The Louth Intermediate Football Championship is an annual
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...
competition, organised by
Louth GAA
The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Louth.
It oversees competitions such as the Louth Senior Fo ...
, among the
intermediate grade Gaelic football
Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...
clubs in
County Louth
County Louth ( ; ) is a coastal Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of County Meath, Meath to the ...
, Ireland.
History
The competition, introduced as a bridge between the senior and junior grades, was first staged in 1907 and annually until 1912, when the county board discontinued it. It was revived 32 years later in 1944. However, the competition was only staged twice before it lapsed again. It re-emerged permanently on the county scene in 1978 with
Kilkerley Emmets becoming the first winners of the Seamus Flood Cup.
Trophy
The winning team is presented with the Séamus Flood Cup, named after the Dundalk GAA official (d. April 1970) and
Clan na Gael
Clan na Gael (CnG) (, ; "family of the Gaels") is an Irish republican organization, founded in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries, successor to the Fenian Brotherhood and a sister organization to the Irish Republican Bro ...
club member who was chairman of
Leinster GAA
The Leinster Council is a Province (Gaelic games)#Provincial councils, provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and Gaelic handball, handball in the province of Leinster. The L ...
from 1939 to 1941. The
Leinster Under-20 Football Championship trophy is also named in his honour.
The winners of the Louth Intermediate Football Championship progress to the
Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship.
Finals
''Title awarded to John Boyle O'Reilly's. Castlebellingham had fielded unregistered players''
''Drogheda Shamrocks beat Dundalk Young Irelands 1-06 to 0-06 in the Final. Championship was later declared void after County Board established that Shamrocks had fielded an ineligible player''
See also
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Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship
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References
External links
Louth GAA official websiteLouth on Hoganstand
{{Louth county football team matches
Louth GAA club championships
Intermediate Gaelic football county championships
Gaelic_football_in_County_Louth
1907 establishments in Ireland
Recurring sporting events established in 1907