# Louth Junior Football Championship

The Louth Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA and contested by the junior One/A grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship, the winner of which then progresses to represent Leinster in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

## Honours

The winning team is presented with the Christy Bellew Cup, named after the Drogheda GAA official and Killineer Larks club member who was chairman of Louth GAA in the 1920s. The cup was presented for the first time in 1949 to the victorious St Bride's team. The Junior championship itself was first contested in 1904.
The winning team is promoted to play in the following year's Louth Intermediate Football Championship.

## Finals

| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score | Winning Captain | Final Venue |
| 2024 | Wolfe Tones | 2–10 | John Mitchels | 2-02 | Dwayne Leavy | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 2023 | Glyde Rangers | 1–13 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 1-08 | Brian Duffy | Stabannon |
| 2022 | Stabannon Parnells | 0–10, 2-10 (R) | Glyde Rangers | 1-07, 0-08 (R) | Thomas Campbell | The Grove |
| 2021 | Glen Emmets | 3-07 | John Mitchels | 1-08 | Conor Grimes | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 2020 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 3-07 | Lann Léire | 2-07 | Hugh McGrane | Darver |
| 2019 | Roche Emmets | 1–11, 2-07 (R) | Glyde Rangers | 1–11, 0-10 (R) | Liam Dawe | Clan na Gael Park-The Grove (R) |
| 2018 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-04 | Glyde Rangers | 0-06 | Cian Ó'Náraigh | St Brigid's Park |
| 2017 | Glen Emmets | 1–12 | Glyde Rangers | 0–14 | Ronan Grufferty | The Grove |
| 2016 | St Kevin's | 2-09 | Glen Emmets | 0–14 | Liam Boylan | The Grove |
| 2015 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 2-20 | Roche Emmets | 0-07 | Hugh McGrane | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 2014 | Oliver Plunketts | 2-06 | Glen Emmets | 0-09 | Seán Brassil | Stabannon |
| 2013 | Hunterstown | 3–16 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 1-05 | Pádraig Matthews | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 2012 | Glen Emmets | 1-07 | Lann Léire | 0-09 | Stephen Healy | The Grove |
| 2011 | St Fechin's | 2–16 | Glen Emmets | 1-09 | Harry McArdle | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 2010 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 3-05 | Seán McDermott's | 0–11 | Bernard Osborne | The Grove |
| 2009 | St Mochta's | 0–15 | St Fechin's | 0–12 | Gervaise Marron | McGeough Park |
| 2008 | St. Nicholas | 1-07, 1-10 (R) | Lann Léire | 0–10, 0-08 (R) | Shane Downey | McGeough Park-Gaelic Grounds (R) |
| 2007 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1-07 | St Mochta's | 0-07 | Aaron Rogers | Clan na Gael Park |
| 2006 | St Kevin's | 1–10 | Westerns | 1-05 | Mark Boylan | St Brigid's Park |
| 2005 | Dowdallshill | 1-08 | St Kevin's | 0–10 | Vincent McKevitt | The Grove |
| 2004 | St Mochta's | 2–14 | Glen Emmets | 2–10 | Gervaise Marron | Páirc Mhuire |
| 2003 | Dowdallshill | 3-05 | Westerns | 3-04 | Ciarán O'Callaghan | Páirc Mochta |
| 2002 | Na Piarsaigh | 0–13 | Dowdallshill | 1-08 | Barry Magill | Clan na Gael Park |
