2022 Louth county football team season

The following is a summary of Louth county football team's 2022 season.

Louth county football team

2022 season
Manager	Mickey Harte
NFL D3	Winner (promoted)
All-Ireland SFC	Round 1 qualifier
Leinster SFC	Quarter-finalist
O'Byrne Cup	Group stage

Competitions

O'Byrne Cup

Main article: 2022 O'Byrne Cup

Games took place 8–15 January 2022. Louth were placed in Group A.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dublin	3	3	0	0	74	39	+35	6	Advance to final
2	Offaly	3	2	0	1	51	54	−3	4
3	Longford	3	1	0	2	53	52	+1	2
4	Louth	3	0	0	3	40	73	−33	0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2022. Source: Leinster GAA

National Football League Division 3

Main article: 2022 National Football League (Ireland)

Louth were promoted to Division 2. Louth also won the Division 3 title for the first time since 2011.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Louth	7	5	1	1	90	83	+7	11	Advance to NFL Division 3 Final and promotion to 2023 NFL Division 2
2	Limerick	7	5	0	2	91	83	+8	10
3	Westmeath	7	4	1	2	89	78	+11	9
4	Antrim	7	3	1	3	88	71	+17	7
5	Fermanagh	7	2	2	3	91	91	0	6
6	Longford	7	2	1	4	81	102	−21	5
7	Laois	7	2	1	4	92	88	+4	5	Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 4
8	Wicklow	7	1	1	5	77	103	−26	3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 March 2022. Source: GAA.ie
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers — Longford finished ahead of Laois due to their head-to-head record.

Fixtures

Louth v Laois

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30) Round 1	Louth	1-10 (13) – (18) 3-09	Laois	Ardee
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Mhuire
		Report		Referee: Seán Laverty (Antrim)

Longford v Louth

6 February 2022 (2022-02-06) Round 2	Longford	0-09 (9) – (9) 1-06	Louth	Longford
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Pearse Park
		Report		Referee: N McKenna (Monaghan)

Limerick v Louth

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20) Round 3	Limerick	1-12 (15) – (17) 1-14	Louth	Limerick
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: UL North Campus
		Report		Referee: D Murnane (Cork)

Louth v Westmeath

27 February 2022 (2022-02-27) Round 4	Louth	1-15 (18) – (16) 1-13	Westmeath	Ardee
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Mhuire
		Report		Referee: Conor Dourneen (Cavan)

Fermanagh v Louth

13 March 2022 (2022-03-13) Round 5	Fermanagh	0-14 (14) – (18) 2-12	Louth	Enniskillen
15:30 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Brewster Park
		Report		Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)

Louth v Antrim

20 March 2022 (2022-03-20) Round 6	Louth	1-12 (15) – (11) 1-08	Antrim	Ardee
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Páirc Mhuire
		Report

Wicklow v Louth

27 March 2022 (2022-03-27) Round 7	Wicklow	1-13 (16) – 2-17 (23)	Louth	Aughrim
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)				Venue: Aughrim County Ground

2 April 2022 (2022-04-02)

15:30

Final

Louth	1-14–0-12	Limerick
Mulroy (0-6, 3f, 2'45), Byrne (0-4), L. Jackson (1-0), Clutterbuck (0-1), Durnin (0-1), Nally (0-1), Sharkey (0-1)	Report	J. Ryan (0-3, 1f), H. Bourke (0-2), Enright (0-2), Nash (0-2), R. Bourke (0-2f), M. Donovan (0-1)

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: B. Griffin (Kerry)

GK 1 James Califf (Dreadnots) RCB 2 Dan Corcoran (Geraldines) FB 3 Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's) LCB 4 Donal McKenny (St Mary's) RHB 5 Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) CHB 6 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers) LHB 7 Conal McKeever (Clan Na Gael) MF 8 Tommy Durnin (Inniskeen Grattans, Monaghan) MF 9 John Clutterbuck (Naomh Máirtin) RHF 10 Liam Jackson (St Mary's) CHF 11 Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtin) (c) LHF 12 Craig Lennon (St Mochta's) RCF 13 Ciarán Byrne (St Mochta's) FF 14 Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues) LCF 15 Dáire Nally (Newtown Blues) Substitutes: 16 Tom Jackson (St Mary's) for Lennon 17 Eóghan Callaghan (Naomh Máirtin) for Grey 18 Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets) for Nally 19 Conor Early (Oliver Plunketts) for Clutterbuck

GK 1 Donal O'Sullivan RCB 2 Seán O'Dea FB 3 Brian Fanning LCB 4 Michael Donovan RHB 5 Cian Sheehan CHB 6 Iain Corbett LHB 7 Paul Maher MF 8 Darragh Treacy MF 9 Cian Sheehan RHF 10 Adrian Enright CHF 11 Killian Ryan LHF 12 James Naughton RCF 13 Peter Nash FF 14 Josh Ryan LCF 15 Hugh Bourke Substitutes: 16 Robert Childs for Fahy 17 Robbie Bourke for Nash 18 Pádraig De Brún for Killian Ryan 19 Jim Liston for Josh Ryan 20 Tony McCarthy for Treacy

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship

Bracket

	Preliminary round 24 April					Quarter-finals 30 April / 1 May					Semi-finals 15 May					Final 29 May
	Louth		5-10
	Carlow		0-10			Louth		0-12
						Kildare		2-22
											Kildare		1-21
											Westmeath		2-15
						Westmeath		3-13
						Longford		0-14
																Kildare		1-15
	Wexford		1-15													Dublin		5-17
	Offaly		1-12			Wexford		0-04
						Dublin		1-24
											Dublin		1-27
											Meath		1-14
						Meath		4-13
	Wicklow		5-15			Wicklow		1-12
	Laois		4-12

Fixtures

24 April 2022 Preliminary round	Louth	5-10 - 0-10	Carlow	Pairc Tailteann, Navan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh) Man of the Match: Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín)
	Sam Mulroy 2-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3f, 1 '45), Tommy Durnin and Conor Grimes 1-1 each, Ciarán Byrne 1-0, Ciarán Downey 0-2, Conor Earley 0-1	Report	Darragh Foley 0-3 (0-2f), Ross Dunphy 0-2, Josh Moore, Jamie Clarke (0-1f), Conor Crowley, Colm Hulton, Niall Hickey 0-1 each

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1 May 2022 Quarter-final	Kildare	2-22 - 0-12	Louth	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Attendance: 5,308 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Ben McCormack (Sarsfields)
	Darragh Kirwan 1-3 (0-1f), Jimmy Hyland 0-5 (0-1f), Ben McCormack 0-4, Kevin Feely 1-0 pen, Paul Cribbin and Daniel Flynn (0-1m) 0-3 each, Paddy Woodgate 0-2 (0-1f), Alex Beirne and Brian McLoughlin 0-1 each	Report	Sam Mulroy 0-5 (0-1m, 0-1f), Conor Grimes 0-3 (0-2f), Tommy Durnin, Conor Early, Ciarán Byrne, Jack Murphy 0-1 each

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Louth entered Round 1 of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

Fixtures

Cork v Louth

4 June 2022 Round 1	Cork	2–12 – 2–08	Louth	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	S Sherlock (0–8, 0–6 frees); B Hurley (1–4, 0–1 mark); C O’Callaghan (1–0).	Report	L Jackson (1–1); S Mulroy (0–4, 0–4 frees); C Grimes (1–0); D Corcoran, C Downey, T Jackson (0–1 each).	Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford)