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Meath Senior Football Championship

Annual Gaelic football competition

Summary

Annual Gaelic football competition

FieldValue
nameMeath Senior Football Championship
first1887
sponsorsFairyhouse Steel
trophyKeegan Cup
irishAn Mhí
currentSummerhill (2025)
currentordinal9
mostNavan O'Mahonys
mostordinal20

The Meath Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Gaelic football clubs in Meath, Ireland.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The winners of the Meath Senior Football Championship winners qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

Competition format

From 2020, 16 teams compete in the championship, with four groups of four teams. The top two finishers in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams in each group progress to the relegation playoffs. The overall loser in the relegation playoffs gets relegated to the Intermediate Division. In the 2020 Meath Senior Football Championship, due to the short window available to complete the championship because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Meath county board decided that only the top team in each group would qualify for the semi-finals while only the bottom team in each group would take part in the relegation playoffs.

History

Wolfe Tones went from the Meath Junior Football Championship to Meath SFC winners in the space of four seasons in the early 21st-century, featuring Meath player Cian Ward, whose emergence as one of Meath's "most exciting talents" coincided with this run, while 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship-winning captain Tommy Dowd also joined the club around this time.

In the 2025 final, Summerhill defeated Ratoath 0-16 to 0–13.

Senior teams

The 16 teams which are due to compete in the 2026 Senior Football Championship include:

Club
Finish
in 2025First year of
current spell at
Senior LevelS.F.C
titlesLast S.F.C title
BallinabrackeyQuarter-Finalist20200n/a
Donaghmore/AshbourneQuarter-Finalist200831942
DunshaughlinSemi-Finalist202342024
Gaeil ColmcilleRelegation Semi-Finalist201431991
KilbrideI.F.C Champions202651971
Na FiannaNon-Qualifier20130n/a
RathkennyNon-Qualifier202451923
RatoathRunners-Up201632022
SeneschalstownNon-Qualifier196842009
Simonstown GaelsRelegation Semi-Finalist199622017
SkryneSemi-Finalist1938132010
St Colmcille'sRelegation Finalist20170n/a
St. Peter's DunboyneNon-Qualifier199332018
SummerhillChampions197292025
TrimQuarter-Finalist202211962
Wolfe TonesQuarter-Finalist200522021

Top winners

#ClubTitlesYears won
1Navan O'Mahonys201953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1973, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015
2Skryne131940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1965, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2004, 2010
3Navan Gaels101907, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938
4Summerhill91974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1986, 2011, 2013, 2023, 2025
5Bohermeen71909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1916
6Walterstown51978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984
Kilbride51964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971
Rathkenny51917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1923
Castletown51902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908
10Seneschalstown41972, 1994, 2007, 2009
Syddan41949, 1951, 1952, 1956
Dunshaughlin42000, 2001, 2002, 2024
12Ratoath32019, 2020, 2022
St. Peter's Dunboyne31998, 2005, 2018
Gaeil Colmcille31966, 1968, 1991
Donaghmore31927, 1928, 1942
Kilmessan31903, 1936, 1939
Navan Harps31915, 1920, 1921
Pierce O'Mahony's31894, 1895, 1896
20Wolfe Tones22006, 2021
Simonstown Gaels22016, 2017
Dowdstown21887, 1888
22Blackhall Gaels12003
Kilmainhamwood11996
Dunderry11995
Trim11962
St Vincent's11955
North Meath11950
Navan Parnells11946
Duleek11943
St Mary's (Moynalty/Kilbeg)11937
Moynalty11932
Martry11931
Stamullen11900
Own Roes (Drogheda)11897
Julianstown11889

