Louth Junior 2A Football League

The Louth Junior 2A Football League, or Division 4 of the county football Leagues, is an annual Gaelic football competition that was introduced by Louth GAA in 1941 and contested by the second teams of Senior clubs in County Louth. The captain of the winning team is presented with the Cairnes Cup.[1]

Louth Junior 2A Football League
Founded1941
Title holdersNaomh Máirtín (1st title)
Most titlesCooley Kickhams (11 titles)
SponsorsHollywood Developments

Format

A Final to determine the winner was held annually until 2015, when the format changed. At the end of the league programme, the team with the most points is now awarded the trophy. If two or more teams finish level on points at the top of the table, a play-off will decide the winner. The team that finishes bottom of the league is relegated to Division 5.

Trophy

The Ranafast Cup was presented to each winning team from 1944[2] until 1999.

This trophy was purchased with money from the Fr Larry Murray Memorial Fund[3] and is named in memory of the Gaelic games and Irish language enthusiast priest's close association with Coláiste Bhríde in Ranafast.[4] The Cairnes Cup was presented to the winners for the first time in 2000.

Winners by Year

(R) = Replay

Year Winner Opponent
2022[5] Naomh Máirtín No Final
2021[1] Cooley Kickhams St Mary's
2020 Cancelled (COVID-19)
2019[6] St Patrick's St Mary's
2018[7] Mattock Rangers St Bride's
2017[8] Dundalk Gaels No Final
2016[9] St Bride's No Final
2015[10][11] Cooley Kickhams St Bride's
2014[12][13] Clan na Gael Naomh Máirtín
2013 St Mary's St Patrick's
2012[14] St Joseph's St Patrick's
2011 Cooley Kickhams Clan na Gael
2010 St Mary's Cooley Kickhams
2009 Newtown Blues Cooley Kickhams
2008[15] Cooley Kickhams Dundalk Gaels
2007[16] Newtown Blues Cooley Kickhams
2006[16] Newtown Blues Cooley Kickhams
2005[17] Cooley Kickhams Newtown Blues
2004[18] Mattock Rangers Cooley Kickhams
2003[19] Clan na Gael St Patrick's
2002[20] Cooley Kickhams Clan na Gael
2001[20] Cooley Kickhams Clan na Gael
2000[21] St Patrick's Newtown Blues
1999[22] Clan na Gael St Mary's
1998 Cooley Kickhams St Patrick's
1997 Newtown Blues Lann Léire
1996 Lann Léire Dundalk Gaels
1995 Dundalk Gaels (R) Clan na Gael (R)
1994 Clan na Gael St Mary's
1993 Cooley Kickhams Clan na Gael
1992 Clan na Gael Lann Léire
1991[23] Clan na Gael Glyde Rangers
1990 Cooley Kickhams St Mary's
1989[24] Kilkerley Emmets Clan na Gael
1988 St Mary's St Patrick's
1987 Roche Emmets Naomh Fionnbarra
1986 Dundalk Gaels Na Piarsaigh
1985 Lann Léire St Bride's
1984 Geraldines Naomh Fionnbarra
1983[14] St Joseph's Kilkerley Emmets
1982 Newtown Blues Geraldines
1981[24] Kilkerley Emmets Newtown Blues
1980 St Mary's Kilkerley Emmets
1979 Mattock Rangers St Bride's
1978 St Mary's St Fechin's
1977 Mattock Rangers Dundalk Young Irelands
1976[25] Glen Emmets O'Connells
1975[26] Westerns Dreadnots
1974 St Bride's Dreadnots
1973[27] Dreadnots Kilkerley Emmets
1972 Hunterstown Rovers St Kevin's
1971[28] Lann Léire St Mochta's
1970[29] Newtown Blues (R) Hunterstown Rovers (R)
1969[30] St Mochta's St Kevin's
1968[31] Naomh Fionnbarra St Bride's
1967 St Bride's Stabannon Parnells
1966 St Patrick's St Mary's
1965[32] Glen Emmets St Bride's
1964 St Bride's Naomh Fionnbarra
1963[33] Naomh Máirtín Stabannon Parnells
1962[27] Dreadnots Fane Rangers
1961[27] Dreadnots Fane Rangers (R)
1960[27] Dreadnots St Mary's
1959[27] Dreadnots O'Connells
1958[34] St Fechin's Kilkerley Emmets
1957[34] St Fechin's Sean O'Carroll's (Ardee)
1956[34] St Fechin's (R) St Mochta's (R)
1955[27] Dreadnots Seán McDermott's
1954[35] Hunterstown Rovers Lann Léire
1953[36] Lann Léire Carlingford
1952 Seán McDermott's Roche Emmets
1951 St Michael's (Clogherhead) Stabannon Parnells
1950[37] St Colmcille's St Mochta's
1949[38] St Mary's St Colmcille's (Togher)
1948[31] Walshestown Rovers Cooley Kickhams
1947 Ramblers (Termonfeckin) Red Hands (Martin's Cross)
1946 Fane Rangers Cooley Kickhams
1945[39] St Mary's Cooley Kickhams
1944[2] Cooley Kickhams Glyde Rangers
1943 St Dominic's (Ardee) Glyde Rangers
1942[24] Kilkerley Emmets Lann Léire
1941 Stabannon Parnells Kilcurry

References
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  2. "Served the Kickhams well throughout his long life". The Argus. 12 March 2004.
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