood	2-06
1999	Skryne	1-12	Dunshaughlin	0-08
1998	St. Peter's, Dunboyne	0-09	Oldcastle	0-05
1997	Navan O'Mahonys	1-10	Trim	0-07
1996	Kilmainhamwood	2-12	Seneschalstown	1-06
1995	Dunderry	1-11	Kilmainhamwood	0-10
1994	Seneschalstown	1-11	Skryne	0-12
1993	Skryne	3-05	Navan O'Mahonys	2-07
1992	Skryne	1-07	Seneschalstown	0-07
1991	Gaeil Colmcille	1-12	Walterstown	1-06
1990	Navan O'Mahonys	0-12, 1-11 (R)	Summerhill	3-03, 0-05 (R)
1989	Navan O'Mahonys	0-17	Skryne	3-06
1988	Navan O'Mahonys	0-11	Waltesrtown	0-10
1987	Navan O'Mahonys	0-13	Skryne	1-09
1986	Summerhill	0-13	Seneschalstown	1-08
1985	Navan O'Mahonys	0-10	Skryne	0-07
1984	Walterstown	2-09	Skryne	1-07
1983	Walterstown	0-10	Navan O'Mahonys	1-04
1982	Walterstown	1-07	Summerhill	0-05
1981	Navan O'Mahonys	0-07, 1-14 (R)	Skryne	1-04, 0-05 (R)
1980	Walterstown	4-09	Syddan	0-06
1979	Navan O'Mahonys	1-09	Summerhill	1-03
1978	Walterstown	0-07	Summerhill	0-06
1977	Summerhill	1-06, 3-07 (R)	Seneschalstown	0-09, 2-07 (R)
1976	Summerhill	3-09	Walterstown	0-02
1975	Summerhill	0-10	Navan O'Mahonys	0-09
1974	Summerhill	0-09	Bohermeen	0-07
1973	Navan O'Mahonys	1-09	Ballivor	1-07
1972	Seneschalstown	0-09, 0-11 (R)	Navan O'Mahonys	1-06, 1-05 (R)
1971	Kilbride	1-08	Skryne	0-08
1970	Kilbride	0-09	Navan O'Mahonys	0-07
1969	Kilbride	2-05	Skryne	0-05
1968	Gaeil Colmcille	3-17	Walterstown	1-04
1967	Kilbride	0-06	Navan O'Mahonys	0-04
1966	Gaeil Colmcille	1-07, 3-02, 0-08 (2R)	Kilbride	1-07, 1-08, 0-06 (2R)
1965*	Skryne	1-03	Kilbride	1-04
1964	Kilbride	0-08	Gaeil Colmcille	0-06
1963	Navan O'Mahonys	4-06	St Vincent's	1-02
1962	Trim	3-08	Ballinlough	0-07
1961	Navan O'Mahonys	1-08	Trim	0-08
1960	Navan O'Mahonys	2-11	Drumbaragh Emmets	0-06
1959	Navan O'Mahonys	1-09	Skryne	2-05
1958	Navan O'Mahonys	1-05, 2-06 (R)	Skryne	1-05, 1-02 (R)
1957	Navan O'Mahonys	0-11	Skryne	1-07
1956	Syddan	3-04	Skryne	2-06
1955	St Vincent's	1-12	Kells Harps	2-03
1954	Skryne	1-05	Kells Harps	0-04
1953	Navan O'Mahonys	3-07	Trim	2-04
1952	Syddan	0-07	Skryne	0-04
1951	Syddan	3-05	Skryne	0-09	Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1950	North Meath	2-04	Skryne	1-03
1949	Syddan	5-04	North Meath	1-03	Played on league basis. No final required - final round of league
1948	Skryne	4-10	Syddan	2-05
1947	Skryne	3-13	Duleek	1-08
1946	Navan Parnells	2-05, 2-05 (R)	North Meath	1-08, 3-01 (R)
1945	Skryne	3-17	Oldcastle	2-04
1944	Skryne	2-02, 0-06, 2-05 (2R)	Navan Parnells	0-08, 1-03, 1-04 (2R)	Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1943	Duleek	1-07	Donaghmore	0-02	Played on league basis. No final required.
1942	Donaghmore	1-08	Skryne	0-02	Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1941	Skryne	2-07	Kells Stars	0-09
1940	Skryne	7-06	Kells Stars	1-04	Played on league basis. No final required.
1939	Kilmessan	2-09	Kells Stars	1-05	Played on league basis. No final required.
1938	Navan Gaels	1-03	St Mary's (Kilbeg/Moynalty)	0-05	Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1937	St Mary's Moynalty		Navan Gaels		Played on league basis. No final required.
1936	Kilmessan	0-05	Navan Gaels	1-01	Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1935	Navan Gaels		Skryne		Played on league basis. No final required.
1934	Navan Gaels	2-04	Donaghmore	0-09
1933	Navan Gaels	2-05	Castletown	0-06
1932	Moynalty	1-05	Martry	1-02
1931	Martry	4-03	Navan Gaels	2-07
1930	Navan Gaels	4-03	Donaghmore	1-02
1929	Navan Gaels	0-06	Donaghmore	0-05	Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1928	Donaghmore		Navan Gaels		Played on league basis. No final required.
1927	Donaghmore				Played on league basis. No final required.
1926	Navan Gaels	2-04	Donaghmore	2-03	Played on league basis. No final required.
1925	Navan Gaels	2-09	Donaghmore	2-03	Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1924	Navan Gaels				Played on a league basis
1923	Rathkenny		Navan Harps		W/O
1922	Rathkenny	1-05	Martry	0-01
1921	Navan Harps
1920	Navan Harps	1-03	Rathkenny	0-06
1919	Rathkenny	2-04	Oldcastle	2-03
1918	Rathkenny				Run on league basis
1917	Rathkenny	0-05	Bohermeen	0-00
1916	Bohermeen		Oldcastle		W/O
1915	Navan Harps	1-03	Oldcastle	0-05	Level in league; Final a play-off
1914	Bohermeen		Navan Harps		0–00 to 0-00; Harps refused to replay
1913	Bohermeen		Carnaross
1912	Bohermeen				Played on a league basis
1911	Bohermeen				Played on a league basis
1910	Bohermeen	1-03	Oldcastle	1-02
1909	Bohermeen	1-14	Bettystown	1-05
1908	Castletown	2-14	Trim Clann na Gael	0-06
1907	Navan Gaels	1-04	Oldcastle	0-03
1906	Castletown	0-03	Trim Clann na Gael	0-02
1905	Castletown	2-02	Navan Gaels	0-03
1904	Castletown	1-05	Kilmessan	0-04
1903	Kilmessan	1-03	Castletown	0-05
1902	Castletown	0-14	Kilmessan	0-00
1901	No Championship
1900	Stamullen				Only affiliated team
1899	No Championship
1898	No Championship
1897	Drogheda Owen Roes	1-06	Newtown Round Towers	0-04
1896	Navan Pierce O'Mahony's	1-04	Drogheda Owen Roes	0-03
1895	Navan Pierce O'Mahony's	0-04	Drogheda Owen Roes	0-02
1894	Navan Pierce O'Mahony's	4-09	Navan Commons Independents	0-00
1893	No Championship
1892	No Championship
1891	No Championship
1890	No result available
1889	Julianstown		Dowdstown
1888	Dowdstown		Donecarney		0–00 to 0-00 First game; W/O refixture
1887	Dowdstown	1-00	Kells Campaigners	0-00

