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50-663: The Leinster Senior Football Championship , known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC , is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Leinster , and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship . The final, currently held on

100-535: A bye to the quarter-finals. In September 2019, the Leinster Council decided against awarding champions Dublin a bye into the semi-final stage; instead deciding to retain the status quo. The Leinster Council did, however, introduce a semi-final draw scheduled for the Sunday night when all quarter-final winners were confirmed, meaning that semi-finalists would not know if they were on the champions' side of

150-422: A key role as Louth beat Cork to secure a third senior All-Ireland title for the county, aided by a goal from Seán Cunningham with five minutes left to play . As both Cork and Louth wear Red and White, on Final day Louth wore the green of Leinster while Cork lined out in the blue of Munster. Louth had by then accumulated eight Leinster football championship titles in addition to three Senior All-Irelands. However

200-633: A narrow two-point loss to Mayo . In 1957 Louth again reached the All-Ireland Senior Football final. Showband star and captain Dermot O'Brien arrived late for the game and joined the team after the parade was completed. He had taken over the captaincy for the semi-final against Tyrone after regular captain Patsy Coleman had been injured. Coleman still has the match ball from the 1957 final in his possession. O'Brien played

250-539: A penalty, but then changed his mind and awarded a goal instead. They intimated that the committee/council in charge erred in leaving the matter to the Meath County Board to offer a replay without seeking clarification from the referee in relation to his match report and his statement that "he made a terrible mistake". Louth eventually exited the All-Ireland SFC on 24 July after losing to Dublin in

300-601: A permanent base for the county side in Dundalk are currently progressing. The county senior team manager is Ger Brennan . The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship and All-Ireland Senior Championship titles in 1957 . Louth has never won a National Football League Division One title, finishing runners-up once in 1948-49 . The earliest recorded inter-county football match took place in 1712 when Louth faced Meath at Slane . A fragment of

350-536: A poem from 1806 records a football match between Louth and Fermanagh at Inniskeen, Co Monaghan. Louth won their first All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1910 in unusual circumstances. Their opponents, Kerry , refused to travel to Dublin as the Great Southern and Western Railway would not sell tickets to their fans at reduced rates. 1912 brought a second All-Ireland title as final opponents Antrim were beaten by five points. When Louth GAA sent

400-463: A protracted period in the doldrums lay in store for the county football team. A reverse at the hands of Offaly in the 1960 provincial decider would be Louth's last appearance in a Leinster senior final for fifty years. Between 1945 and 1953 Louth and Meath met 13 times. The crowds got bigger and bigger each time as they played draw after draw in the Championship. The attendance of 42,858 at

450-597: A record attendance of 81,754. Inter-county The first inter-county competitions the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship took place in 1887. County teams select the best players from the clubs within the county, a practice which began in 1892. Before 1892 the winner of each counties club championship would represent the county in

500-493: A short speech. Individual members of the winning team and management then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup. The current cup was first presented after the 1953 final , however, it would be another 50 years before it was named the Delaney Cup. The Delaney brothers were a famous Gaelic football family from Portlaoise who lined out at club, county and provincial level. In accordance with GAA rules,

550-532: A temporary transfer to Canada , New York or North America . Inter-county travel is movement from one county to another. It became a feature during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland when restrictions (including a travel ban) were imposed. Louth county football team The Louth county football team represents Louth in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Louth GAA ,

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600-417: A thrilling 1951 replay remained a record for a provincial match other than a final for forty years until the four-match series between Meath and Dublin in 1991. The rivalry with Meath has never fizzled out, as witnessed by a stirring Leinster SFC semi-final in 1998. Nor has controversy, as Graham Geraghty 's disputed point in the 45th minute of that match proved decisive. On 11 July 2010, Louth returned to

650-641: A two-year term in October 2018. Louth were relegated to Division 4 in 2020. Kierans' contract was not renewed. In a major surprise, November 2020 saw former Tyrone coach Mickey Harte appointed as Louth manager for a three-year period with Gavin Devlin as his assistant. During the 2021 season , Harte achieved promotion to Division 3 of the National League. Louth went on to win Division 3 in