| 2001 | O'Raghallaighs | 1–12 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-07 | Kevin King | Cluskey Park |
| 2000 | Annaghminnon Rovers | 1–16 | Glen Emmets | 3-08 | Brendan Pepper | Tallanstown |
| 1999 | Dreadnots | 1-09 | O'Connells | 2-05 | Gerard Byrne | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1998 | John Mitchels | 1-08 | St Bride's | 0-09 | Des Halpenny | Páirc Mochta |
| 1997 | Glen Emmets | 3–13 | Westerns | 2–12 | Shane Black | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1996 | Glyde Rangers | 1-09, 1-07 (R) | Oliver Plunketts | 1-09, 1-05 (R) | Michael McKeever | Knockbridge |
| 1995 | St Mochta's | 1-08, 1-12 (R) | O'Raghallaighs | 1-08, 0-05 (R) | Anthony Meegan | The Grove |
| 1994 | St. Nicholas | 2-05 | Glyde Rangers | 0-08 | Tim Murphy | The Grove |
| 1993 | Na Piarsaigh | 2-06 | Glyde Rangers | 0–10 | Paul Smyth | McGeough Park |
| 1992 | John Mitchels | 1-04 | Glyde Rangers | 0-06 | Derek Breagy | McGeough Park |
| 1991 | O'Raghallaighs | 0–12 | St Mochta's | 0-09 | David O'Neill | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1990 | Glyde Rangers | 2-04, 1-13 (R) A.E.T | St Mochta's | 0–10, 1-08 (R) | Paddy Kelly | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1989 | St Kevin's | 1-05, 1-07 (R) | St Mochta's | 1-05, 1-03 (R) | John McGrane | The Grove |
| 1988 | O'Connells | 0-06 | St Kevin's | 0-02 | Gerry Fox | Knockbridge |
| 1987 | Hunterstown | 2-02 | Seán O'Mahony's | 0-06 | Mickey Durnin | Páirc Mochta |
| 1986 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-06 | Hunterstown | 0-04 | Kevin Barry | The Grove |
| 1985 | Lann Léire | 2-09 | John Mitchels | 1-06 | Aidan King | Cluskey Park |
| 1984 | Oliver Plunketts | 2–11 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-07 | Mickey Matthews | Cluskey Park |
| 1983 | O'Connells | 1–10, 2-04 (R) | Lann Léire | 1–10, 0-05 (R) | Gerry Fox | Knockbridge |
| 1982 | Seán O'Mahony's | 1-08 | O'Connells | 0-07 | Eddie O'Leary | Knockbridge |
| 1981 | Oliver Plunketts | 3–10 | Lann Léire | 1-08 | Frank Taaffe | Knockbridge |
| 1980 | Naomh Máirtín | 1–14 | Westerns | 1-07 | James Mullen | The Grove |
| 1979 | Naomh Malachi | 0-08 | Naomh Máirtín | 1-01 | Brendan Begley | Cluskey Park |
| 1978 | Naomh Mhuire | 2-06 | Lann Léire | 1-07 | Paul McKenna | The Grove |
| 1977 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 1–12 | Oliver Plunketts | 0-06 | Gerry Nixon | Knockbridge |
| 1976 | St Fechin's | 2-09 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-09 | Con Sands | Páirc Uí Mhuirí |
| 1975 | St Mochta's | 0-09 | St Fechin's | 0-04 | Don Neary | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1974 | Seán McDermott's | 0-07 | St Mary's | 0-05 | Jim McLoughlin | Gaelic Grounds |
| 1973 | Seán O'Mahony's | 3-09 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 3-06 | John Finnegan | The Grove |
| 1972 | St Patrick's | 1-05 | St Mochta's | 0-03 | Seán Hanlon | Knockbridge |
| 1971 | St Joseph's | 1–11 | St Patrick's | 0-05 | Éamon Daly | Knockbridge |
| 1970 | Dowdallshill | 1–10 | St Patrick's | 1-07 | Billy Curran | Páirc Mochta |
| 1969 | Glyde Rangers | 0-06 | Seán McDermott's | 0-03 | Gerry Sheridan | Páirc Mochta |
