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
ManagerMickey Harte
NFL D3Winner (promoted)
All-Ireland SFCRound 1 qualifier
Leinster SFCQuarter-finalist
O'Byrne CupGroup stage
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Competitions

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O'Byrne Cup

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Games took place 8–15 January 2022.[1] Louth were placed in Group A.

Table

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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

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

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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

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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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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
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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


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)
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

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Bracket

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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

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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

1 May 2022
Quarter-final
  Kildare 2-22 - 0-12   Louth O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Attendance: 5,308[4]
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

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Louth entered Round 1 of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.[5]

Fixtures

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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)

References

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  1. ^ "2022 O'Byrne and Kehoe Cup fixtures confirmed - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
  2. ^ Louth defeat Limerick to claim Division 3 honours in Allianz Football League
  3. ^ "Mickey Harte's Louth repeat the dose to defy Limerick". Irish Examiner. 2 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Mickey Harte says Louth 'didn't deserve that battering' as Kildare make semis". 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ RTE 4 June 2022: Round 1 football qualifier results and reports