700-400: Is related to the individual county boards. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman. Since 1994,

750-517: Is the only area outside Ireland to organise regular inter-county matches. Changing clubs between counties is known as an inter-county transfer and is regulated by the Provincial council if the clubs are in the same province, or by the central council of the GAA when the transferring between clubs in different provinces. A special transfer is available for students going on a J-1 visa , which allows

800-516: The 2022 season . He brought Louth to a first Leinster final since 2010 in 2023 . Harte resigned in September 2023 and subsequently took over as manager of the Derry senior footballers . County board chairman Peter Fitzpatrick announced former Dublin inter-county player Ger Brennan as Louth's new manager on 2 October. In the 2024 season , Louth reached a second consecutive Leinster final for

850-490: The Railway Cup final. Jim Thornton of Cooley Kickhams captained Leinster , who overcame Ulster by 1-10 to 1-03 in the final at Croke Park on St Patrick's Day . Alongside him were county colleagues Paddy Larkin, Jim Quigley ( Dundalk Young Irelands ), Eddie Boyle ( Cooley Kickhams ) and Ollie Halpin of St Magdalene's. Louth would not reach another All-Ireland Senior Football final until 1950, when they suffered

900-551: The Tailteann Cup . Legend For each year, the number of competing teams is shown (in brackets). The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Leinster SFC titles, is as follows: Managers in the Leinster SFC are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and

950-775: The county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association . The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League . Louth's home ground for League matches is currently DEFY Páirc Mhuire , Ardee . Home fixtures in the All-Ireland Championship will be played at Inniskeen Grattans' pitch in Monaghan . As of late 2024, plans for

1000-429: The 1913 championship. Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the Leinster Council and for the teams involved. For the 2018 championship , gate receipts fell by almost 30% to €1,879,326, compared to €2,634,837 the previous year. The average attendance for the entire series of games was just over 20,000, down from a peak of over 60,000 in 2002 . The 2006 final between Dublin and Offaly saw

1050-553: The 32 GAA counties in Ireland participates in the inter-county leagues and in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship ; Kilkenny does not compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , and Cavan does not currently compete in the National Hurling League , though Fingal (part of Dublin) recently did. London also competes in the hurling and Gaelic football championships and leagues, winning

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1100-625: The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship once in 1901, Warwickshire competes in the hurling championship only, while New York competes in the Men's Football Championship; in the past they also competed in the Hurling Championship. The British Provincial Council organises inter-county competitions for the seven counties under its control on the island of Britain . The British Provincial Council

1150-662: The All-Ireland championships. The inter-county season begins in January with each province 's warm-up competition and ends in September with the All-Ireland final. The GAA's inter county competitions are the organisation's most attended competitions and are Ireland's most attended sporting events, while the All-Ireland finals are the most watched. and the All-Ireland Football Final is the most watched event in Ireland's sporting calendar. Usually each of

1200-699: The Leinster Council awards up to twenty-six gold medals to the winners of the Leinster SFC final. Below is a record of each county's performance following the introduction of the qualifier system to the All-Ireland series in 2001. Before 2001 only the Leinster SFC title winner contested the All-Ireland SFC. Qualifiers did not occur from 2020–2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games . They are no longer held, with weaker teams, such as Carlow , Longford , Meath and Wicklow , most of Leinster really, moving aside, to instead play in

1250-460: The Leinster SFC final, like their counterparts in Connacht , Munster and Ulster , are rewarded by advancing directly to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals. Depending on results earlier in the season and elsewhere, some of the defeated teams may advance to the All-Ireland SFC, while other defeated teams play any further games they may have in the Tailteann Cup . 11 teams currently participate in