| 1968 | St Kevin's | 2-08 | Fane Rangers (Channonrock) | 0-05 | Benny Grogan | Knockbridge |
| 1967 | St Bride's | 1-07 | St Kevin's | 1-05 | Gerry Kelly | Páirc Mochta |
| 1966 | Geraldines | 0-08 | Seán McDermott's | 1-01 | Frank Lynch | Knockbridge |
| 1965 | St Fechin's | 1-05 | Seán McDermott's | 1-04 | John Crosbie | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1964 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-08 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 0-07 | John Woods | St Brigid's Park |
| 1963 | O'Raghallaighs | 1–10 | O'Connells | 1-06 | Muckle McKeown | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1962 | Glyde Rangers | 1–11 | St Bride's | 0-06 | Joe Mackin | Páirc Mochta |
| 1961 | Mattock Rangers | 0–11 | Geraldines | 2-04 | Ollie Geraghty | Páirc Mochta |
| 1960 | St Patrick's | 3–11 | Parnells | 0-02 | Jim Byrne | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1959 | Hunterstown | 0-09 | St Bride's | 0-05 | Ollie Reilly | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1958 | Newtown Blues | 1–11 | St Bride's | 1-05 | Jim Judge | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1957 | Roche Emmets | 0-06 | Glyde Rangers | 0-03 | Jim McArdle | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1956 | Darver Volunteers | 0–12 | Roche Emmets | 1-07 | Michael McDonnell | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1955 | Unknowns | 2-05 | Newtown Blues | 2-03 | Paddy Dooley | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1954 | Clan na Gael | 1-06 | Glyde Rangers | 1-02 | Paddy Dixon | The Grove |
| 1953 | Walshestown Rovers | 2-05 | Oliver Plunketts | 0-03 | Larry Fay | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1952 | Naomh Mhuire (Drogheda) | 4-04 | Kilkerley Emmets | 2-01 | Jim Gavin | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1951 | Dowdallshill | 0-06, 4-04 (R) | Oliver Plunketts | 1-03, 1-08 (R) | Owen Rogers | Páirc Mhuire |
| 1950 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 2-01 | Dowdallshill | 0-06 | Harry Cumiskey | Athletic Grounds |
| 1949 | St Bride's | 2-06 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-04 | Harry Devine | Athletic Grounds |
| 1948 | Glyde Rangers | 1-06 | Parnells (Drogheda) | 0-05 | Peter Woods | Athletic Grounds |
| 1947 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-04 (R) | Oliver Plunketts | 0-03 (R) | Mick Callaghan | Athletic Grounds |
| 1946 | Kilkerley Emmets | 4-04 | Hunterstown | 0-04 | Tom O'Hare | Athletic Grounds |
| 1945 | Owen Roe's | 4-01 | Hunterstown | 1-04 | Oliver Mullen | Gaelic Grounds |
| 1944 | St Mochta's | 5-04 | Round Towers (Dromiskin) | 1-03 | John Byrne | Athletic Grounds |
| 1943 | Stabannon Parnells | 1-03 | Lann Léire | 1-02 | John Lynch | Athletic Grounds |
| 1942 | St Magdalene's | 2-06 | Geraldines | 2-05 | Ollie Halpin | Athletic Grounds |
| 1941 | Seán O'Mahony's | 2-07 | Wolfe Tones | 0-04 | Anthony Rogers | The Grove |
| 1940 | St Bride's | 1-06 | Seán O'Mahony's | 1-04 | Jack Treanor | Athletic Grounds |
| 1939 | Geraldines | 2-04 | St Bride's | 1-03 | Tommy Thornton | Athletic Grounds |
| 1938 | Darver Young Irelands | 2-06 | St Bride's | 2-04 | Jim Cluskey | Athletic Grounds |
