St Joseph's GFC (Louth)
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St Joseph's GFC is a
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(GAA) club that fields
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teams in competitions organised by
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. It is based in the
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village of Dromiskin, near the county town of
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. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Senior Championship and Division 1 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
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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 ...
final in 1984, but fell to St Fechin's by five points at the Grove in
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. A further Senior final appearance came in 1994, ending in a two-point defeat to Stabannon Parnells at Haggardstown after a replay. The Joe Ward Cup finally arrived in Dromiskin 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
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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 ...
(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 (2): 1982, 1988 * Louth Minor Football Championship (3): ''1994'', 2009, 2010 * Louth Under-21 Football Championship (1): ''1995'' * Louth Junior 2A Football League (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
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at senior
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level include: *
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* 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 * Conall McCaul * Oisín McGuinness


References

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