1300-617: The Leinster SFC final, where they took on neighbours Meath . Meath won what was a highly controversial match. Deep into injury time in the 74th minute, referee Martin Sludden awarded a highly contentious goal to Meath. He did so after a brief consultation with one of the match umpires, although television coverage of the game showed that the ball had been carried over the line by Meath player Joe Sheridan . Prior to Sludden's decision, Meath were trailing Louth by one point. He blew his whistle for full-time shortly afterwards. The "goal" proved to be

1350-462: The Leinster SFC has been sponsored. The sponsor has usually been able to determine the championship's sponsorship name. Leinster SFC matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, teams eventually came to home and away agreements. Every second meeting between these teams is played at the home venue of one of them. Championship semi-finals were usually played both on

1400-532: The Leinster SFC. One of the most successful team in Gaelic football, namely Dublin , play their provincial football in this competition, and have won the title on a record 60 occasions, while they have also claimed 30 All-Ireland SFC titles. The Leinster SFC title has been won at least once by 11 of the Leinster counties, eight of which have won the title more than once. Wicklow are the only team never to have won

1450-523: The Meath county board was even more culpable because their officers had time to form a considered opinion. In its statement on the controversy, the Louth County Board spoke of the enormous sense of injustice which was being felt in the county. They also questioned the referee's official report saying it was contrary to Playing Rules where he indicated in his report that he blew the whistle for

1500-455: The days that followed. The violence was condemned and there were calls in the national media for the game to be replayed, including from former Meath players Trevor Giles and Bernard Flynn . GAA President Christy Cooney said the events were a "watershed" and one where the "circumstances were bizarre. I have never seen circumstances like it as long as I have been a member of this Association". He promised life bans for those who had assaulted

1550-423: The decades that followed to eventually become second only to Dublin in the all-time roll of honour by 1970 . A Dublin resurgence in the 1970s was followed by Meath's most successful era, winning eight titles between 1986 and 2001 under Seán Boylan . In the 21st century Dublin set a new record of fourteen-in-a-row between 2011 and 2024 . Hopefully in 2025 the long era of Dublin will end and other teams will win

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1600-424: The decisive score. Irate Louth fans stormed the pitch and began chasing and physically assaulting the referee, who had to be led away by a Garda escort in scenes broadcast to a live television audience. Other scenes of violence saw bottles being hurled from a stand, one striking a steward who fell to the ground and Meath substitute Mark Ward was hit by a Louth fan. The situation led to much media debate in

1650-553: The development of the Football Association in England. The championships were open to all affiliated clubs who would first compete in county-based competitions, to be run by local county committees. The winners of each county championship would then proceed to represent that county in the All-Ireland series. For the first and only time in its history the All-Ireland Championship used an open draw format. 12 teams entered

1700-415: The draw until two weeks before the game. Eleven counties will compete in the 2025 Leinster Senior Football Championship : System changes has been ruled out in fact Dublin have won too much other teams are overdue to win the title. At the end of the Leinster SFC final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Delaney Cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. Traditionally,

1750-654: The final qualifier round, on a scoreline of 2-14 to 0-13. Manager Peter Fitzpatrick resigned as Louth senior boss in 2012 after three years in the role. Aidan O'Rourke was appointed as Fitzpatrick's successor in October 2012. O'Rourke left the role in mid-2014. Former Louth forward Colin Kelly then managed Louth for three years. He led Louth to successive promotions in the National Football League in 2016 and 2017 , though Louth did not make any championship impact during his time in charge. Louth appointed former minor manager Wayne Kierans as senior team manager on

1800-424: The first championship, however, this number increased to 15 in 1888. Because of this, and in an effort to reduce travelling costs, the GAA decided to introduce provincial championships. The inaugural Leinster Championship featured Dublin , Kildare , Kilkenny , Louth , Meath , Queen's County , Wexford and Wicklow . Dublin and Kildare contested the very first match on Sunday 3 June 1888. Wicklow beat Wexford in

1850-489: The first time since 1958 and defeated Meath in the championship for the first time since 1975. as per Leinster SFC Final against Dublin , 12 May 2024 Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team. Player has since retired from the county team. Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue. 2010 : Paddy Keenan 2024 : Craig Lennon Two Louth players have represented Ireland versus Australia in

