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2016 Louth Senior Football Championship

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Season
  
2016

Leinster SCFC
  
???

Relegated
  
O'Connells

All Ireland SCFC
  
n/a

Champions
  
Seán O'Mahonys (1st S.F.C. Title)

Winning Captain
  
John O'Brien (Seán O'Mahonys)

The 2016 Louth Senior Football Championship is the 123rd edition of the Louth GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Louth, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Louth in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

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St. Patrick's Lordship were the defending champions and completed a '2-in-a-row' after they defeated the Seán O'Mahonys in the previous years final, however they were knocked out in the group stages, stunned by I.F.C. champions Kilkerley Emmets.

This was Kilkerley Emmets' return to the senior grade after claiming the 2015 Louth Intermediate Football Championship title. This completed a straight return to the senior grade after they were relegated to the I.F.C. in 2014.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 7 April 2016.

The O'Connells were relegated to the I.F.C. for 2017 after 4 years as a senior club.

On 2 October 2016 the Seán O'Mahonys won their first ever Louth S.F.C. title when defeating St. Mary's Ardee in the final at Drogheda Park on a scoreline of 1-11 to 1-9.

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 championship season.

Group Stage

There are 4 groups called Group A, B, C and D. The top two finishers in each group will qualify for the Quarter-Finals. The bottom finishers of each group will qualify for the Relegation Play Off. The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 7 April 2016.

Relegation Play Off

The four bottom finishers from each group qualify for the relegation play off. The team to lose both matches will be relegated to the 2017 Intermediate Championship.

Relegation Semi-Finals:

  • O'Raghallaigh's 3-8, 0-17 O'Connells, Darvar, 2/9/2016,
  • Cooley Kickhams 2-8, 0-10 St. Patrick's Lordship, Haggardstown, 3/9/2016,
  • O'Raghallaigh's 2-12, 1-10 O'Connells, Darver, 9/9/2016, (Replay)

    • Relegation Final:

  • St. Patrick's Lordship 1-14, 0-7 O'Connells, Darver, 16/9/2016,

    • Finals

    The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the quarter finals.

    Quarter-Finals:

  • St. Mary's Ardee 0-16, 1-13 Naomh Mairtin, Haggardstown, 3/9/2016,
  • Dreadnots 1-16, 2-11 Kilkerley Emmets, Dowdallshill, 4/9/2016,
  • Seán O'Mahonys 1-14, 3-6 Geraldines, Dowdallshill, 4/9/2016,
  • Dundalk Gaels 1-10, 0-11 Newtown Blues, Darver, 8/9/2016,
  • St. Mary's Ardee 2-13, 0-17 Naomh Mairtin, Haggardstown, 10/9/2016, (Replay)

    • Semi-Finals:

  • Seán O'Mahonys 0-12, 0-9 Dundalk Gaels, Haggardstown, 17/9/2016,
  • St. Mary's Ardee 1-13, 2-9 Dreadnots, Haggardstown, 17/9/2016,

    • Final:

    References

    2016 Louth Senior Football Championship Wikipedia
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