| 1937 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 4-05 (R) | Darver Young Irelands | 2-04 (R) | Nick Mulligan | Athletic Grounds |
| 1936 | Clan na Gael | 1-05 | Geraldines | 0-01 | Joe Hearty | Athletic Grounds |
| 1935 | Dowdallshill | 2-06 (After 2nd replay) | St Magdalene's (Drogheda) | 3-01 | Jim Tiernan | Gaelic Grounds |
| 1934 | Cooley Kickhams | 7–10 | St Joseph's (Dundalk, now defunct) | 1-02 | Jim Murphy | Athletic Grounds |
| 1933 | Dundalk Gaels | 4-02 | Darver Young Irelands | 0-08 | Arty Connolly | The Grove |
| 1932 | Owen Roe's | 2-02 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-04 | Jimmy Mullen | Athletic Grounds |
| 1931 | St Bride's | 1-04 | Owen Roe's (Drogheda) | 1-02 | Peter Byrne | The Grove |
| 1930 | Clan na Gael | 2-05 | Castle Emmets | 2-04 | Peter Garland | Athletic Grounds |
| 1929 | Glyde Rangers | 2-03 | Clan na Gael | 1-04 | Jimmy Kelly | The Grove |
| 1928 | Castlebellingham | 1-04 | St Mary's | 1-02 | - | Gaelic Grounds |
| 1927 | Unknowns (Dromiskin) | 4-03 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-03 | Paddy Connor | Athletic Grounds |
| 1926 | Con Colberts | 1-03 | St Dominic's (Dundalk) | 0-04 | Willie Lawless | Athletic Grounds |
| 1925 | O'Mahony's | 2-02 | Castle Emmets (Dundalk) | 2-01 | Jack Callan | Athletic Grounds |
| 1924 | Castlebellingham | 1-05 | Larks | 1-01 | Jack Lynch | Athletic Grounds |
| 1923 | O'Mahony's | 1-02 | Dundalk Rangers | 1-01 | Pat Carroll | Athletic Grounds |
| 1922 | Clan na Gael | 1-05 | Castlebellingham | 0-02 | Peter Garland | Castlebellingham |
| 1921 | Boyne Rangers | 3-01 | Larks | 2-01 | Edward Corbally | Shamrock Lodge |
| 1920 | Geraldines | 2-01 | Con Colberts (Dundalk) | 1-02 | Joe Donnelly | Athletic Grounds |
| 1919 | Dundalk John Dillons | 2-00 | Eamonn Ceannts | 0-02 | Atty Hanratty | Shamrock Lodge |
| 1918 | Dundalk O'Rahillys | 2-03 | Eamonn Ceannts (Ardee) | 0-03 | Jimmy Martin | Ardee |
| 1917 | Dundalk Rangers | 2-07 | Ardee St. Mochta's | 2-02 | James Woods | Athletic Grounds |
| 1916 | Cooley Kickhams | 2-06 | Tower Emmets (Drogheda) | 1-00 | Josie Ferguson | Athletic Grounds |
| 1915 | Hitchestown | 0-03 | Hearts of Oriel (Dundalk) | 0-01 | Paddy Joe Butterly | Shamrock Lodge |
| 1914 | Stars | 3-02 | Hitchestown | 2-03 | Tom Burke | Athletic Grounds |
| 1913 | Dundalk Rangers | 3-04 | Cooley Kickhams | 0-00 | John Norton | Athletic Grounds |
| 1912 | Stars | 0-05 | Dundalk Rangers | 0-01 | Tom Burke | Athletic Grounds |
| 1911 | Funshog | 1-02 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-04 | James Reilly | Castlebellingham |
| 1910 | Ardee St. Mochta's | 1-05 | Dundalk Rangers | 1-02 | Jimmy McCann | Shamrock Lodge |
| 1909 | Geraldines | 1–16 | Dundalk Rangers | 1-01 | Joe McGuinness | Athletic Grounds |
| 1908 | Dundalk Rangers | 0-08 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-05 | - | Athletic Grounds |
| 1907 | Tredaghs | 2-09 | Dundalk Young Irelands | 0-05 | Denis Tenanty | Castlebellingham |
| 1906 | Stars (Drogheda) | 1-05 | O'Mahony's | 1-03 | Jim McKeown | Athletic Grounds |
| 1905 | Dundalk Rangers | 1-06 (R) | Newtown Blues | 0-04 (R) | Johnny Brennan | Castlebellingham |
| 1904 | Tredaghs (Drogheda) | 0-03 | O'Mahony's (Dundalk) | 0-02 | Tom Kelly | Castlebellingham |