St Patrick's GAA is a

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(GAA) club that fields

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teams in competitions 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 ...

. It is located in

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on the

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in north

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. The club has a local rivalry with peninsula neighbours

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. As of 2023, the club was competing in the Louth Senior Championship and Division 1 of the county football Leagues. Former

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defender

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is senior team manager.

History

Founded in 1953, the club reached the final of the

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for the first time in 1995, losing by ten points to St Mary's of

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at Cluskey Park in Dromiskin. In 2003 the club returned to the county final under the management of Peter Fitzpatrick. St Patrick's beat St Mary's 2–11 to 0–10 in a replay to clinch their first Joe Ward Cup. Powered by Louth All-Star

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and several other

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players, the club would go on to win seven Senior Championships by the end of 2015.

Honours

(7): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 * Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (6): 1999, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 * Old Gaels/ACC/Paddy Sheelan Cup (3): 1976, 2002, 2011 *

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 ...

(2): 1980, 1984 * Louth Intermediate Football League (1): 1984 * Dealgan Milk Products Shield (2): 1980, 1983 *

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 ...

(2): 1960, 1972 * Louth Junior A Football League (2): 1970, 1972 * Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (5): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006 * Louth Junior 2A Football League (3): 1966, 2000, 2019 * Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4D) (1): 2010 * Louth Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2001 *

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 ...

(2): 1990, 2002 * Louth Minor Football League (4): 1992, 2001, 2002, 2013 ''Shared with Cúchulainn Gaels''

Inter-county players

St Patrick's players who have represented Louth at senior

level include: * Henry Donnelly * Eugene Sheelan * Darren Kirwan * Jim Holland * Colin Goss *

* Paudie Mallon * Ray Finnegan * Dessie Finnegan * Seán Connor * Eoin O'Connor * Eoghan Lafferty * Leonard Grey

References

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