• The 1965 final was abandoned mid-game. Skryne awarded the title.

Records

• Most titles:
  • 20 - Navan O'Mahonys
  • 13 - Skryne
  • 10 - Navan Gaels
• Most consecutive titles:
  • 6 - Bohermeen: 1909-1914
  • 5 - Navan O'Mahonys: 1957-1961
  • 4 - Summerhill: 1974-1977
• Most appearances in the SFC
  • 86+ - Skryne
• Most consecutive appearances in the SFC
  • 84 - Skryne: 1938–present
  • 62 - Trim: 1949-2011
  • 54 - Seneschalstown: 1968–present
  • 51 - Walterstown: 1965-2015
• Biggest win
  • 44 points - Kilmainhamwood 10–19, 0-5 St Colmcille's: 1996
  • 35 points - Summerhill 5-27, 0-7 Curraha: 2018
• Most points scored
  • 174 - Summerhill: 2019
  • 169 - Ratoath: 2019
  • 168 - Kilmainhamwood: 1996
• Most points conceded
  • 161 - Longwood: 2019
  • 153 - Duleek/Bellewstown: 2017
  • 141 - Gaeil Colmcille: 2004
• Leinster SCFC titles
  • 2 - Walterstown: 1980, 1983
  • 1 - Dunsaughlin: 2002; Summerhill: 1977

See also

• Meath Senior Hurling Championship