# 2022 Louth county football team season

The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2022 season.

## Competitions
### O'Byrne Cup

Games took place 8–15 January 2022. Louth were placed in Group A.

#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dublin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 6 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Offaly | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Longford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Louth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 73 | −33 | 0 | |

### National Football League Division 3

Louth were promoted to Division 2. Louth also won the Division 3 title for the first time since 2011.

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Louth | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 83 | +7 | 11 | Advance to NFL Division 3 Final and promotion to 2023 NFL Division 2 |
| 2 | Limerick | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 83 | +8 | 10 | Advance to NFL Division 3 Final and promotion to 2023 NFL Division 2 |
| 3 | Westmeath | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 89 | 78 | +11 | 9 | |
| 4 | Antrim | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 88 | 71 | +17 | 7 | |
| 5 | Fermanagh | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 91 | 91 | 0 | 6 | |
| 6 | Longford | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 102 | −21 | 5 | |
| 7 | Laois | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 92 | 88 | +4 | 5 | Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 4 |
| 8 | Wicklow | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 77 | 103 | −26 | 3 | Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 4 |

#### Fixtures

| GK | 1 | James Califf (Dreadnots) |
| RCB | 2 | Dan Corcoran (Geraldines) |
| FB | 3 | Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's) |
| LCB | 4 | Donal McKenny (St Mary's) |
| RHB | 5 | Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) |
| CHB | 6 | Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers) |
| LHB | 7 | Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael) |
| MF | 8 | Tommy Durnin (Inniskeen Grattans, Monaghan) |
| MF | 9 | John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtin) |
| RHF | 10 | Liam Jackson (St Mary's) |
| CHF | 11 | Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c) |
| LHF | 12 | Craig Lennon (St Mochta's) |
| RCF | 13 | Ciarán Byrne (St Mochta's) |
| FF | 14 | Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues) |
| LCF | 15 | Dáire Nally (Newtown Blues) |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Tom Jackson (St Mary's) for Lennon |
| | 17 | Eóghan Callaghan (Naomh Máirtin) for Grey |
| | 18 | Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets) for Nally |
| | 19 | Conor Early (Oliver Plunketts) for Clutterbuck |
| GK | 1 | Donal O'Sullivan |
| RCB | 2 | Seán O'Dea |
| FB | 3 | Brian Fanning |
| LCB | 4 | Michael Donovan |
| RHB | 5 | Cian Sheehan |
| CHB | 6 | Iain Corbett |
| LHB | 7 | Paul Maher |
| MF | 8 | Darragh Treacy |
| MF | 9 | Cian Sheehan |
| RHF | 10 | Adrian Enright |
| CHF | 11 | Killian Ryan |
| LHF | 12 | James Naughton |
| RCF | 13 | Peter Nash |
| FF | 14 | Josh Ryan |
| LCF | 15 | Hugh Bourke |
| Substitutes: ||
| | 16 | Robert Childs for Fahy |
| | 17 | Robbie Bourke for Nash |
| | 18 | Pádraig De Brún for Killian Ryan |
| | 19 | Jim Liston for Josh Ryan |
| | 20 | Tony McCarthy for Treacy |

### Leinster Senior Football Championship
#### Bracket

| Preliminary round 24 April | Preliminary round 24 April | Preliminary round 24 April | Quarter-finals 30 April / 1 May | Quarter-finals 30 April / 1 May | Quarter-finals 30 April / 1 May | Semi-finals 15 May | Semi-finals 15 May | Semi-finals 15 May | Final 29 May | Final 29 May | Final 29 May |
| Louth | Louth | 5-10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Carlow | Carlow | 0-10 | Louth | Louth | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Kildare | Kildare | 2-22 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-21 | | | |
| | | | | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 2-15 | | | |
| | | | Westmeath | Westmeath | 3-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Longford | Longford | 0-14 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kildare | Kildare | 1-15 |
| Wexford | Wexford | 1-15 | | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 5-17 |
| Offaly | Offaly | 1-12 | Wexford | Wexford | 0-04 | | | | | | |
| | | | Dublin | Dublin | 1-24 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dublin | Dublin | 1-27 | | | |
| | | | | | | Meath | Meath | 1-14 | | | |
| | | | Meath | Meath | 4-13 | | | | | | |
| Wicklow | Wicklow | 5-15 | Wicklow | Wicklow | 1-12 | | | | | | |
| Laois | Laois | 4-12 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Fixtures

| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Louth | 5-10 - 0-10 | Carlow | Pairc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) |
| 24 April 2022 Preliminary round | Sam Mulroy 2-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3f, 1 '45), Tommy Durnin and Conor Grimes 1-1 each, Ciarán Byrne 1-0, Ciarán Downey 0-2, Conor Earley 0-1 | Report | Darragh Foley 0-3 (0-2f), Ross Dunphy 0-2, Josh Moore, Jamie Clarke (0-1f), Conor Crowley, Colm Hulton, Niall Hickey 0-1 each | Pairc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) |
| 1 May 2022 Quarter-final | Kildare | 2-22 - 0-12 | Louth | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,308 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) |
| 1 May 2022 Quarter-final | Darragh Kirwan 1-3 (0-1f), Jimmy Hyland 0-5 (0-1f), Ben McCormack 0-4, Kevin Feely 1-0 pen, Paul Cribbin and Daniel Flynn (0-1m) 0-3 each, Paddy Woodgate 0-2 (0-1f), Alex Beirne and Brian McLoughlin 0-1 each | Report | Sam Mulroy 0-5 (0-1m, 0-1f), Conor Grimes 0-3 (0-2f), Tommy Durnin, Conor Early, Ciarán Byrne, Jack Murphy 0-1 each | O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,308 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields) |

### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Louth entered Round 1 of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.