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2021 Louth county football team season

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Louth county football team
2021 season
ManagerMickey Harte
NFL D4 North2nd (promoted)
All-Ireland SFCDid not compete
Leinster SFCPreliminary round
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The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2021 season.

Competitions

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O'Byrne Cup

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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

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Table

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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

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


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


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


Semi-final
Louth1-23 – 1-15Carlow
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
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
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

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

Bracket

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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

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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

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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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

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References

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  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