St Mary's GAA (Louth)
Louth-based Gaelic games club
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St Mary's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Ardee, County Louth, Ireland. The club fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organized by Louth GAA.
History
The club was founded in 1928.[1] In 1955 St Mary's won all three Senior club competitions (Old Gaels Cup, Cardinal O'Donnell Cup and Senior Championship) and went on to repeat this feat in 1956.[2] As of 2022, the club had competed in 26 Louth Senior Football Championship finals, winning 10.[3] By 2023, St Mary's had won their 12th county title, after defeating Naomh Máirtín in the 2023 Louth Senior Football Championship final.[4]
The club won a third consecutive Joe Ward Cup in 2024, again overcoming Naomh Máirtín in the final, by 2-02 to 0-04.[5] St Mary's went on to reach the final of the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, losing by one point to Cuala of Dublin at Croke Park.[6]
As of 2025, Down-native Cathal Murray was the senior team manager.[7]
Achievements
- Louth Senior Football Championship (13): 1946,[8] 1948,[8] 1951,[8] 1955,[8] 1956,[8] 1960,[9] 1968,[10] 1972,[1] 1975,[11] 1995,[12] 2022,[13] 2023, 2024
- Louth Senior Football League (13): 1947, 1949, 1952,[8] 1953,[8] 1954,[8] 1955,[8] 1956,[8] 1971, 1975, 1991, 2002,[14] 2021,[15] 2024[16]
- Louth Senior Football League Division 1B (1): 2004[17]
- Louth Intermediate Football League (1): 1987[1]
- Old Gaels/ACC/Paddy Sheelan Cup (9): 1955,[18] 1956,[18] 1959, 1972, 1978,[11] 1983,[11] 2016,[19] 2018,[20] 2021[21]
- Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (7): 1945,[8] 1969, 1989, 2014, 2015,[22] 2017,[23] 2018[24]
- Louth Junior 2A Football League (10): 1945,[8] 1949,[25] 1978, 1980, 1988, 2010, 2013, 2023,[26] 2024, 2025[27]
