Louth Under-21 Football Championship

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Founded1972
Title holdersMattock Rangers/Hunterstown Rovers (1st title)
Most titlesNewtown Blues (8)
Louth Under-21 Football Championship
Founded1972
Title holdersMattock Rangers/Hunterstown Rovers (1st title)
Most titlesNewtown Blues (8)

The Louth Under-21 Football Championship is a competition organised by Louth GAA for Gaelic football teams in County Louth.

First contested in 1972, the inaugural winners were Cooley Kickhams. As is the case nationally, amalgamated parish teams are a regular feature of the competition due to lack of numbers. The county board removed the competition from the calendar in the mid-1980s but it returned in 1991. The competition has on occasion been run as an under-20 tournament,[1] in line with changes introduced by the GAA in 2018.[2] It reverted to the U-21 format in 2022. The county board scrapped the competition in 2023, when a new under-19 football championship was introduced in its place.[3] The U-21 championship returned to the club calendar in 2025.

The McGeough Cup is presented to the captain of the winning side.[4]

Finals

Year Winner Score Opponent Score Captain Venue
2025[5] Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown 1-18 Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Liam Flynn/James Rogers Darver
2024 No Championship
2023 No Championship
2022[6] Roche Emmets 1-06 Naomh Máirtín 0-04 Glen Stewart Darver
2021[7] St Fechin's 1-13 St Joseph's/St Mochta's 2-03 John O'Connell Páirc Uí Mhuirí
2020 Cancelled - COVID-19
2019[8] St Mary's 4-11 St Bride's/St Mochta's 2-07 Conor Gillespie Darver
2018[9] Newtown Blues 0-16 Mattock Rangers/ Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 0-06 Ronan Levins Darver
2017[10] Newtown Blues 1-12 Mattock Rangers/ Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 3-05 Conor Moore Darver
2016[11] Cooley Kickhams 3-07 Geraldines 0-09 Peter Thornton Darver
2015[12] Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 0-15 Naomh Fionnbarra/O'Connells 0-06 - Darver
2014[13] O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells/John Mitchels 3-12 (AET) Clan na Gael 2-12 - Páirc de Róiste
2013[14] St Bride's 0-16 Clan na Gael 1-12 Gareth Hall Darver
2012[15] Geraldines 3-07 St Bride's 0-10 Shane O'Hanlon Darver
2011[16] Geraldines 4-13 Naomh Máirtín 2-07 Jim McEneaney Darver
2010 Cancelled due to Winter cold snap
2009[17] Geraldines 3-12 St Joseph's 1-10 Brendan Molloy Darver
2008[18] Dreadnots/St Fechin's 8-10 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 0-02 Niall Levins Darver
2007[19] ‡ Mellifont Rovers 1-10 Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Adrian Reid McGeough Park
2006 No Championship
2005[20] Newtown Blues 3-06 St Patrick's 1-06 Hugh McGinn The Grove
2004[21] Newtown Blues 1-11 Cooley Kickhams 2-06 Brian Kermode Páirc Na nGael
2003[22] Na Piarsaigh 3-10 Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 1-08 Ronan McCartney Cluskey Park
2002[23] Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets 3-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-07 - McGeough Park
2001[24] St Patrick's 1-13 (AET) Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi 2-08 Damien Connor St Brigid's Park
2000[25] St Bride's 1-11 St Patrick's 0-07 David J. McArdle St Brigid's Park
1999[26] Newtown Blues 0-12 St Bride's 1-04 Ronan Philips Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1998[27] O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 1-08 Oliver Plunketts 0-06 Mark Stanfield Gaelic Grounds
1997[28] O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 1-13 (AET) St Joseph's/St Mochta's/Annaghminnon Rovers 1-10 - Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1996[29] Newtown Blues 2-09 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 2-07 Paddy Stone Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1995[30] St Joseph's/St Mochta's/Annaghminnon Rovers 0-12 Hunterstown/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/John Mitchels/Westerns 1-06 Paul McDonnell The Grove
1994[31] Roche Emmets 1-11 Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi 1-06 Paddy McArdle Knockbridge
1993[32] Roche Emmets 1-12 St Joseph's/St Mochta's 2-08 John O'Hanlon Knockbridge
1992[33] Dundalk Gaels 1-12 St Patrick's 1-08 Paul Loughran St Brigid's Park
1991[34] Dundalk Gaels 2-12 O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 0-04 Ciarán Boyle St Brigid's Park
1990 No Championship
1989 No Championship
1988 No Championship
1987 No Championship
1986[35] O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells 0-05 St Mary's/ Hunterstown/John Mitchels 0-04 Donal Murray Knockbridge
1985 No Championship
1984 No Championship
1983 ‡ St Fursey's 2-07 (replay) St Mary's/ Hunterstown/John Mitchels 0-07 - Tallanstown
1982 Cooley Kickhams 2-08 Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's 1-01 Seán Thornton St Brigid's Park
1981 ‡ Naomh Buithe 2-06 Cooley Kickhams 0-08 Michael Ward Clan na Gael Park
1980 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-07 Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's 0-06 Brian McGuinness The Grove
1979 Newtown Blues 2-07 St Mochta's/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns/Fr. Bannon's 0-10 Ray Faulkner The Grove
1978 Newtown Blues 0-07 Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's 0-04 Oliver Winters Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1977 Dreadnots/St Fechin's 3-04 St Mochta's/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's 0-06 Peter Briscoe Páirc Mhuire
1976 Dreadnots/St Fechin's 2-06 Kilkerley Emmets/Roche Emmets 1-03 - Páirc Mhuire
1975 Dundalk Young Irelands/Seán O'Mahony's/Geraldines 0-08 Clan na Gael 1-04 - Clan na Gael Park
1974 St Mary's/Hunterstown 1-09 Newtown Blues/O'Raghallaighs/St Dominic's 0-05 - Páirc Uí Mhuirí
1973 St Mary's/Hunterstown/John Mitchels 2-05 Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns 1-03 - Páirc Mochta
1972 Cooley Kickhams 3-06 Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns 0-13 - Clan na Gael Park

‡ Mellifont Rovers - Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets combination

‡ St Fursey's - Geraldines and St Bride's combination

‡ Naomh Buithe - combination team from Monasterboice, Collon, and Tullyallen parishes

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