# Louth Junior 2A Football League

The Louth Junior 2A Football League, or Division 4 of the county football Leagues, is an annual Gaelic football competition that was introduced by Louth GAA in 1941 and contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth. The captain of the winning team is presented with the Cairnes Cup.

## Format

A Final to determine the winner was held annually until 2015, when the format changed. At the end of the league programme, the team with the most points is now awarded the trophy. If two or more teams finish level on points at the top of the table, a play-off will decide the winner. The team that finishes bottom of the league is relegated to Division 5.

## Trophy

The Ranafast Cup was presented to each winning team from 1944 until 1999.
This trophy was purchased with money from the Fr Larry Murray Memorial Fund and is named in memory of the Gaelic games and Irish language enthusiast priest's close association with Coláiste Bhríde in Ranafast. The Cairnes Cup was presented to the winners for the first time in 2000.

## Winners by Year

(R) = Replay
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
| 2024 | St Mary's | 2-10 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-09 |
| 2023 | St Mary's | 0-12 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-04 |
| 2022 | Naomh Máirtín | -- | No Final | -- |
| 2021 | Cooley Kickhams | 3-12 | St Mary's | 2-03 |
| 2020 | Cancelled (COVID-19) | Cancelled (COVID-19) | Cancelled (COVID-19) | Cancelled (COVID-19) |
| 2019 | St Patrick's | 1-15 | St Mary's | 2-08 |
| 2018 | Mattock Rangers | 1-14 | St Bride's | 1-04 |
| 2017 | Dundalk Gaels | -- | No Final | -- |
| 2016 | St Bride's | -- | No Final | -- |
| 2015 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-13 | St Bride's | 0-07 |
| 2014 | Clan na Gael | 1-11 | Naomh Máirtín | 1-08 |
| 2013 | St Mary's | 2-10 | St Patrick's | 1-06 |
| 2012 | St Joseph's | 0-11 | St Patrick's | 0-07 |
| 2011 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-10 | Clan na Gael | 2-05 |
| 2010 | St Mary's | 0-08 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-06 |
| 2009 | Newtown Blues | 1-07 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-06 |
| 2008 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-05 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-04 |
| 2007 | Newtown Blues | 1-10 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-08 |
| 2006 | Newtown Blues | 1-07 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-09 |
| 2005 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-08 | Newtown Blues | 0-07 |
| 2004 | Mattock Rangers | 2-10 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-08 |
| 2003 | Clan na Gael | 0-14 | St Patrick's | 0-08 |
| 2002 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-03 | Clan na Gael | 0-06 |
| 2001 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-09 | Clan na Gael | 2-04 |
| 2000 | St Patrick's | 1-12 | Newtown Blues | 2-07 |
| 1999 | Clan na Gael | 1-11 | St Mary's | 1-10 |
| 1998 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-07 | St Patrick's | 1-07 |
| 1997 | Newtown Blues | 2-15 | Lann Léire | 1-05 |
| 1996 | Lann Léire | 2-09 | Dundalk Gaels | 2-05 |
| 1995 | Dundalk Gaels (R) | 0-10 | Clan na Gael (R) | 0-04 |
| 1994 | Clan na Gael | 1-09 | St Mary's | 0-07 |
| 1993 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-12 | Clan na Gael | 2-04 |
| 1992 | Clan na Gael | 1-10 | Lann Léire | 1-02 |
| 1991 | Clan na Gael | 0-09 | Glyde Rangers | 0-03 |
| 1990 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-08 | St Mary's | 0-09 |
| 1989 | Kilkerley Emmets | 1-09 | Clan na Gael | 1-05 |
| 1988 | St Mary's | 1-05 | St Patrick's | 1-04 |
| 1987 | Roche Emmets | 1-05 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 1-04 |
| 1986 | Dundalk Gaels | 2-07 | Na Piarsaigh | 0-07 |
| 1985 | Lann Léire | 2-09 | St Bride's | 1-05 |
| 1984 | Geraldines | 3-04 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 0-05 |
| 1983 | St Joseph's | 1-08 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-03 |
| 1982 | Newtown Blues | 3-09 | Geraldines | 1-05 |
| 1981 | Kilkerley Emmets | 3-05 | Newtown Blues | 1-08 |
| 1980 | St Mary's | 0-11 | Kilkerley Emmets | 1-03 |
| 1979 | Mattock Rangers | 0-02 | St Bride's | 0-01 |
| 1978 | St Mary's | 0-08 | St Fechin's | 0-06 |
| 1977 | Mattock Rangers | 3-05 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-08 |
| 1976 | Glen Emmets | 3-12 | O'Connells | 0-02 |
| 1975 | Westerns | 3-04 | Dreadnots | 1-07 |
| 1974 | St Bride's | 0-06 | Dreadnots | 0-03 |
| 1973 | Dreadnots | 2-06 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-07 |
| 1972 | Hunterstown Rovers | 2-15 | St Kevin's | 3-01 |
| 1971 | Lann Léire | 2-08 | St Mochta's | 0-06 |
| 1970 | Newtown Blues (R) | 1-05 | Hunterstown Rovers (R) | 1-02 |
| 1969 | St Mochta's | 1-05 | St Kevin's | 0-04 |
| 1968 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 2-04 | St Bride's | 0-06 |
| 1967 | St Bride's | 2-07 | Stabannon Parnells | 0-07 |
| 1966 | St Patrick's | 2-04 | St Mary's | 2-03 |
| 1965 | Glen Emmets | 1-05 | St Bride's | 0-05 |
| 1964 | St Bride's | 3-07 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 1-04 |
| 1963 | Naomh Máirtín | 2-05 | Stabannon Parnells | 0-03 |
| 1962 | Dreadnots | 2-08 | Fane Rangers | 1-02 |
| 1961 | Dreadnots (R) | 2-09 | Fane Rangers (R) | 2-03 |
| 1960 | Dreadnots | 6-06 | St Mary's | 0-02 |
| 1959 | Dreadnots | 2-06 | O'Connells | 1-06 |
| 1958 | St Fechin's | 1-07 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-02 |
| 1957 | St Fechin's | 3-06 | Seán O'Carroll's (Ardee) | 2-04 |
| 1956 | St Fechin's (R) | 1-07 | St Mochta's (R) | 0-03 |
| 1955 | Dreadnots | 2-09 | Seán McDermott's | 1-06 |
| 1954 | Hunterstown Rovers | 1-04 | Lann Léire | 0-03 |
| 1953 | Lann Léire | 1-14 | Carlingford | 2-04 |
| 1952 | Seán McDermott's | 1-08 | Roche Emmets | 1-05 |
| 1951 | St Michael's (Clogherhead) | 3-05 | Stabannon Parnells | 0-02 |
| 1950 | St Colmcille's | 7-09 | St Mochta's | 1-02 |
| 1949 | St Mary's | 6-07 | St Colmcille's (Togher) | 2-03 |
| 1948 | Walshestown Rovers | 0-07 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-04 |
| 1947 | Ramblers (Termonfeckin) | 2-0 | Red Hands (Martin's Cross) | 1-01 |
| 1946 | Fane Rangers | 2-01 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-01 |
| 1945 | St Mary's | 4-05 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-03 |
| 1944 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-05 | Glyde Rangers | 0-05 |
| 1943 | St Dominic's (Ardee) | 1-07 | Glyde Rangers | 2-01 |
| 1942 | Kilkerley Emmets | 4-05 | Lann Léire | 3-04 |
| 1941 | Stabannon Parnells | 1-05 | Kilcurry | 1-04 |