# 2017 Louth Senior Football Championship

The 2017 Louth Senior Football Championship was the 124th edition of the Louth GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Louth, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Louth in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started with a group stage and then progressed to a knock out stage.
Seán O'Mahonys were the defending champions after they defeated the St. Mary's Ardee in the previous years final.
This was St. Joseph's return to the senior grade after claiming the 2016 Louth Intermediate Football Championship title. This ended their 8-year absence from the senior grade after they were relegated to the I.F.C. in 2008.
The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 9 March 2018.

## Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2016 championship season.

## Group stage

There are 4 groups called Group A, B, C and D. The top two finishers in each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play Off. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 9 March 2017.

### Group D
## Knock-out Stages
### Relegation Play Off

The four bottom finishers from each group qualify for the relegation play off. The team to lose both matches will be relegated to the 2018 Intermediate Championship.
| 19 August 2017 Relegation Semi-Final | O'Raghallaighs | 4-11 -3-13 | Kilkerley Emmets |
| 19 August 2017 Relegation Semi-Final | | Report | |
| 20 August 2017 Relegation Semi-Final | St. Mary's Ardee | 1-12 – 0-10 | Cooley Kickhams |
| 20 August 2017 Relegation Semi-Final | | Report | |
| 10 September 2017 11:30 am Relegation Final | Kilkerley Emmets | 2-15 – 0-15 | Cooley Kickhams | Dowdallshill |
| 10 September 2017 11:30 am Relegation Final | | Report | | Dowdallshill |

### Finals

The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.
| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 1-10 | | | | | | |
| St. Patrick's Lordship | St. Patrick's Lordship | 2-6 | Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 1-11 | | | |
| Geraldines | Geraldines | 0-11 | St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's | 0-8 | | | |
| St. Joseph's | St. Joseph's | 0-11 | | | | Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 2-10 |
| Naomh Máirtín | Naomh Máirtín | 2-15 | | | | Dundalk Gaels | Dundalk Gaels | 0-05 |
| Dreadnots | Dreadnots | 2-15 | Naomh Máirtín | Naomh Máirtín | 1-11 | | | |
| Seán O'Mahonys | Seán O'Mahonys | 1-6 | Dundalk Gaels | Dundalk Gaels | 0-15 | | | |
| Dundalk Gaels | Dundalk Gaels | 0-9 | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| 19 August 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final | Naomh Máirtín | 2-15 – 2-15 | Dreadnots | Dunleer Referee: David Fedigan (Hunterstown Rovers) |
| 19 August 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final | Sam Mulroy 0-4 (0-3f), Padraig McDonagh and Brian Berrill 1-0 each, Stephen Campbell 0-3, Eoghan Callaghan and Conor Whelan (0-1f) 0-2 each, Bryan McQuillan, John Clutterbuck, Wayne Campbell, Francis McCullough 0-1 each | Report | Paraic Smith 0-5 (0-3f), Peter Kirwan 1-1, Derek Shevlin 1-0, James Califf 0-3f, Pat Lynch and Liam Shevlin 0-2 each, David O'Brien and Carl Monaghan 0-1 each | Dunleer Referee: David Fedigan (Hunterstown Rovers) |
| 19 August 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final | Newtown Blues | 1-10 – 2-6 | St. Patrick's Lordship | Dunleer Referee: Jonathan Conlon (O'Connells) |
| 19 August 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final | Ross Nally 0-4 (0-3f), John Kermode 1-0, Andy McDonnell and Colm Judge (0-1f) 0-2 each, Robert Carr and Hugh McGinn 0-1 each | Report | Eoin O'Connor and Daniel O'Connor 1-1 each, Paddy Keenan 0-3 (0-2f), Evan White 0-1 | Dunleer Referee: Jonathan Conlon (O'Connells) |
| 20 August 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final | Seán O'Mahonys | 1-6 – 0-9 | Dundalk Gaels | Knockbridge Referee: Stephen Johnson (Glen Emmets) |
| 20 August 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final | Stephen Kilcoyne 1-2 (0-1f), Conor Finnegan 0-2f, Ben McLoughlin, Conor Martin and Stephen Fisher 0-1 each | Report | David Maloney, Sean Murray, Eanna McArdle (0-1f), Ger McSorley (0-1f) 0-2 each, Sean McCann 0-1 | Knockbridge Referee: Stephen Johnson (Glen Emmets) |
| 20 August 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final | Geraldines | 0-11 – 0-11 | St. Joseph's Dromisken | Knockbridge Referee: Stephen Murphy (Naomh Máirtín) |
| 20 August 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final | Jim McEneaney 0-6 (0-2f), Dara Hamill 0-2, Stephen Reidy, Josh Arrowsmith, Glen Trainor 0-1 each | Report | Alan Quigley 0-5 (0-4f), Derek Mulligan 0-3, Conal O'Hanlon 0-2 (0-1f), Daire Smyth 0-1 | Knockbridge Referee: Stephen Murphy (Naomh Máirtín) |
| 9 September 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final Replay | St. Joseph's Dromisken | 3-10 – 1-11 | Geraldines | Castlebellingham Referee: David J. McArdle |
| 9 September 2017 17:30 Quarter-Final Replay | | Report | | Castlebellingham Referee: David J. McArdle |
| 10 September 2017 15:30 Quarter-Final Replay | Naomh Máirtín | 3-14 – 1-12 | Dreadnots | Drogheda Park Referee: Paul Kneel |
| 10 September 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final Replay | Dundalk Gaels | 0-12 – 0-11 | Seán O'Mahonys | Haggardstown Referee: Noel Hand |
| 10 September 2017 19:00 Quarter-Final Replay | | Report | | Haggardstown Referee: Noel Hand |

## Semi-finals

| 23 September 2017 17:30 Semi-Final | Newtown Blues | 1-11 – 0-8 | St. Joseph's Dromisken | Castlebellingham Referee: Paul Kneel (Kilkerley Emmets) |
| 23 September 2017 17:30 Semi-Final | | Report | | Castlebellingham Referee: Paul Kneel (Kilkerley Emmets) |
| 1 October 2017 15:00 Semi-Final | Dundalk Gaels | 0-15 – 1-11 | Naomh Máirtín | Castlebellingham Referee: Anthony Briscoe (Stabannon Parnells) |
| 1 October 2017 15:00 Semi-Final | | Report | | Castlebellingham Referee: Anthony Briscoe (Stabannon Parnells) |

## Final

| 15 October 2017 3:30 pm Final | Newtown Blues | 2-10 – 0-5 | Dundalk Gaels | Drogheda Park, Louth Referee: David Fedigan (Hunterstown Rovers) Man of the Match: Ross Nally |
| 15 October 2017 3:30 pm Final | Ross Nally 1-5 (0-4f), Ciaran Downey 0-3, Conor Moore 1-0, Kevin Carr and Robert Carr 0-1 each | Report | Éanna McArdle 0-2f, Derek Crilly (0-1f), David Moloney, Barry Watters 0-1 each | Drogheda Park, Louth Referee: David Fedigan (Hunterstown Rovers) Man of the Match: Ross Nally |