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Irish Daily Mirror
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Louth v Monaghan streaming information, throw-in time, date and more
Louth take on Monaghan this weekend in their opening group game of the 2025 All-Ireland senior football Championship. The Wee County are on cloud nine at the moment having ended their 68-year trophy drought by winning the Delaney Cup in epic fashion against Meath the weekend before last, and with their U20 side in an All-Ireland final, Ger Brennan's men are underdogs no more. They take on a Monaghan side that are well used to upsetting the apple-cart, and in terms of previous meetings, the Farney proved far stronger when the pair met in the league in Drogheda earlier this year. Here's what uou need to know about the game: Saturday, May 24th. St Conleth's Park in Newbridge. The game will begin at 4.45pm. The game is not being shown on TV. GAA+ is the place to stream the game. Louth - 9/5 Draw - 15/2 Monaghan - 4/7
RTÉ News
16-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Louth resist Mayo rally to reach first All-Ireland Under-20 football final
The concept of losing football games is slowly slipping away from Louth's collective memory, as the Wee County once again found their way through a tense and tight battle to make more footballing history. The Dalata Hotel Group 2025 All-Ireland U-20 football final will be a battle between Tyrone, chasing three championship wins at this grade in four years, and Louth, who will be playing their first ever final. After coming through a bear pit of an Ulster championship and overcoming Kerry on their way to the final - expected to be Wednesday 21 May - Tyrone will be the hottest of favourites, but if Louth can show the same threat when running from deep and the same composure in the big moments, they will fancy their chances of one more upset. This contest featured all-out attacking intent for the first half was tense and error-ridden for the third quarter, but the final 15 minutes was a real rollercoaster, with four lead changes before Adam Gillespie fisted over the winning score in the second minute of stoppage time. It took four minutes for the scoring to be opened, but even before Shane Lennon set this contest alight with his perfectly-timed run from deep and his cool finish, the two sides had gone close to raising green flags, with Diarmuid Duffy in particular going close, only to be denied by a superb Tiarnan Markey save. Lennon, who showed plenty of the same traits as his older All-Star brother Craig throughout this game, was only one of several players that looked to use pace and directness to hurt Mayo. Seán Callaghan and James Maguire were strong in the air but they also looked to get forward early and often, with Maguire kicking an excellent first half point, while Tadhg McDonnell and Lennon were sharp from wing back too, hitting one each as Louth went 1-04 to 0-3 ahead. Mayo showed plenty of ability all across the field too, justifying their reputation as pre-match favourites once they settled into the game. Hugh O'Loughlin continued his outstanding form in defence, Seamus Howard plucked several high balls right out of the cloudless sky at midfield and Tom Lydon was their main threat up front, with Colm Lynch, Darragh Beirne and Paul Gilmore also faring well – but they couldn't quite do enough to overcome Louth scoring the only two goals of the game. After scoring four in a row to draw level, Mayo's momentum was brought to a crashing halt when Pearse Grimes-Murphy channelled the spirit of Usain Bolt to leave defenders trailing in his wake in the 26th minute, eating up 40 metres of ground before smashing the ball past David Dolan. Another point for each team left it 2-5 to 0-08 at half-time, and just a single score was added to that tally in the third quarter – and that felt like more of a miss than a hit. It featured Dolan gaining a measure of revenge against Grimes-Murphy as the wing-forward again cut through to leave just the keeper to beat, but Dolan, did brilliantly to parry his effort over the bar. The final quarter couldn't have been more of a contrast, kicked off by Colm Lynch's majestic two-pointer from distance. The same player gave Mayo their first lead when he hoisted another over the bar from 45 metres out, and by that point, it looked like Louth might regret their five third-quarter wides. A huge turnover win from Cormac McKeown set up Tadhg McDonnell for another orange flag in reply, then Darragh Beirne defied the odds when he took a hard hit out on the sideline, needed two minutes of treatment and then brushed himself down to land another skyscraper kick from in front of the terrace. With the sides trading blows, it seemed like a case of who would lead at the right time. James Maguire was fouled for Tiarnan Markey to send over another two-point free, Darragh Beirne levelled the tie again with another clutch point, and the contest ultimately came down to two late chances. The first was an attacking mark from a tricky angle that Josh Carey sent inches wide, and Gillespie's winner, punched over after Tadhg McDonnell opened up the Mayo defence and set up yet another famous score in a year of memorable moments for Louth football. LOUTH: Tiarnan Markey (0-02, 1tpf); Micheál Reid, Keelin Martin, Pádraic Tinnelly; Tadhg McDonnell (0-01), Cormac McKeown, Shane Lennon (1-02); Seán Callaghan, James Maguire (0-01); Conor McGinty, Conor Mac Críosta, Pearse Grimes-Murphy (1-03, 1tp); Adam Gillespie (0-02), Tony McDonnell (0-1), Darragh Dorian. SUBS: Diarmuid Reilly for Mac Críosta (48), Dylan Shevlin for Dorian (53). MAYO: David Dolan; Rio Mortimer, Yousif Coghill, John MacMonagle; Hugh O'Loughlin (0-01), Paul Gilmore (0-01), Colm McHale; Diarmuid Duffy, Seamus Howard; Oisín Cronin, Cathal Keaveney, Colm Lynch (0-04, 2tp); Darragh Beirne (0-04, 1tpf, 0-01f), Niall Hurley (0-02), Tom Lydon (0-05, 0-01f).
