2021 Louth county football team season

Louth county football team

2021 season
Manager	Mickey Harte
NFL D4 North	2nd (promoted)
All-Ireland SFC	Did not compete
Leinster SFC	Preliminary round

The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2021 season.

Competitions

O'Byrne Cup

There was no O'Byrne Cup in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.^[1]

National Football League Division 4 North

Main article: 2021 National Football League (Ireland)

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Antrim (P)	3	3	0	0	63	60	+3	6	Advance to Division 4 semi-finals; both finalists are promoted to Division 3
2	Louth (P)	3	2	0	1	63	45	+18	4
3	Sligo	3	1	0	2	63	67	−4	2	Advance to Division 4 Shield Final
4	Leitrim	3	0	0	3	50	67	−17	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2021. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted

Fixtures

Louth v Antrim

15 May 2021 1	Louth	3-8 (17) – (18) 1-15	Antrim	Haggardstown
15:00				Venue: McGeough Park
				Referee: Barry Tiernan

Leitrim v Louth

23 May 2021 2	Leitrim	0-10 (10) – (19) 0-19	Louth	Carrick-on-Shannon
15:00				Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
				Referee: Patrick Maguire

Louth v Sligo

30 May 2021 3	Louth	3-18 (27) – (17) 1-14	Sligo	Haggardstown
15:00				Venue: McGeough Park
				Referee: Sean Laverty

12 June 2021^[2]

16:00 IST (UTC+1)

Semi-final

Louth	1-23 – 1-15	Carlow
Mulroy 0-7 (5f, 1'45), Grimes 1-2, Keenan 0-3, Downey 0-3, C. Byrne 0-3, Jackson 0-2, Callaghan 0-1, Duffy 0-1, D. Byrne 0-1

Dr Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)

GK	1	Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtin)
RCB	2	Dan Corcoran (Geraldines)
FB	3	Dermot Campbell (Dreadnots)
LCB	4	Donal McKenny (St Mary's)
RHB	5	Emmet Carolan (Newtown Blues)
CHB	6	Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers)
LHB	7	Eoghan Callaghan (Naomh Máirtin)
MF	8	Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's)
MF	9	Ciarán Byrne (St Mochta's)
RHF	10	Liam Jackson (St Mary's)
CHF	11	Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c)
LHF	12	Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues)
RCF	13	Ciarán Keenan (St Mary's)
FF	14	Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets)
LCF	15	Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers)
Substitutes:
	16	Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) for Corcoran
	17	Declan Byrne (St Mochta's) for Burns
	18	Dáire Nally (Newtown Blues) for Campbell
	19	Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael) for Duffy
	20	John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtin) for Carolan

Waterford v Antrim

GAAGO

13 June 2021 12:15 IST (UTC+1) Semi-final

Waterford	0-11 – 1-15	Antrim

Fraher Field, Dungarvan Referee: David Murnane

Antrim and Louth shared the Division 4 title, as Louth had a championship game on 27 June 2021.

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2021 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the preliminary rounds and quarter-finals took place on 20 April 2021.^[3]

Bracket

	Preliminary round 27 June					Quarter-finals 4 July					Semi-finals 18 July					Final 1 August
						Kildare		1-15
	Offaly		3-19 AET			Offaly		0-13
	Louth		0-19								Kildare		2-14
											Westmeath		0-18
						Laois		1-10
						Westmeath		3-20
																Kildare		1-9
																Dublin		0-20
						Meath		4-22
	Longford		0-25			Longford		0-12
	Carlow		2-13								Meath		1-13
											Dublin		2-16
						Dublin		0-15
	Wexford		2-11			Wexford		0-7
	Wicklow		0-14

Fixtures

27 June 2021 13:30 Round 1	Offaly	3-19 - 0-19 aet	Louth	Páirc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 0 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
	Cian Farrell 0-7 (0-3f), Niall McNamee 1-3, Peter Cunningham 1-1, Bernard Allen 1-0, Paddy Dunican 0-2 (0-1f, 1 '45), Niall Darby, Jordan Hayes, Ruairi McNamee, Bill Carroll, Eoin Carroll, Mark Abbott 0-1 each	Report	Sam Mulroy 0-6 (0-4f), Ciarán Byrne 0-3, Ciarán Keenan 0-2, Dermot Campbell, Anthony Williams, Eoghan Callaghan, Liam Jackson, Ciarán Downey, Conor Grimes, Ryan Burns, Declan Byrne 0-1 each

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2021 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, there was no back-door route into the All-Ireland Championship. Therefore, because Louth did not win the Leinster Championship, they did not qualify for the 2021 All-Ireland Championship.

Notable events

• Mickey Harte was appointed as manager on 23 November 2020.^[4][5][6][7]

References

1. "GAA fixture calendar for 2021 revealed". Impartial Reporter. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
2. "Harte's troops march on to Division Three with comprehensive win over Carlow". Dundalk Democrat. 19 June 2021.
3. Duffy, Emma (20 April 2021). "Here's the draw for the 2021 Leinster football championship". The42.
4. BBC 23-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed new Louth manager 10 days after leaving Tyrone post
5. Mickey Harte appointed new Louth manager
6. RTE 23-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed new Louth football manager
7. Sky Sports 24-11-2020: Mickey Harte appointed Louth senior football manager