# Louth Intermediate Football League

The Louth Intermediate Football League is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA for Division 2 teams in County Louth.

## Format

At the end of the league programme, the team with the most points is automatically promoted to Division 1 as league winners. The second-placed team can achieve promotion by winning a play-off against a Division 1 club. The team that finishes at the bottom of the league is relegated to Junior football.

## History

The competition was launched in 1978 when Louth GAA introduced the Intermediate football grade, situated between Senior and Junior levels. The first club to win the competition was Geraldines. A final to determine the winner was held each year until 1995, when the format changed.

## Trophy

The captain of the winning team receives the McShane Cup, named after Jimmy McShane, a former county board official and Lann Léire club member.

## Winners by Year

| Year | Winner | Winning Captain |
| 2024 | Hunterstown Rovers | Ryan Burns |
| 2023 | Cooley Kickhams | Darren Marks |
| 2022 | O'Raghallaighs | James Moonan |
| 2021 | Dundalk Young Irelands | Derek Maguire |
| 2020 | Cancelled (COVID-19) | Cancelled (COVID-19) |
| 2019 | St Fechin's | Bevan Duffy |
| 2018 | O'Raghallaighs | Ben Rogan |
| 2017 | St Bride's | Patrick Reilly |
| 2016 | Dundalk Gaels | Derek Crilly |
| 2015 | Cooley Kickhams | Conor McGuinness |
| 2014 | St Fechin's | Colm O'Neill |
| 2013 | Geraldines | Jim McEneaney |
| 2012 | Dundalk Gaels | Seán Fee |
| 2011 | O'Raghallaighs | James Moonan |
| 2010 | Dreadnots | Chris Mulroy |
| 2009 | O'Connells | Stuart Reynolds |
| 2008 | Glyde Rangers | - |
| 2007 | Dundalk Gaels | Aidan Delaney |
| 2006 | Dundalk Gaels | Aidan Delaney |
| 2005 | Seán O'Mahony's | Brendan Nordone |
| 2004 | Dreadnots | Darren Malone |
| 2003 | Dundalk Gaels | Peter McGinnity |
| 2002 | Kilkerley Emmets | Barry Clarke |
| 2001 | Hunterstown Rovers | Niall Lynch |
| 2000 | Glyde Rangers | Rory McCoy |
| 1999 | St Bride's | David Dunne |
| 1998 | Mattock Rangers | Gerry Hanratty |
| 1997 | Naomh Fionnbarra | Stephen Devlin |
| 1996 | Mattock Rangers | John Hanratty |

### Finals

(R) = Replay
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score | Winning Captain |
| 1995 | Dreadnots | 0-06 (R) | St Kevin's | 0-04 (R) | Liam Kelleher |
| 1994 | Lann Léire | 0-10 (R) | Geraldines | 0-06 (R) | Brendan Martin |
| 1993 | Lann Léire | 3-09 | Hunterstown Rovers | 3-08 | Patrick Callan |
| 1992 | Lann Léire | 2-08 | St Kevin's | 1-06 | Stephen Flood |
| 1991 | Hunterstown Rovers | 2-06 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-06 | Brian Martin |
| 1990 | St Kevin's | 0-07 | Dundalk Gaels | 0-04 | John McGrane |
| 1989 | Stabannon Parnells | 0-09 | Dundalk Gaels | 1-05 | Fiachra Bell |
| 1988 | St Joseph's | 2-03 | Naomh Máirtin | 0-05 | Eugene McArdle |
| 1987 | St Mary's | 2-05 | Geraldines | 0-10 | Gerry Rooney |
| 1986 | St Bride's | 1-05 | Mattock Rangers | 0-04 | Anthony McGuinness |
| 1985 | Dreadnots | 1-10 | St Bride's | 1-04 | Pat Rath |
| 1984 | St Patrick's | 0-11 | St Mary's | 1-06 | Diarmuid MacArtain |
| 1983 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 1-08 | St Bride's | 0-04 | Brendan Rogers |
| 1982 | St Joseph's | 1-10 | Seán McDermott's | 1-04 | Danny Culligan |
| 1981 | Dreadnots | 2-08 | St Joseph's | 2-04 | Pat Rath |
| 1980 | Naomh Fionnbarra | 3-06 | Glyde Rangers | 0-09 | Peter Callaghan |
| 1979 | Dreadnots | 3-06 | Glyde Rangers | 1-06 | Pádraig Califf |
| 1978 | Geraldines | 3-03 | Kilkerley Emmets | 0-09 | John Lynch |