1900-467: The fourth Sunday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Delaney Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis, whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. The Leinster SFC is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Senior Football Championship . The winners of

1950-516: The newspapers began to speculate which teams might be considered the best in the country. Secondly, although the number of clubs was growing, many were slow to affiliate to the Association, leaving it short of money. Establishing a central championship held the prospect of enticing GAA clubs to process their affiliations, just as the establishment of the FA Cup had done much in the 1870s to promote

2000-399: The next few years. The GAA ran its inaugural All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1887 . The decision to establish that first championship was influenced by several factors. Firstly, inter-club contests in 1885 and 1886 were wildly popular and began to draw huge crowds. Clubs started to travel across the country to play against each other and these matches generated intense interest as

2050-419: The present day. After two decades of dominance, Wexford broke the hegemony by setting a new record of six successive titles between 1913 and 1918 . Dublin remained the standard-bearers of the province, however, Kildare emerged as a new force, winning eight titles between 1919 and 1935 . Since winning their second ever title in 1939 , Meath enjoyed some brief periods of dominance and claimed titles in each of

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2100-494: The presentation is made at a special rostrum in the Hogan Stand of Croke Park , where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view the match. The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving

2150-470: The referee had originally blown for a penalty for Meath but when the ball ended up in the net he decided to award a goal instead. The county board decided not to offer a replay and judged that that would be "the end of the matter". This decision was met in some quarters with mixed feelings and commented upon in the Evening Herald by three-time All-Ireland winning manager Mickey Harte , who said that

2200-514: The referee. Numerous TV replays showed that Sheridan's goal was indisputably a technical foul with regard to the Playing Rules of Gaelic football. The day after the match the GAA released a statement confirming that Sludden admitted he had made an error. The GAA also stated that the rules left it powerless to offer a replay and that this would be decided by Meath. Following a Meath County Board meeting it emerged that, in his match report,

2250-500: The same day at Croke Park . The selection of Croke Park for the vast majority of Dublin 's games in recent years has also come in for criticism in the 2nd decade of the 21st century, as it offers a perceived advantage to play in what is effectively their "home" stadium. This has continued into the 2020s. Cavan took part in 1895 when the Connacht and Ulster championships were abolished between 1893 and 1899. London played Louth in

2300-564: The team into training in Dundalk for the 1913 Croke Memorial replay under a soccer trainer from Belfast , the move caused more than a ripple through the Association . For thirty years full-time training in bursts of a week or so before a big match were common. After that the two or three times a week gatherings became more popular. The success of these matches helped the GAA purchase the site that would come to be known as Croke Park . In 1944 five Louthmen represented their province in

2350-431: The third quarter-final a month later, however, a replay was ordered after the game was stopped with ten minutes to go as a result of a pitch invasion , and it was also revealed that Wicklow had played a number of illegal player. Postponements, disqualifications, objections, withdrawals and walkovers were regular occurrences during the initial years of the championship. The inaugural Leinster final between Kilkenny and Wexford

2400-410: The title or start of a new difficult era. The Leinster Championship is a single elimination tournament . Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. The draw is seeded, with the previous year's semi-finalists receiving byes to the quarter-finals. Six of the remaining seven teams are drawn together in three first round matches, while the seventh team also receives

2450-505: The title, while three-time winner Kilkenny no longer participate. Dublin, who are also the current champions , have dominated the competition since its beginning. Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. In 1886, county committees began to be established, with several counties affiliating over

2500-520: Was played on Sunday 23 September 1888, with Kilkenny claiming a 1–4 to 0–2 victory. The first years of the Leinster Championship saw one of the most equitable eras in terms of titles won, with five different teams claiming their inaugural titles between 1888 and 1895 . In winning the 1892 Leinster final , Dublin, as well as becoming the first team to retain the title, also set in train a level of championship dominance that continues to

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