St Joseph's GFC is a
Gaelic Athletic Association
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(GAA) club that fields
gaelic football
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teams in competitions organised by
Louth GAA
The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae an Lú) or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Louth. The co ...
. It is based in the
Louth Louth may refer to:
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* Louth, New South Wales, a town
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village of
Dromiskin
Dromiskin (historically ''Druminisklin'', from ) is a village and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is situated 10 km south of Dundalk, about 1 km inland from the Irish coast.
History
The village was home to a monastery for h ...
, near the county town of
Dundalk
Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
.
As of 2023, the club competes in the
Louth Senior Championship and Division 2 of the county football Leagues.
History
The club was founded in 1961 when members of the two GAA clubs in the parish of Darver and Dromiskin - Darver Volunteers and Dromiskin Unknowns - decided to amalgamate. The new club's first major success came in 1971, when St Joseph's defeated
St Patrick's of
Lordship
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in the final of the
Louth Junior Championship. In 1983 they overcame
Oliver Plunketts in the Louth
Intermediate football final. The team progressed to the
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 ...
final in 1984, but fell to St Fechin's by five points at the Grove in
Castlebellingham
Castlebellingham () is a village and townland in County Louth, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The village has become quieter since the construction of the new M1 motorway, which bypasses it. The population of Castlebellingham-Kilsaran (named for ...
.
A further Senior final appearance came in 1994, ending in a two-point defeat to
Stabannon Parnells at
Haggardstown
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after a
replay. The Joe Ward Cup finally arrived in
Dromiskin
Dromiskin (historically ''Druminisklin'', from ) is a village and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is situated 10 km south of Dundalk, about 1 km inland from the Irish coast.
History
The village was home to a monastery for h ...
at the third time of asking in 1996, when St Joseph's triumphed over
Stabannon Parnells at
Ardee's Páirc Mhuire, by 2–11 to 1–08.
Ten more years would pass until St Joseph's won the Louth Senior Championship for a second time. On a wet day in Dundalk's Clan na Gael Park, the Dromiskin men defeated heavy favourites
St Patrick's, who were chasing a third title in four years and whose side contained numerous
inter-county
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players. St Joseph's emerged as 2006 Louth Senior Football Champions by four points, on a scoreline of 2–07 to 0–09.
Honours
*
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 ...
(2): 1996, 2006
*
Louth Intermediate Football Championship
The Louth Intermediate Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA, among the intermediate grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland.
History
The competition, introduced as a bridg ...
(3): 1983, 1990, 2016
*
Louth Junior Football Championship
The Louth Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition, organised by Louth GAA and contested by the junior One/A grade Gaelic football clubs in County Louth, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the cou ...
(1): 1971
*
Louth Intermediate Football League
The Louth Intermediate Football League is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Louth GAA for Division 2 teams in County Louth.
Format
At the end of the league programme, the team with the most points is automatically promoted t ...
(2): 1982, 1988
*
Louth Minor Football Championship
The Louth Minor Football Championship is an annual competition organised by Louth GAA between the premier teams in minor (under-17) Gaelic football in County Louth.
Trophy
The winning team is presented with the Father Larry Murray Cup, named aft ...
(3): 1994, 2009, 2010
*
Louth Under-21 Football Championship
The Louth Under-21 Football Championship is an annual competition organised by Louth GAA for Gaelic football teams in County Louth.
History
First contested in 1972, the inaugural winners were Cooley Kickhams. As is the case nationally, amalgama ...
(1): ''1995''
*
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 ...
(2): 1983,
2012
* Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4B (1): 2008
* Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 5 (1): 2017
* Louth Minor Football League (2): ''1993'', ''1994''
* Louth Minor 'B' Football Championship (1): ''2004'', 2018
''Italics denotes combination team with St Vincent's''
Inter-county players
St Joseph's players who have represented
Louth Louth may refer to:
Australia
*Hundred of Louth, a cadastral unit in South Australia
* Louth, New South Wales, a town
* Louth Bay, a bay in South Australia
**Louth Bay, South Australia, a town and locality
Canada
* Louth, Ontario
Ireland
* Cou ...
at senior
inter-county
Inter-county, or inter county is Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) terminology which refers to competitions or matches between counties, as used in Gaelic games (differently from legal counties). The term can also be used to describe the players o ...
level include:
*
Jimmy McDonnell
* Ollie McDonnell
* Jimmy McDonnell Jnr
* Pat Mulligan
* Alan O'Connor
* Stephen Melia
* Danny Culligan
* David Mulligan
* Declan O'Sullivan
* David Reilly
* J.P. O'Kane
* Martin Farrelly
* Conal McCaul
* Oisín McGuinness
References
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Gaelic games clubs in County Louth
Gaelic football clubs in County Louth