2022 Louth county football team 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
	← 2021 2023 →

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

Competitions

O'Byrne Cup

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

Table

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

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

National Football League Division 3

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

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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	Relegation to 2023 NFL Division 4

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

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
		Report

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^[3]

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

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

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

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

Fixtures

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

^ "2022 O'Byrne and Kehoe Cup fixtures confirmed - HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
^ Louth defeat Limerick to claim Division 3 honours in Allianz Football League
^ "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.
^ "Mickey Harte says Louth 'didn't deserve that battering' as Kildare make semis". 2 May 2022.
^ RTE 4 June 2022: Round 1 football qualifier results and reports

[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

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