Lethal Louth blitz Meath to win Gerry Reilly Cup for the first time

There are attributes you simply cannot coach – positional sense, spatial awareness, pace and natural nous included – but when you add them to workrate, dedication and a high skill level, as instilled by management, the outcome can be lethal.

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Fechin’s hold on – just – in thrilling Louth LGFA Division 1 final against St Mochta’s

St Fechin’s are gradually becoming a superpower within the Wee environs of Louth – of that there can be little doubt as they added the Louth LGFA Division 1 crown to the senior hurling championship they annexed last weekend – but then they have a tendency to implode on the big occasions as well.

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St Fechins’ league-winning manager Mick McAuley – ‘It’s a hell of a season for us’

Two down, one to go. St Fechin’s manager Mick McAuley had set lofty expectations for his side this season and having already landed Winter League and now Division 1 glory, the Beaulieu outfit are favourites to claim a first senior championship crown over the weeks to come.

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Kevin’s forward firepower settles Louth LGFA Division 2 final against Clan na Gael

With such lethal forward power, St Kevin’s may be more than dark horses for this year’s senior championship title after putting Clan na Gael to the sword in Kilkerley on Sunday with a ruthless third quarter performance.

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Gina Quigley was a giver, so genuine and caring – a De La Salle legend

It can be amazing how words stand the test of time. A classmate once opined that De La Salle "couldn’t function” without Gina Quigley, the legendary school secretary of almost 40 years who passed away last Wednesday.

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David Reid encourages supporters to travel for ‘driven’ Louth’s Gerry Reilly Cup final against Meath

David Reid says Louth’s U16s are just one step away from achieving their season objective by delivering a maiden Gerry Reilly Cup success for the county.

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O’Neill confirms four candidates in the hunt for Louth LGFA senior team manager’s role

Louth LGFA are to step up their bid to appoint a senior manager with county chairman Liam O’Neill confirming interviews with four candidates for next week.

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Dundalk photographer Ben McShane – from the North-East League to Europa League and Sportsfile

“I see myself as a lifer as they call them,” says Ben McShane, the Sportsfile photographer from the hills of Roche.

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Caoimhín Reilly Opinion Every Louth GAA club has familiar faces, the omnipresent stalwarts, the lifers

Davy Sheils, a clubmate, produced a photograph to a few of us lying over the wall last week. “Do you know who these are?” he asked. I recognised them both but only got answering to one – Noel Rice – before he revealed the identity of the other, who happened to be Gerry Heeney.

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Baile Talún score seven goals in their Louth U15 Division 2 final

Baile Talún took Division 2 honours from Monday night’s Drogheda Independent/Argus U15 Division 2 league final against Oliver Plunkett’s/Wolfe Tones in Stabannon on Monday night.

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Stunning Ardee St Mary’s defeat Cooley in Louth U15 Division 1 final

Ardee St Mary’s gave one of the finest underage final performances likely to be ever seen in Louth, claiming the Drogheda Independent/Argus U15 Division 1 title with an incredible display of total football at Páirc Mochta on Monday night.

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Former Ireland rugby international going well as a Louth GAA club manager

Niall Ronan comes with the full package – a former professional athlete who specialises in strength and conditioning along with having a sharp desire for coaching. And O Raghallaighs are reaping the reward having shot into Division 2 promotion contention.

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Fechin's dominate Knockbridge to retain Louth senior hurling title

St Fechin’s looked winners from an early stage of Sunday’s senior hurling championship final as they deprived Knockbridge of the oxygen which saw them qualify for the Dunleer decider unbeaten.

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St Fechin's star Seán Kerrisk completes unique Louth GAA title tally – ‘It’s great when you’re winning’

Seán Kerrisk will soon have more medals than an American war veteran with St Fechin's senior hurling success on Sunday his fifth championship final win in less than 12 months.

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Kinch’s genius sends Fechin’s into Louth LGFA Division 1 final with narrow win over St Patrick’s

St Fechin’s had the outstanding Rachael Kinch to thank after qualifying for the Division 1 final at the expense of St Patrick’s at Lordship on Sunday morning.

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Callaghan, McDonnell and Gillespie combine to shoot St Mary’s into Louth U17 Division 1 final

While both teams scored 12 times, there was little doubting the merit of Ardee St Mary’s’ victory over Roche Emmets at Rathduff on Friday night.

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Caoimhín Reilly Opinion Louth GAA must harness development squad momentum – and make appointment calls

Louth GAA’s development officer, Brian Cafferty, was full of praise for development squad co-ordinator John Moylan at the most recent County Board meeting, encouraging delegates to make a trip to Darver on occasions during the week to see the academy squads being put through their paces.

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Meet the All-Ireland semi-final official now refereeing in Louth GAA

Not since Bob Doheny’s days on the beat had Louth club football been able to boast a senior inter-county referee – that is until two-time All-Ireland semi-final whistler Cormac Reilly re-joined the Wee ranks in the past 12 months.

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Can Knockbridge’s Ben Goss-Kieran make it fourth time lucky in Louth senior hurling final?

Sunday’s hurling decider is Ben Goss-Kieran’s fourth adult championship final in less than 12 months. Though, having lost the three to date, it’s not exactly a record he’s boasting about.

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Fechin’s captain Peter hoping Fortune favours his unique Louth title bid

Peter Fortune is a man on a mission with Sunday’s senior hurling championship final coming ahead of his involvement in Lannléire’s latest junior football title bid.

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Reaghstown result could impact both ends of Louth Division 3A table

DIVISION 3A

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Race for glory and survival hotting up in Louth GAA Leagues

DIVISION 1A

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Caoimhin Reilly Opinion Joe Brolly, Andy McEntee and Shane Curran sum up what the GAA is all about

Looks, they say, can be deceiving, and in the case of Antrim manager Andy McEntee, whose stint in charge of Meath lasted six years up until the end of the Royals’ season, that is most certainly the situation.

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Preview of this weekend’s Louth GAA Division 1 matches

DIVISION 1A

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Previews of this weekend’s Louth GAA Division 3A and 3B matches

DIVISION 3A

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Outside coaches who got involved with Louth GAA club teams – do you remember them?

A close friend, who’s an Armagh man, insists club football in Louth is as good as what’s on offer in the Orchard County. His opinion, last time we chatted about it, was that Naomh Máirtín would win the championship that Crossmaglen Rangers have dominated over the past 30 years.

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Caoimhín Reilly Opinion Monday night games aren’t new in Louth GAA, but the pricing is an issue – Caoimhín Reilly

Family Fortunes came over the television waves the other day and it got me thinking… Name something you wouldn’t hear on a Louth GAA commentary.

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Inflation ‘a considerable beast’ but Louth GAA to plough ahead with Dundalk stadium development

Treasurer Aidan Berrill has conceded current economic inflation is “a considerable beast” in the way of Louth’s stadium dream but has rejected talk of the project being shelved like other major GAA developments around the country.

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Caoimhín Reilly Opinion Are there enough Louth GAA club games post split? Could there be more?

There was a climactic feel to preparations for round 11 (for Division 1 and 2 competitors anyway) of the Louth club leagues last weekend. We’ve become so accustomed to that being the finishing post.

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Louth IFC title favourites Cooley Kickhams rocked by management’s resignation

Intermediate championship favourites Cooley Kickhams have been rocked by news of manager Gary Thornton’s resignation.