# Paddy Sheelan Cup

The Paddy Sheelan Cup is an annual subsidiary league competition organised by Louth GAA for Senior and Intermediate grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth.

## History

The competition was launched in 1952 and Dundalk Gaels were the first winners. The Old Gaels Cup was presented to the winning team until 1978, when ACC Bank was brought in as sponsor. The ACC Cup was presented to the winners for the last time in 2003. In 2004, the captain of the winning Cooley Kickhams team received the Paddy Sheelan Cup, named in honour of a former Kickhams stalwart, for the first time.

## Format

Teams are split into groups, with the four best performing teams qualifying for the semi-final stage. The two semi-final victors then face off in the final of the competition.

## Roll of Honour

| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
| 1 | Cooley Kickhams | 15 | 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1984, 1987, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014 |
| 2 | Newtown Blues | 10 | 1962, 1963, 1966, 1970, 1986, 1997, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2022 |
| 3 | St Mary's | 9 | 1955, 1956, 1959, 1972, 1978, 1983, 2016, 2018, 2021 |
| 4 | Clan na Gael | 6 | 1979, 1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999 |
| 5 | Roche Emmets | 4 | 1960, 1981, 2001, 2008 |
| 6 | St Patrick's | 3 | 1976, 2002, 2011 |
| 6 | St Fechin's | 3 | 1980, 1989, 1990 |
| 6 | O'Raghallaighs | 3 | 1964, 1977, 2010 |
| 6 | Mattock Rangers | 3 | 2009, 2017, 2024 |
| 10 | Stabannon Parnells | 2 | 1995, 2000 |
| 10 | Dundalk Gaels | 2 | 1952, 1994 |
| 10 | Oliver Plunketts | 2 | 1953, 1958 |
| 10 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 2 | 1957, 1985 |
| 10 | Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) | 2 | 1954, 1961 |
| 15 | Dreadnots | 1 | 2019 |
| 15 | St Bride's | 1 | 1975 |
| 15 | Naomh Máirtín | 1 | 2023 |
| 15 | Kilkerley Emmets | 1 | 1988 |
| 15 | O'Connells | 1 | 2013 |