Roll of honour

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScoreNoteNo ChampionshipNo ChampionshipNo ChampionshipNo ChampionshipNo ChampionshipNo ChampionshipNo result available
2025Summerhill0-16Ratoath0-13
2024Dunshaughlin2-07Wolfe Tones1-08
2023Summerhill0-22Ratoath1-13After extra time.
2022Ratoath0-12Summerhill0-11
2021Wolfe Tones1-09St. Peter's Dunboyne0-09
2020Ratoath1-14Gaeil Colmcille1-13
2019Ratoath3-15Summerhill2-13
2018St. Peter's Dunboyne1-11Summerhill0-09
2017Simonstown Gaels2-09Summerhill0-07
2016Simonstown Gaels1-14Donaghmore/Ashbourne0-08
2015Navan O'Mahonys0-13Na Fianna1-08
2014Navan O'Mahonys2-11Donaghmore/Ashbourne2-09
2013Summerhill1-13Na Fianna1-10
2012Navan O'Mahonys1-11Wolfe Tones0-07
2011Summerhill0-10, 0-14 (R)Dunshaughlin0-10, 1-09 (R)
2010Skryne0-21Seneschalstown4-08
2009Seneschalstown1-13, 2-08 (R)Wolfe Tones1-13, 1-08 (R)
2008Navan O'Mahonys2-12Summerhill0-07
2007Seneschalstown1-08, 0-15 (R)Navan O'Mahonys0-11, 0-09 (R)
2006Wolfe Tones1-09Navan O'Mahonys1-07
2005St. Peter's, Dunboyne1-08Blackhall Gaels0-08
2004Skryne1-09Simonstown Gaels0-07
2003Blackhall Gaels2-09Simonstown Gaels1-09
2002Dunshaughlin1-11Trim2-06
2001Dunshaughlin0-11Skryne1-05
2000Dunshaughlin1-19Kilmainhamwood2-06
1999Skryne1-12Dunshaughlin0-08
1998St. Peter's, Dunboyne0-09Oldcastle0-05
1997Navan O'Mahonys1-10Trim0-07
1996Kilmainhamwood2-12Seneschalstown1-06
1995Dunderry1-11Kilmainhamwood0-10
1994Seneschalstown1-11Skryne0-12
1993Skryne3-05Navan O'Mahonys2-07
1992Skryne1-07Seneschalstown0-07
1991Gaeil Colmcille1-12Walterstown1-06
1990Navan O'Mahonys0-12, 1-11 (R)Summerhill3-03, 0-05 (R)
1989Navan O'Mahonys0-17Skryne3-06
1988Navan O'Mahonys0-11Waltesrtown0-10
1987Navan O'Mahonys0-13Skryne1-09
1986Summerhill0-13Seneschalstown1-08
1985Navan O'Mahonys0-10Skryne0-07
1984Walterstown2-09Skryne1-07
1983Walterstown0-10Navan O'Mahonys1-04
1982Walterstown1-07Summerhill0-05
1981Navan O'Mahonys0-07, 1-14 (R)Skryne1-04, 0-05 (R)
1980Walterstown4-09Syddan0-06
1979Navan O'Mahonys1-09Summerhill1-03
1978Walterstown0-07Summerhill0-06
1977Summerhill1-06, 3-07 (R)Seneschalstown0-09, 2-07 (R)
1976Summerhill3-09Walterstown0-02
1975Summerhill0-10Navan O'Mahonys0-09
1974Summerhill0-09Bohermeen0-07
1973Navan O'Mahonys1-09Ballivor1-07
1972Seneschalstown0-09, 0-11 (R)Navan O'Mahonys1-06, 1-05 (R)
1971Kilbride1-08Skryne0-08
1970Kilbride0-09Navan O'Mahonys0-07
1969Kilbride2-05Skryne0-05
1968Gaeil Colmcille3-17Walterstown1-04
1967Kilbride0-06Navan O'Mahonys0-04
1966Gaeil Colmcille1-07, 3-02, 0-08 (2R)Kilbride1-07, 1-08, 0-06 (2R)
1965*Skryne1-03Kilbride1-04
1964Kilbride0-08Gaeil Colmcille0-06
1963Navan O'Mahonys4-06St Vincent's1-02
1962Trim3-08Ballinlough0-07
1961Navan O'Mahonys1-08Trim0-08
1960Navan O'Mahonys2-11Drumbaragh Emmets0-06
1959Navan O'Mahonys1-09Skryne2-05
1958Navan O'Mahonys1-05, 2-06 (R)Skryne1-05, 1-02 (R)
1957Navan O'Mahonys0-11Skryne1-07
1956Syddan3-04Skryne2-06
1955St Vincent's1-12Kells Harps2-03
1954Skryne1-05Kells Harps0-04
