Naomh Máirtín CPG
Louth-based Gaelic games club
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Naomh Máirtín Cumann Peile Gaelach is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Monasterboice, County Louth, Ireland.[1]
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| Founded: | 1957 | ||||||||
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| County: | Louth | ||||||||
| Nickname: | The Jocks | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and White | ||||||||
| Grounds: | Pairc Naomh Máirtín, Silloge, Monasterboice | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53.769142°N 6.397498°W | ||||||||
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History
Naomh Máirtín was founded in 1957 and named after Martin of Tours.[2]
Left corner-back Jim Mooney was a member of Louth's Leinster Junior Championship-winning squad of 1966.[3]
In 1980 the club completed a Junior clean sweep of Shield, League and Championship competitions, remaining unbeaten throughout the year.[4]
They reached the finals of the 2018 and 2019 Louth Senior Football Championship, losing on both occasions to Newtown Blues.[5] In 2020 the club won the county senior championship for the first time in its history, defeating St Mary's.[6] Twelve months later the club repeated this success, overcoming St Mochta's to win back-to-back titles.[7]
Forward Sam Mulroy has been captain of the Louth senior footballers since 2021.[8] He received an All-Star nomination in 2024.[9] He lifted the Delaney Cup in 2025 after Louth's Leinster final victory against Meath and received the Man of the Match award.[10]
Captained by Eoghan Callaghan, Naomh Máirtín defeated Newtown Blues in the 2025 county senior final by seven points, to claim their third ever Joe Ward Cup.[11] The curtain-raiser to the senior final saw the Martins collect more silverware, as their minor footballers beat St Mary's by five points to win the county Minor Championship.[12]
Notable players
- Michael Fanning
- Sam Mulroy
- Brendan Reilly
- JP Rooney
- Craig Lynch
Honours
- Louth Senior Football Championship (3): 2020, 2021,[13] 2025
- Louth Intermediate Football Championship (1): 1988[14]
- Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1980
- Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (2): 2017,[15] 2019[16]
- Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2006[17]
- Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (5): 1959, 1972,[18] 2012,[19] 2019,[20] 2022[21]
- Louth Minor Football Championship (3): 2016,[22] 2019,[23] 2025
- Louth Junior 2C Football Championship (2): 2018,[24] 2025[25]
- Paddy Sheelan Cup (1): 2023[26]
- Louth Junior A Football League (2): 1978, 1980[4]
- Paddy Sheelan Shield (1): 2012[27]
- Drogheda and Dundalk Dairies Shield (1): 1980[4]
- Louth Junior 2A Football League (2): 1963,[28] 2022[29]
- Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4B (1): 2004[30]
- Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4C (1): 2010[31]
- Junior 2 Football League (Division 6) (1): 2019
- Louth Minor Football League (2): 2007, 2016
- Louth Minor B Football Championship (1): 2003
- Louth Under-16 Football Championship (1): 2025[32]
- Louth Under-15 Football Championship (1): 2024[33]
- Louth Under-14 Football Championship (2): 2013, 2022