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Louth Junior 2A Football Championship

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Louth Junior 2A Football Championship
Founded1917[1]
Title holdersGeraldines (2nd title)
Most titlesCooley Kickhams
Clan na Gael (9 titles)

The Louth Junior 2A Football Championship is an annual knockout gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA, contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth.

Formerly known as the Second Division Championship, it was renamed the Junior 2 Championship when the county football Leagues were reorganized in 1978.[1]

Trophy

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The captain of the winning team is presented with the Dan McEvoy Cup. Dan "Warren" McEvoy was a member of the Tredaghs football club in Drogheda and played on the Louth team that won the 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[1]

Finals

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(R) = Replay

Year Winner Score Opponent Score Winning Captain
2023 Geraldines 0-14 Cooley Kickhams 1-07 Paul Clarke
2022[2] Naomh Máirtín 3-16 St Patrick's 0-07 Jack McCarville
2021[3] Cooley Kickhams 1-11 St Mary's 0-12 Keith White
2020 (Cancelled - COVID-19)
2019[4] Naomh Máirtín 4-07 St Patrick's 0-11 Connor Smyth
2018[5] St Mary's 0-10 Dundalk Gaels 0-07 Mark Gorman
2017[6] St Mary's 2-07 St Fechin's 0-06 Wayne Matthews
2016[7] Geraldines 2-11 Naomh Máirtín 0-07 John Pepper
2015[8] St Mary's 2-09 St Patrick's 0-10 Paul Malone
2014 St Mary's 2-09 Geraldines 1-08 -
2013[9] St Bride's 3-11 Clan na Gael 0-09 Ruairí Kelly
2012[10] Naomh Máirtín 3-08 St Mary's 3-07 Thomas Sullivan
2011[11] Dundalk Gaels 2-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 Stephen McLoughlin
2010[12] Newtown Blues 2-11 Naomh Máirtín 0-08 Stephen Kermode
2009[13] Cooley Kickhams 0-11 St Patrick's 0-08 Declan McGuinness
2008[14] Naomh Malachi 2-04 Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Ronan Lynch
2007[15] Cooley Kickhams 0-13 St Patrick's 1-07 Ronan Hanlon
2006[16] St Patrick's 2-06 Cooley Kickhams 0-08 Paddy White
2005[17] Clan na Gael 2-09 Newtown Blues 0-12 Ciarán Campbell
2004[18] Newtown Blues 3-04 St Mary's 1-06 Tommy Costello
2003[19] St Patrick's 1-08 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 James Hynes
2002[20] Cooley Kickhams 2-13 Newtown Blues 0-07 Michael Hanlon
2001[21] Cooley Kickhams 1-06 Naomh Máirtín 1-04 Michael Murphy
2000[22] Cooley Kickhams 1-06 (R) Newtown Blues 0-02 (R) Pádraig O'Neill
1999[23] St Patrick's 2-12 Roche Emmets 0-04 Damien White
1998 St Patrick's 3-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-10 Séamus Rennick
1997 St Patrick's 0-10 Cooley Kickhams 0-07 Gerry McEneaney
1996 Newtown Blues 3-10 St Mary's 2-06 David Hughes
1995 Clan na Gael 1-12 Cooley Kickhams 2-07 Derek McCabe
1994 Clan na Gael 1-12 (R) Cooley Kickhams 2-08 (R) Fergus Byrne
1993 Clan na Gael 1-10 Roche Emmets 0-07 Donagh Rice
1992 Cooley Kickhams 1-08 Clan na Gael 1-07 Ian Murphy
1991 Cooley Kickhams 0-09 St Mary's 0-05 Aidan Shields
1990[24] Clan na Gael 1-10 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-03 Ciarán McKeever
1989 St Mary's 2-06 (R) Cooley Kickhams 1-06 (R) Bartle Landy
1988 Roche Emmets 2-07 St Patrick's 1-05 Martin Shearman
1987 St Nicholas 2-12 Na Piarsaigh 0-08 Philip Kirwan
1986[25] Kilkerley Emmets 0-07 Glen Emmets 1-02 Francie Kirk
1985 Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) 2-07 (R) Na Piarsaigh 0-11 (R) Gerard Murtagh
1984[24] Clan na Gael 1-06 Oliver Plunketts 0-02 David Neary
1983[26] Glen Emmets 0-09 Dundalk Gaels 0-05 Gerry Martin
1982[27] Dundalk Young Irelands 1-09 Geraldines 0-05 Michael Bracken
1981 Seán O'Mahony's 1-06 St Mary's 0-05 Eddie O'Leary
1980 Cooley Kickhams 1-09 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-07 Brendan Shields
