Louth Junior 2A Football Championship
Appearance
Louth Junior 2A Football Championship | |
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Founded | 1917[1] |
Title holders | Geraldines (2nd title) |
Most titles | Cooley 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
[edit]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
[edit](R) = Replay
Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score | Winning Captain |
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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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