# 2021 Louth county football team season

The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2021 season.

## Competitions
### O'Byrne Cup

There was no O'Byrne Cup in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

### National Football League Division 4 North
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Antrim (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Division 4 semi-finals; both finalists are promoted to Division 3 |
| 2 | Louth (P) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 4 | Advance to Division 4 semi-finals; both finalists are promoted to Division 3 |
| 3 | Sligo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 2 | Advance to Division 4 Shield Final |
| 4 | Leitrim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

| GK | 1 | Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtin) |
| RCB | 2 | Dan Corcoran (Geraldines) |
| FB | 3 | Dermot Campbell (Dreadnots) |
| LCB | 4 | Donal McKenny (St Mary's) |
| RHB | 5 | Emmet Carolan (Newtown Blues) |
| CHB | 6 | Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers) |
| LHB | 7 | Eoghan Callaghan (Naomh Máirtin) |
| MF | 8 | Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's) |
| MF | 9 | Ciarán Byrne (St Mochta's) |
| RHF | 10 | Liam Jackson (St Mary's) |
| CHF | 11 | Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c) |
| LHF | 12 | Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues) |
| RCF | 13 | Ciarán Keenan (St Mary's) |
| FF | 14 | Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets) |
| LCF | 15 | Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) for Corcoran |
| | 17 | Declan Byrne (St Mochta's) for Burns |
| | 18 | Dáire Nally (Newtown Blues) for Campbell |
| | 19 | Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael) for Duffy |
| | 20 | John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtin) for Carolan |
* GAAGO
* 13 June 2021 12:15 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final
| Waterford | 0-11 – 1-15 | Antrim |
* Fraher Field, Dungarvan Referee: David Murnane
Antrim and Louth shared the Division 4 title, as Louth had a championship game on 27 June 2021.

### Leinster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021.

#### Bracket

| Preliminary round 27 June | Preliminary round 27 June | Preliminary round 27 June | Quarter-finals 4 July | Quarter-finals 4 July | Quarter-finals 4 July | Semi-finals 18 July | Semi-finals 18 July | Semi-finals 18 July | Final 1 August | Final 1 August | Final 1 August |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-15 | | | | | | |
| Offaly | Offaly | 3-19 AET | Offaly | Offaly | 0-13 | | | | | | |
| Louth | Louth | 0-19 | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 2-14 | | | |
| | | | | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 0-18 | | | |
| | | | Laois | Laois | 1-10 | | | | | | |
| | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 3-20 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-9 |
| | | | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-20 |
| | | | Meath | Meath | 4-22 | | | | | | |
| Longford | Longford | 0-25 | Longford | Longford | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| Carlow | Carlow | 2-13 | | | | Meath | Meath | 1-13 | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 2-16 | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 0-15 | | | | | | |
| Wexford | Wexford | 2-11 | Wexford | Wexford | 0-7 | | | | | | |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 0-14 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Fixtures

| 27 June 2021 13:30 Round 1 | Offaly | 3-19 - 0-19 aet | Louth | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 0 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) |
| 27 June 2021 13:30 Round 1 | Cian Farrell 0-7 (0-3f), Niall McNamee 1-3, Peter Cunningham 1-1, Bernard Allen 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Niall Darby, Jordan Hayes, Ruairi McNamee, Bill Carroll, Eoin Carroll, Mark Abbott 0-1 each | Report | Sam Mulroy 0-6 (0-4f), Ciarán Byrne 0-3, Ciarán Keenan 0-2, Dermot Campbell, Anthony Williams, Eoghan Callaghan, Liam Jackson, Ciarán Downey, Conor Grimes, Ryan Burns, Declan Byrne 0-1 each | Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 0 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) |

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, there was no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Louth did not win the Leinster Championship, they did not qualify for the 2021 All-Ireland Championship.

## Notable events

* Mickey Harte was appointed as manager on 23 November 2020.