2019 Louth Senior Football Championship
# 2019 Louth Senior Football Championship

The 2019 Louth Senior Football Championship is the 126th edition of the Louth GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Louth, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Louth in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Newtown Blues were the defending champions for the second time in a row after they defeated the Naomh Máirtín in the previous years final. They successfully defended their crown to claim a "3-in-a-row" of S.F.C. titles and their 23rd overall when defeating the same opposition by 2-9 to 1-9 at Drogheda Park on 20 October 2019.

This was St. Mochta's return to the senior grade after at 37 year absence (they were relegated from the S.F.C. to the I.F.C. back in 1982) when claiming the 2018 Louth Intermediate Football Championship title with a final victory over St. Fechin's.

Seán O'Mahony's were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2020 after a 5 year spell in the top-flight when losing to the O'Connells in the relegation final. Since winning 2014 I.F.C. the Point Road club reached two senior finals in 2015 and 2016, winning the latter against St. Mary's Ardee.

## Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 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.

## 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 2019 Intermediate Championship.

| 16 August 2019 Relegation Semi-Final | St. Joseph's Dromisken | 0-13 - 1-8 | O'Connells | Haggardstown |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 August 2019 Relegation Semi-Final | Dundalk Gaels | 0-12 - 0-9 | Seán O'Mahonys | Haggardstown |
| 24 August 2019 Relegation Final | O'Connells | 0-11 - 0-10 | Seán O'Mahonys | Haggardstown |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naomh Máirtín | Naomh Máirtín | 4-13 | | | | | | |
| St. Mochta's | St. Mochta's | 1-15 | Naomh Máirtín | Naomh Máirtín | 2-10 | | | |
| Geraldines | Geraldines | 0-12 | Geraldines | Geraldines | 0-10 | | | |
| St. Mary's Ardee | St. Mary's Ardee | 0-9 | | | | Naomh Máirtín | Naomh Máirtín | 1-09 |
| Dreadnots | Dreadnots | 1-21 | | | | Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 2-09 |
| O'Raghallaighs | O'Raghallaighs | 3-9 | Dreadnots | Dreadnots | 0-11 | | | |
| Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 3-14 | Newtown Blues | Newtown Blues | 1-09 | | | |
| St. Patrick's Lordship | St. Patrick's Lordship | 1-6 | | | | | | |

## Quarter-finals

| 17 August 2019 17:30 | Naomh Máirtín | 4-13 - 1-15 | St. Mochta's | Dunleer Referee: Brian Brady |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 August 2019 17:30 | Sam Mulroy 2-3 (0-2f), JP Rooney 0-5, Stephen Campbell 1-1, Bryan McQuillan 1-0, Wayne Campbell 0-2, Conor Morgan 0-1, John Clutterbuck 0-1 | | Declan Byrne 0-6 (0-5f), Ciarán McMahon 0-5 (0-5f), Eamon O’Neill 1-1, Ciarán Byrne 0-2, Philip Englishby 0-1 | Dunleer Referee: Brian Brady |
| 17 August 2019 19:00 | Geraldines | 0-12 - 0-9 | St. Mary's Ardee | Dunleer Referee: Paul Kneel |
| 17 August 2019 19:00 | Jim McEneaney 0-8 (0-6f), Dara Hamill 0-3, Ryan Trainor 0-1, Matthew Corcoran 0-1 | | Darren Clarke 0-3 (0-3f), Kian Moran 0-2, Ronan Carroll 0-2 (0-1f), Niall Eccles 0-1, Ciarán Keenan 0-1, Mark Fay 0-1 | Dunleer Referee: Paul Kneel |
| 25 August 2019 17:00 | Dreadnots | 1-21 - 3-9 | O'Raghallaighs | Castlebellingham Referee: Stephen Murphy |
| 25 August 2019 17:00 | James Califf 0-7 (0-5f), Nathan Sutherland 1-3, Jay Hughes 0-4 (0-4f), Pat Lynch 0-2, Liam Shevlin 0-2, Peter Kirwan 0-2, Conor Faulkner 0-1 | | Ben Rogan 2-1 (1-0p), Chris Smith 1-0, Barry Flanagan 0-3 (0-3f), Eoin Moore 0-2, Ruairi Moore 0-2, Daniel Morgan 0-1 | Castlebellingham Referee: Stephen Murphy |
| 25 August 2019 18:30 | Newtown Blues | 3-14 - 1-6 | St. Patrick's Lordship | Castlebellingham Referee: Jonathan Conlon |
| 25 August 2019 18:30 | Ciarán Downey 1-4 (0-3f), Ross Nally 1-2, Emmet Carolan 1-0 (1-0p), Jamie Kelly 0-2, Colm Judge 0-2 (0-2f), Dáire Nally 0-1, Hugh McGinn 0-1, Conor Moore 0-1, John Kermode 0-1 | | Aidan McCann 1-0, Tadhg O’Connor 0-2, Cathal Grogan 0-2 (0-2f), Evan White 0-1, Paddy Keenan 0-1 (0-1f) | Castlebellingham Referee: Jonathan Conlon |

## Semi-finals

| 21 September 2019 20:30 | Naomh Máirtín | 2-10 - 0-10 | Geraldines | Stabannon Referee: Thomas Brennan |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 September 2019 20:30 | Sam Mulroy 2-4 (0-2f), Stephen Campbell 0-2, J.P. Rooney 0-2, Bryan McQuillan 0-1, Conor Whelan 0-1 | | Jim McEneaney 0-6 (0-4f),Seán McEneaney 0-1, Tiarnan Hand 0-1, James Craven 0-1, Matthew Corcoran 0-1 | Stabannon Referee: Thomas Brennan |
| 22 September 2019 | Newtown Blues | 1-9 - 0-11 | Dreadnots | The Grove Castlebellingham Referee: David J McArdle |
| 22 September 2019 | Ciarán Downey 0-3, H McGinn 1-0, Andy McDonnell 0-1, Alan Connor 0-1, Colm Judge 0-1, Robert Carr 0-1, Ross Nally 0-1, C Branigan 0-1 | | Páraic Smith 0-4, James Califf 0-3, Pat Lynch 0-2, A Lynch 0-1, David O’Brien 0-1 | The Grove Castlebellingham Referee: David J McArdle |

## Final

Originally scheduled for 13 October, the Louth S.F.C. final at Drogheda Park was postponed. It's understood the pitch was playable, but in the interest of spectator safety, with the grass bank soaked, the decision to call off the matches was taken. The final was re-fixed for the following Sunday.

| 20 October 2019 | Newtown Blues | 2-9 - 1-9 | Naomh Máirtín | Drogheda Park, Louth |
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| 20 October 2019 | | Report | | Drogheda Park, Louth |