The 42
14-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Leinster champions Louth to start All Ireland campaign against Monaghan in Newbridge
LEINSTER CHAMPIONS LOUTH will start their All-Ireland campaign in Newbridge after confirming the venue for their Group 3 clash with Monaghan next week. The Wee County have been playing their home games in Inniskeen while their new ground is being built in Dundalk but have understandbly opted to move the fixture out of Monaghan. We are heading to Newbridge for our opening game of the 2025 All Ireland series. The game will be live on GAA+ next Saturday at 4.45pm — Louth GAA (@louthgaa) May 14, 2025 Ger Brennan's side will instead face the Farney Army at Cedral St Conleth's Park on 24 May with throw in 4.45pm. Advertisement
Irish Independent
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Even the most partisan Meath supporter would admit the best team won
Leinster GAA Senior Football Championship Final 'The Turfman' from Ardee might not have been the most appropriate song to blast out over the tannoy at Croke Park to greet Louth's first Delaney Cup success in 68 years 'Me ass is tired and I'd like to shed me load!' But in the absence of a 'Beautiful Louth' ballad it was probably the next best thing. However, the singer which most of the youngsters in the 65,786 crowd wouldn't have known was the late great Dermot O'Brien, the Ardee man who led the Wee County to All-Ireland final victory in 1957, the last time they won Leinster.
Irish Daily Mirror
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Louth v Meath decision that left Royals boss disappointed labelled 'karma'
Sean Cavanagh described the late free that won Louth the Leinster Championship as 'karma' for their 2010 final defeat to Meath. The Wee County overcame their rivals in front of over 60,000 people at Croke Park on Sunday as Sam Mulroy kicked over what proved to be a winning two-point free before a Craig Lennon point doubled their advantage. Meath manager Robbie Brennan questioned the validity of the free, which was won by Conal McKeever, after the match. He said: "Disappointed. The two-pointer one, it's on the TV (big screen) you can see it's not a foul. "They're fine margins and we said at half-time the 1% margins, as the rugby boys always say, is what you have to go after. A few of them fell Louth's way but that's not to take away from Louth and how well they played. But, yeah, we're frustrated with some of them but I'm sure we got a couple of bounces our way as well. We just have to go with it." The incident was discussed on RTE's live coverage of the match, with former Dublin player Ciaran Whelan saying: "Meath will look at this tonight and they'll kind of wonder. I don't think it's a free being honest when you see the replay. "I don't know what Mark McNally's seen but that's a two-pointer free. We spoke about Mulroy before the game and that goes from one point down to one point up. "I think there's four or five minutes on the clock showing at that point and then they go for home." Tyrone legend Cavanagh responded by saying: "We'll call that free 2010 karma. I felt Louth were full value for it." "(Tommy) Durnin took a couple of great fetches in midfield, (Ciaran) Downey's running, Mulroy was like for Louth what Michael Murphy was for Donegal yesterday. He was the centre of everything. I felt they were full value for the win."
