# Louth Under-21 Football Championship

The Louth Under-21 Football Championship was an annual competition organised by Louth GAA for Gaelic football teams in County Louth.

## History

First contested in 1972, the inaugural winners were Cooley Kickhams. As is the case nationally, amalgamated parish teams were a regular feature of the competition due to lack of numbers. The county board removed the competition from the calendar in the mid-1980s but it returned in 1991. The competition has on occasion been run as an under-20 tournament, in line with changes introduced by the GAA in 2018. It reverted to the U-21 format in 2022. The county board scrapped the competition in 2023, when a new under-19 football championship was introduced in its place.
The McGeough Cup was presented to the captain of the winning side.

## Finals

| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score | Captain | Venue |
| 2022 | Roche Emmets | 1-06 | Naomh Máirtín | 0-04 | Glen Stewart | Darver |
| 2021 | St Fechin's | 1-13 | St Joseph's/St Mochta's | 2-03 | John O'Connell | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 2020 | Cancelled - COVID-19 | Cancelled - COVID-19 | Cancelled - COVID-19 | Cancelled - COVID-19 | Cancelled - COVID-19 | Cancelled - COVID-19 |
| 2019 | St Mary's | 4-11 | St Bride's/St Mochta's | 2-07 | Conor Gillespie | Darver |
| 2018 | Newtown Blues | 0-16 | Mattock Rangers/ Hunterstown/Glen Emmets | 0-06 | Ronan Levins | Darver |
| 2017 | Newtown Blues | 1-12 | Mattock Rangers/ Hunterstown/Glen Emmets | 3-05 | Conor Moore | Darver |
| 2016 | Cooley Kickhams | 3-07 | Geraldines | 0-09 | Peter Thornton | Darver |
| 2015 | Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets | 0-15 | Naomh Fionnbarra/O'Connells | 0-06 | - | Darver |
| 2014 | O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells/John Mitchels | 3-12 (AET) | Clan na Gael | 2-12 | - | Páirc de Róiste |
| 2013 | St Bride's | 0-16 | Clan na Gael | 1-12 | Gareth Hall | Darver |
| 2012 | Geraldines | 3-07 | St Bride's | 0-10 | Shane O'Hanlon | Darver |
| 2011 | Geraldines | 4-13 | Naomh Máirtín | 2-07 | Jim McEneaney | Darver |
| 2010 | Cancelled due to Winter cold snap | Cancelled due to Winter cold snap | Cancelled due to Winter cold snap | Cancelled due to Winter cold snap | Cancelled due to Winter cold snap | Cancelled due to Winter cold snap |
| 2009 | Geraldines | 3-12 | St Joseph's | 1-10 | Brendan Molloy | Darver |
| 2008 | Dreadnots/St Fechin's | 8-10 | O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells | 0-02 | Niall Levins | Darver |
| 2007 | ‡ Mellifont Rovers | 1-10 | Cooley Kickhams | 1-09 | Adrian Reid | McGeough Park |
| 2006 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 2005 | Newtown Blues | 3-06 | St Patrick's | 1-06 | Hugh McGinn | The Grove |
| 2004 | Newtown Blues | 1-11 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-06 | Brian Kermode | Páirc Na nGael |
| 2003 | Na Piarsaigh | 3-10 | Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets | 1-08 | Ronan McCartney | Cluskey Park |
| 2002 | Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets | 3-04 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-07 | - | McGeough Park |
| 2001 | St Patrick's | 1-13 (AET) | Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi | 2-08 | Damien Connor | St Brigid's Park |
| 2000 | St Bride's | 1-11 | St Patrick's | 0-07 | David J. McArdle | St Brigid's Park |
| 1999 | Newtown Blues | 0-12 | St Bride's | 1-04 | Ronan Philips | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1998 | O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells | 1-08 | Oliver Plunketts | 0-06 | Mark Stanfield | Gaelic Grounds |
| 1997 | O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells | 1-13 (AET) | St Joseph's/St Mochta's/Annaghminnon Rovers | 1-10 | - | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1996 | Newtown Blues | 2-09 | O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells | 2-07 | Paddy Stone | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1995 | St Joseph's/St Mochta's/Annaghminnon Rovers | 0-12 | Hunterstown/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/John Mitchels/Westerns | 1-06 | Paul McDonnell | The Grove |
| 1994 | Roche Emmets | 1-11 | Kilkerley Emmets/Naomh Malachi | 1-06 | Paddy McArdle | Knockbridge |
| 1993 | Roche Emmets | 1-12 | St Joseph's/St Mochta's | 2-08 | John O'Hanlon | Knockbridge |
| 1992 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-12 | St Patrick's | 1-08 | Paul Loughran | St Brigid's Park |
| 1991 | Dundalk Gaels | 2-12 | O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells | 0-04 | Ciarán Boyle | St Brigid's Park |
| 1990 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 1989 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 1988 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 1987 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 1986 | O'Connells/Stabannon Parnells | 0-05 | St Mary's/ Hunterstown/John Mitchels | 0-04 | Donal Murray | Knockbridge |
| 1985 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 1984 | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship | No Championship |
| 1983 | ‡ St Fursey's | 2-07 (replay) | St Mary's/ Hunterstown/John Mitchels | 0-07 | - | Tallanstown |
| 1982 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-08 | Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's | 1-01 | Seán Thornton | St Brigid's Park |
| 1981 | ‡ Naomh Buithe | 2-06 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-08 | Michael Ward | Clan na Gael Park |
| 1980 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-07 | Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's | 0-06 | Brian McGuinness | The Grove |
| 1979 | Newtown Blues | 2-07 | St Mochta's/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns/Fr. Bannon's | 0-10 | Ray Faulkner | The Grove |
| 1978 | Newtown Blues | 0-07 | Naomh Fionnbarra/Lann Léire/St Kevin's | 0-04 | Oliver Winters | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1977 | Dreadnots/St Fechin's | 3-04 | St Mochta's/Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's | 0-06 | Peter Briscoe | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1976 | Dreadnots/St Fechin's | 2-06 | Kilkerley Emmets/Roche Emmets | 1-03 | - | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1975 | Dundalk Young Irelands/Seán O'Mahony's/Geraldines | 0-08 | Clan na Gael | 1-04 | - | Clan na Gael Park |
| 1974 | St Mary's/Hunterstown | 1-09 | Newtown Blues/O'Raghallaighs/St Dominic's | 0-05 | - | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1973 | St Mary's/Hunterstown/John Mitchels | 2-05 | Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns | 1-03 | - | Páirc Mochta |
| 1972 | Cooley Kickhams | 3-06 | Glyde Rangers/Seán McDermott's/Westerns | 0-13 | - | Clan na Gael Park |
‡ Mellifont Rovers - Mattock Rangers/Hunterstown/Glen Emmets combination
‡ St Fursey's - Geraldines and St Bride's combination
‡ Naomh Buithe - combination team from Monasterboice, Collon, and Tullyallen parishes