Louth GAA stars to be officially honoured with council civic reception

By Olivia Ryan, The Drogheda Independent

It’s been the year of years for Louth GAA with historic wins by the county’s football and hurling stars.

Now, it has emerged that plans are in the pipeline to officially recognise the extraordinary achievements in Louth gaelic games.

Speaking at this month’s meeting of Louth County Council, Cllr. Marianne Butler proposed a vote of congratulations to the Louth Ladies who this year retained the Leinster Junior Football Championship and won the TG4 All Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Cllr. Pearse McGeough proposed that the council honour the successes of Louth GAA in the form of a civic reception.

"That includes the Senior team, the Under 20 team, and also the Ladies team and the junior team as well as the hurlers,” said Cllr. McGeough.

He said it has been “an amazing year for Louth football, thoroughly enjoyable travelling the country to watch them.”

Louth’s Senior team took home the Delaney Cup after they won the Leinster Football championship, defeating Meath in a thrilling final at Croke Park. It was an historic victory, which saw Louth win the title for the first time in 68 years.

The Louth under-20 team became local heroes after the won the Leinster championship in 2025, a first since 1981, and the Louth Senior Hurlers achieved a remarkable victory winning the Allianz National League Division 4.

Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Sean Kelly, responded “great minds think alike!” revealing that plans are being made to honour Louth GAA for their success over the last year.

He said more details of the plans would be sent out to councillors “in due course.”