1979 Roche Emmets 1-03 Mattock Rangers 0-02 Seán Quinn
1978[28] St Fechin's 0-06 Dundalk Young Irelands 0-05 Charlie Collier
1977 Westerns 0-08 Glen Emmets 1-02 Brendan Matthews
1976[29] O'Connells 0-10 Dundalk Young Irelands 1-04 Patsy Callan
1975 [30] Lann Léire 1-07 Westerns 1-05 Tommy Martin
1974[31] Dreadnots 3-03 Westerns 2-05 Dermot Campbell
1973[32] Hunterstown Rovers 1-04 Dreadnots 0-05 Peter Taaffe
1972 [33] Naomh Máirtín 1-11 Hunterstown Rovers 1-09 John Mullen
1971[34] Lann Léire 0-07 Westerns 0-04 Bartle Faulkner
1970 St Mochta's 1-03 Hunterstown Rovers 0-03 John Byrne
1969 St Mary's 3-01 Hunterstown Rovers 1-05 Francie Higgins
1968 Stabannon Parnells 1-08 O'Connells 0-05 Seán Quinn
1967[35] John Mitchels 5-05 Stabannon Parnells 1-02 John Manning
1966 (Declared null and void)
1965[36] Glen Emmets 0-08 Stabannon Parnells 0-07 Paul Carrie
1964[37] Annaghminnon Rovers 1-09 John Mitchels 2-05 Mick Drumgoole
1963 Fane Rangers 1-12 Naomh Máirtín 3-01 Harry Reilly
1962[31] Dreadnots 2-08 Fane Rangers 1-03 Anthony Kirwan
1961[38] St Fechin's 2-04 Dreadnots 1-03 Michael Carroll
1960 Mattock Rangers 2-07 Dreadnots 1-05 Paddy Geraghty
1959 Naomh Máirtín 0-05 Dreadnots 0-04 Hugh Russell
1958[39] Seán McDermott's 2-03 Naomh Máirtín 1-03 Joe Osborne
1957[40] St Kevin's 2-06 Seán McDermott's 3-02 Jim McCabe
1956 St Mochta's 0-07 O'Connells 1-02 Tom Kerr
1955[41] Lann Léire 1-07 Seán McDermott's 1-04 John Bowden
1954[42] Hunterstown Rovers 1-06 Lann Léire 0-04 Jack Reilly
1953[43] Roche Emmets 1-04 (R) Lann Léire 0-06 (R) Willie Treacy
1952[44] Walshestown Rovers 4-01 St Michael's (Clogherhead) 0-03 Amby Morgan
1951[45] Stabannon Parnells 1-06 Walshestown Rovers 0-06 Willie Byrne
1950[46] St Colmcille's (Togher) 3-09 Mountpleasant Plunkets 1-03 Paddy Butterly
1949[47] O'Connells 2-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-04 Peter Tuite
1948 (Declared null and void)
1947[48] Darver Volunteers 1-05 Cooley Kickhams 0-02 -
1946 Thomas Davis (Dunleer) 3-00 Fane Rangers 1-04 Owen Holdcroft
1945[49] St Mary's 0-04 Fane Rangers 0-01 James Burke
1944 Glyde Rangers 1-08 Stabannon Parnells 1-06 Benny Ryan
1943 St Dominic's (Ardee) 1-04 Cooley Kickhams 0-04 -
1942[25] Kilkerley Emmets 1-06 Lann Léire 0-02 Petey Murphy
1941[25] Stabannon Parnells 2-01 Kilkerley Emmets 0-04 John Lynch
1940[50] Ramblers United (Termonfeckin) 1-06 Stabannon Parnells 1-05 -
1939 Dowdallshill 1-08 Darver Young Irelands 2-00 Dan Bennett
1938 Dillonstown 3-02 Cooley Kickhams 2-02 Thomas O'Neill
1937 Woodington Rangers (Drogheda) 2-05 St Joseph's (Dundalk) 1-06 Patrick Dunne
1936 Stabannon Parnells 1-07 Dundalk Gaels 0-02 -
1935 St Mochta's 2-03 Stabannon Parnells 1-02 Bernard Byrne
1934 Dowdallshill 1-04 Cannontown Emmets (Termonfeckin) 0-02 Johnny Murphy
1933 Glyde Rangers 3-05 Cooley Kickhams 2-02 -
1932 O'Connells 1-06 Dowdallshill 0-01 -
1931 St Magdalene's (Drogheda) 1-04 Dowdallshill 0-04 Paddy Mullen
1930 Kilcurry 3-01 Dromiskin Unknowns 1-03 -
1929 Hitchestown 1-11 Kilcurry 2-02 Tom Maguire
1928 Glyde Rangers 1-01 Mountpleasant Lodge Rovers 0-00 Michael Rogan
1927 Clan na Gael 1-03 Newtown Blues 1-02 James Hearty
1926 Rapparees (Dundalk) 1-02 Blues (Dundalk) 1-01 Joe Farrell
1925 Dromiskin Unknowns 0-06 Ballybinaby Emmets 0-00 Paddy Connor
1924 Castle Emmets 2-03 Dromiskin Unknowns 1-00 -
1923 Clan na Gael 0-06 Shamrocks (Dundalk) 0-02 Peter Woods
1922 Stabannon Independents (Won via objection) Fane Rangers - Jack McConnon
1921 Fane Rangers (Channonrock) 1-05 Walshestown Rovers 0-00 -
1920 Clan na Gael 4-04 Hitchestown 1-01 Peter Woods
1919 Boyne Rangers 4-05 Clan na Gael 0-00 Edward Corbally
1918 Castle Emmets (Dundalk) - Boyne Rangers (Drogheda) - -
1917[51] Drogheda Harps 0-05 Dromiskin Shamrocks 0-02 -

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