# Louth Junior A Football League

The Louth Junior A Football League, or Division 3 of the county football Leagues, is an annual Gaelic football competition. Introduced in 1921, it is contested by Junior clubs in County Louth. The captain of the winning team is presented with the Dixon Cup.

## Format

A Final to determine the winner was held annually until 1996, when the format changed. At the end of the league programme, the team with the most points is now awarded the trophy and is promoted to Division 2. The second-placed team can obtain promotion by winning a play-off involving a Division 2 club. In 2019, Division 3 was split into separate A and B grades.

## Trophy

The MacArdle Cup was presented to each winning team until 2014, when it was replaced by the Dixon Cup.

## Winners by Year

| Year | Winner |
| 2024 | Oliver Plunketts |
| 2023 | Stabannon Parnells |
| 2022 | Glen Emmets |
| 2021 | Glen Emmets |
| 2020 | Cancelled (COVID-19) |
| 2019 | Roche Emmets |
| 2018 | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| 2017 | Glyde Rangers |
| 2016 | Glen Emmets |
| 2015 | Glyde Rangers |
| 2014 | Naomh Fionnbarra |
| 2013 | Roche Emmets |
| 2012 | Hunterstown Rovers |
| 2011 | Naomh Fionnbarra |
| 2010 | St Fechin's |
| 2009 | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| 2008 | Naomh Fionnbarra |
| 2007 | St Mochta's |
| 2006 | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| 2005 | Seán McDermott's |
| 2004 | Glen Emmets |
| 2003 | Dowdallshill |
| 2002 | St Nicholas |
| 2001 | Westerns |
| 2000 | Seán McDermott's |
| 1999 | O'Connells |
| 1998 | John Mitchels |
| 1997 | Na Piarsaigh |
(R) = Replay
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
| 1996 | Oliver Plunketts | O'Raghallaighs |
| 1995 | St Bride's | Oliver Plunketts |
| 1994 | O'Connells | Glyde Rangers |
| 1993 | Oliver Plunketts (R) | Glyde Rangers (R) |
| 1992 | O'Connells | John Mitchels |
| 1991 | St Nicholas | St Mochta's |
| 1990 | John Mitchels | O'Raghallaighs |
| 1989 | Dowdallshill | O'Raghallaighs |
| 1988 | St Kevin's | John Mitchels |
| 1987 | Seán O'Mahony's | Dundalk Gaels |
| 1986 | Glyde Rangers | John Mitchels |
| 1985 | Dundalk Gaels | Hunterstown Rovers |
| 1984 | Oliver Plunketts | Lann Léire |
| 1983 | Dundalk Gaels | Lann Léire |
| 1982 | Hunterstown Rovers | Cooley Kickhams |
| 1981 | John Mitchels | Roche Emmets |
| 1980 | Naomh Máirtín | Roche Emmets |
| 1979 | St Fechin's | Hunterstown Rovers |
| 1978 | Naomh Máirtín | Hunterstown Rovers |
| 1977 | Kilkerley Emmets | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| 1976 | Dreadnots | St Fechin's |
| 1975 | St Fechin's | St Mochta's |
| 1974 | Seán McDermott's | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| 1973 | St Mochta's | Naomh Fionnbarra |
| 1972 | St Patrick's | Naomh Fionnbarra |
| 1971 | Naomh Fionnbarra | Clan na Gael |
| 1970 | St Patrick's | Wolfe Tones |
| 1969 | Glyde Rangers | John Mitchels |
| 1968 | Cooley Kickhams (R) | St Kevin's (R) |
| 1967 | St Kevin's | St Bride's |
| 1966 | St Kevin's | St Bride's |
| 1965 | St Kevin's | Naomh Fionnbarra |
| 1964 | Cooley Kickhams | Naomh Fionnbarra |
| 1963 | Naomh Fionnbarra | O'Raghallaighs |
| 1962 | Wolfe Tones | Naomh Fionnbarra |
| 1961 | Geraldines | Mattock Rangers |
| 1960 | Naomh Fionnbarra | Wolfe Tones |
| 1959 | St Bride's | Hunterstown Rovers |
| 1958 | Geraldines | Seán McDermott's |
| 1957 | Geraldines | Glyde Rangers |
| 1956 | Roche Emmets | Geraldines |
| 1955 | Roche Emmets | Newtown Blues |
| 1954 | Clan na Gael | Darver Volunteers |
| 1953 | Clan na Gael | Darver Volunteers |
| 1952 | Darver Volunteers | Naomh Mhuire |
| 1951 | Naomh Mhuire (R) | Dowdallshill (R) |
| 1950 | Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) | Dundalk Young Irelands |
| 1949 | Dundalk Young Irelands | St Bride's |
| 1948 | Seán O'Mahony's | Parnells |
| 1947 | Clan na Gael (R) | Parnells (R) |
| 1946 | St Colmcille's (Togher) | Kilkerley Emmets |
| 1945 | Parnells (Drogheda) | Seán O'Mahony's |
| 1944 | Western Rovers (Army team) | Owen Roes |
| 1943 | Oliver Plunketts | Stabannon Parnells |
| 1942 | St Magdalene's | Stabannon Parnells |
| 1941 | St Magdalene's (R) | Seán O'Mahony's (R) |
| 1940 | Seán O'Mahony's | Owen Roes |
| 1939 | Seán O'Mahony's | Ramblers United (Termonfeckin) |
| 1938 | Darver Young Irelands | St Mochta's |
| 1937 | St Bride's | St Mochta's |
| 1936 | St Mochta's | Drogheda Gaelics |
| 1935 | Darver Young Irelands | St Mary's |
| 1934 | Dowdallshill | Geraldines |
| 1933 | St Magdalene's | Hitchestown |
| 1932 | Cooley Kickhams | St Magdalene's |
| 1931 | St Magdalene's (Drogheda) | Drogheda Gaelics |
| 1930 | Owen Roes (Drogheda) | Clan na Gael |
| 1929 | Clan na Gael | Newtown Blues |
| 1928 | Newtown Blues | Castlebellingham |
| 1927 | - | - |
| 1926 | St Dominic's (Dundalk) | Unknowns (Dromiskin) |
| 1925 | - | - |
| 1924 | Con Colberts (Dundalk) | Wolfe Tones |
| 1923 | - | - |
| 1922 | - | - |
| 1921 | Boyne Rangers (Drogheda) | Clan na Gael |

## 3B Winners

The winning team is promoted to 3A
| Year | Winner |
| 2024 | St Nicholas |
| 2023 | John Mitchels |
| 2022 | Stabannon Parnells |
| 2021 | Wolfe Tones |
| 2020 | Cancelled (COVID-19) |
| 2019 | Westerns |