Newtown Blues are a

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club from

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, County Louth, Ireland. The club fields

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teams in competitions organised by

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. They are the most successful club in Louth GAA. Newtown Blues hold the record for the most

Louth Senior Football Championship The Louth Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Louth GAA among the top Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster S ...

s won in Gaelic football history. The club won their title last on 21 October 2018. The club's home ground is situated on the Newfoundwell road, beside the local secondary school. They expect to undergo a major development in the coming years, which will see their ground done up. The club's colours are sky blue and white.

History

The club was founded on 12 July 1887.

Notable players

Jamie Carr Jamie Carr (born 1982) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays in defence for Newtown Blues and the Louth county team. He also played for Donegal Boston Donegal Boston GFC is a Gaelic football club which was founded in 1988 in Boston, Massa ...

* Colm Judge * Big Les Reid *

Colin Kelly Colin Purdie Kelly Jr. ( ; July 11, 1915 – December 10, 1941) was a World War II B-17 Flying Fortress pilot who flew bombing runs against the Japanese navy in the first days after the Pearl Harbor attack. He is remembered as one of the first ...

Jimmy Mulroy James Mulroy (1 August 1940 – 12 February 2013) was an Irish Gaelic footballer, manager and politician. He played as a right wing-forward for the Louth senior team. Mulroy made his first appearance for the team during the 1959 championship a ...

Ged Nash Gerald Henry Nash (born 7 December 1975) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency since 2020, and previously from 2011 to 2016. He previously served as Minister of State for Business and ...

Honours

: 23 **1889, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1981, 1986, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2013,

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, 2018, 2019 * Louth Junior Football Championship Winners: 1 ** 1958 * Louth Minor Football Championship Winners: 8 ** 1956, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1975, 2004, 2014, 2015

In the news

"2 October 2008: McGinn shines as nine point haul leaves the Blues on cloud 19"
Dundalk Democrat. Retrieved 22 December 2008

St Mochtas G.F.C Newsletter. Retrieved 22 December 2008

Drogheda Independent. Retrieved 22 December 2008

Drogheda Independent. Retrieved 22 December 2008

Evening Herald. Retrieved 22 December 2008

The Argus. Retrieved 22 December 2008

Dundalk Democrat. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

References

External links

Official Newtown Blues GAA Club website
Gaelic games clubs in County Louth Gaelic football clubs in County Louth {{Leinster-GAA-club-stub