## List of Finals

(R) = Replay
(AET) = After Extra-Time
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score | Venue |
| 2024 | Mattock Rangers | 2-09 | St Joseph's | 1-11 | Darver |
| 2023 | Naomh Máirtín | 1-11 | Mattock Rangers | 0-04 | Darver |
| 2022 | Newtown Blues | 1-12 | St Mochta's | 0-09 | Darver |
| 2021 | St Mary's | 6-16 | St Mochta's | 0-04 | Darver |
| 2020 | Cancelled (COVID-19) | Cancelled (COVID-19) | Cancelled (COVID-19) | Cancelled (COVID-19) | Cancelled (COVID-19) |
| 2019 | Dreadnots | 1-15 | St Mochta's | 0-08 | Páirc Dreadnots |
| 2018 | St Mary's | 1-12 | Mattock Rangers | 2-07 | Stabannon |
| 2017 | Mattock Rangers | 2-11 | St Patrick's | 1-11 | Cluskey Park |
| 2016 | St Mary's | 3-15 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-08 | Darver |
| 2015 | Newtown Blues | 1-08 | St Mary's | 0-09 | Páirc Dreadnots |
| 2014 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-11 | Dreadnots | 0-08 | Clan na Gael Park |
| 2013 | O'Connells | 0-14 | St Patrick's | 2-07 | Fr McEvoy Park |
| 2012 | Newtown Blues | 2-13 (AET) | O'Connells | 2-12 (AET) | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 2011 | St Patrick's | 2-10 | Naomh Malachi | 0-07 | Fr McEvoy Park |
| 2010 | O'Raghallaighs | 0-14 | Glyde Rangers | 2-07 | Páirc Mattock |
| 2009 | Mattock Rangers | 2-10 (R) | Newtown Blues | 1-12 (R) | Gaelic Grounds |
| 2008 | Roche Emmets | 2-13 | Naomh Máirtín | 1-12 | Cluskey Park |
| 2007 | Newtown Blues | 1-14 | St Joseph's | 0-07 | Páirc Seán Mistéal |
| 2006 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-10 | St Patrick's | 1-07 | Páirc Na nGael |
| 2005 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-12 | Clan na Gael | 1-06 | Páirc Na nGael |
| 2004 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-15 | Clan na Gael | 1-06 | St Brigid's Park |
| 2003 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-10 | St Mary's | 0-10 | Páirc Na nGael |
| 2002 | St Patrick's | 2-05 | Mattock Rangers | 1-06 | The Grove |
| 2001 | Roche Emmets | 2-13 | St Mary's | 0-14 | Knockbridge |
| 2000 | Stabannon Parnells | 1-11 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-07 | Clan na Gael Park |
| 1999 | Clan na Gael | 1-09 (R) | Cooley Kickhams | 2-04 (R) | Páirc Na nGael |
| 1998 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-09 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-07 | St Brigid's Park |
| 1997 | Newtown Blues | 2-11 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-12 | The Grove |
| 1996 | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held |
| 1995 | Stabannon Parnells | 1-08 | St Patrick's | 1-06 | Páirc de Róiste |
| 1994 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-08 | Naomh Máirtín | 1-05 | The Grove |
| 1993 | Clan na Gael | 1-10 | Newtown Blues | 0-05 | Stabannon |
| 1992 | Clan na Gael | 1-14 | St Joseph's | 1-11 | St Brigid's Park |
| 1991 | Clan na Gael | 1-08 (R) | Stabannon Parnells | 0-08 (R) | McGeough Park |
| 1990 | St Fechin's | 1-09 | Clan na Gael | 1-06 | Stabannon |
| 1989 | St Fechin's | 1-06 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-05 | McGeough Park |
| 1988 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-06 | Dreadnots | 0-05 | Knockbridge |
| 1987 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-05 | Oliver Plunketts | 0-07 | Knockbridge |
| 1986 | Newtown Blues | 0-14 | Clan na Gael | 1-04 | The Grove |
| 1985 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 2-07 | Mattock Rangers | 0-06 | Páirc Mochta |
| 1984 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-04 | St Joseph's | 0-04 | St Brigid's Park |
| 1983 | St Mary's | 2-07 (R) | Cooley Kickhams | 2-06 (R) | Knockbridge |
| 1982 | Clan na Gael | 1-08 | Geraldines | 0-07 | Knockbridge |
| 1981 | Roche Emmets | 0-03 | Dreadnots | 0-02 | The Grove |
| 1980 | St Fechin's | 3-08 | Clan na Gael | 1-09 | The Grove |
| 1979 | Clan na Gael | 1-15 (R) | Mattock Rangers | 1-05 (R) | Cluskey Park |
| 1978 | St Mary's | 1-07 | Roche Emmets | 1-04 | St Brigid's Park |
| 1977 | O'Raghallaighs | 1-07 | St Fechin's | 0-07 | The Grove |
| 1976 | St Patrick's | 2-09 | Roche Emmets | 0-12 | St Brigid's Park |
| 1975 | St Bride's | 0-11 | O'Raghallaighs | 0-07 | The Grove |
| 1974 | Cooley Kickhams | 3-02 | Mattock Rangers | 2-03 | Knockbridge |
| 1973 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-10 (R) | St Bride's | 1-08 (R) | Clan na Gael Park |
| 1972 | St Mary's | 1-07 | St Bride's | 1-06 | Páirc Mochta |
| 1971 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-09 | Mattock Rangers | 0-08 | Clan na Gael Park |
| 1970 | Newtown Blues | 3-05 | St Bride's | 0-06 | The Grove |
| 1969 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-06 | Mattock Rangers | 0-05 | St Brigid's Park |
| 1968 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-06 | Newtown Blues | 0-05 | St Brigid's Park |
| 1967 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-06 | Clan na Gael | 1-06 | St Brigid's Park |
| 1966 | Newtown Blues | 0-12 | St Mary's | 0-07 | Gaelic Grounds |
| 1965 | Cooley Kickhams | 3-12 (R) (AET) | O'Raghallaighs | 3-10 (R) (AET) | St Brigid's Park |
| 1964 | O'Raghallaighs | 1-05 | Clan na Gael | 1-02 | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1963 | Newtown Blues | 3-08 | St Patrick's | 0-03 | The Grove |
| 1962 | Newtown Blues | 2-10 | Mattock Rangers | 0-05 | The Grove |
| 1961 | Naomh Mhuire | 1-08 | Clan na Gael | 0-07 | The Grove |
| 1960 | Roche Emmets | 2-06 | Newtown Blues | 1-05 | The Grove |
| 1959 | St Mary's | 4-05 | Newtown Blues | 1-06 | The Grove |
| 1958 | Oliver Plunketts | 1-06 (R) | Dundalk Gaels | 0-02 (R) | The Grove |
| 1957 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 3-09 (R) | Naomh Mhuire | 1-01 (R) | The Grove |
| 1956 | St Mary's | 1-07 | Stabannon Parnells | 1-05 | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1955 | St Mary's | 2-11 | Dundalk Gaels | 2-06 | The Grove |
| 1954 | Naomh Mhuire | 1-09 | Oliver Plunketts | 1-04 | Gaelic Grounds |
| 1953 | Oliver Plunketts | 3-03 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-07 | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1952 | Dundalk Gaels | 3-04 | St Bride's | 0-07 | Athletic Grounds |