1953Navan O'Mahonys3-07Trim2-04
1952Syddan0-07Skryne0-04
1951Syddan3-05Skryne0-09Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1950North Meath2-04Skryne1-03
1949Syddan5-04North Meath1-03Played on league basis. No final required - final round of league
1948Skryne4-10Syddan2-05
1947Skryne3-13Duleek1-08
1946Navan Parnells2-05, 2-05 (R)North Meath1-08, 3-01 (R)
1945Skryne3-17Oldcastle2-04
1944Skryne2-02, 0-06, 2-05 (2R)Navan Parnells0-08, 1-03, 1-04 (2R)Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1943Duleek1-07Donaghmore0-02Played on league basis. No final required.
1942Donaghmore1-08Skryne0-02Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1941Skryne2-07Kells Stars0-09
1940Skryne7-06Kells Stars1-04Played on league basis. No final required.
1939Kilmessan2-09Kells Stars1-05Played on league basis. No final required.
1938Navan Gaels1-03St Mary's (Kilbeg/Moynalty)0-05Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1937St Mary's MoynaltyNavan GaelsPlayed on league basis. No final required.
1936Kilmessan0-05Navan Gaels1-01Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1935Navan GaelsSkrynePlayed on league basis. No final required.
1934Navan Gaels2-04Donaghmore0-09
1933Navan Gaels2-05Castletown0-06
1932Moynalty1-05Martry1-02
1931Martry4-03Navan Gaels2-07
1930Navan Gaels4-03Donaghmore1-02
1929Navan Gaels0-06Donaghmore0-05Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1928DonaghmoreNavan GaelsPlayed on league basis. No final required.
1927DonaghmorePlayed on league basis. No final required.
1926Navan Gaels2-04Donaghmore2-03Played on league basis. No final required.
1925Navan Gaels2-09Donaghmore2-03Played on league basis. Final required as tie-breaker.
1924Navan GaelsPlayed on a league basis
1923RathkennyNavan HarpsW/O
1922Rathkenny1-05Martry0-01
1921Navan Harps
1920Navan Harps1-03Rathkenny0-06
1919Rathkenny2-04Oldcastle2-03
1918RathkennyRun on league basis
1917Rathkenny0-05Bohermeen0-00
1916BohermeenOldcastleW/O
1915Navan Harps1-03Oldcastle0-05Level in league; Final a play-off
1914BohermeenNavan Harps0–00 to 0-00; Harps refused to replay
1913BohermeenCarnaross
1912BohermeenPlayed on a league basis
1911BohermeenPlayed on a league basis
1910Bohermeen1-03Oldcastle1-02
1909Bohermeen1-14Bettystown1-05
1908Castletown2-14Trim Clann na Gael0-06
1907Navan Gaels1-04Oldcastle0-03
1906Castletown0-03Trim Clann na Gael0-02
1905Castletown2-02Navan Gaels0-03
1904Castletown1-05Kilmessan0-04
1903Kilmessan1-03Castletown0-05
1902Castletown0-14Kilmessan0-00
1901
1900StamullenOnly affiliated team
1899
1898
1897Drogheda Owen Roes1-06Newtown Round Towers0-04
1896Navan Pierce O'Mahony's1-04Drogheda Owen Roes0-03
1895Navan Pierce O'Mahony's0-04Drogheda Owen Roes0-02
1894Navan Pierce O'Mahony's4-09Navan Commons Independents0-00
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889JulianstownDowdstown
1888DowdstownDonecarney0–00 to 0-00 First game; W/O refixture
1887Dowdstown1-00Kells Campaigners0-00
  • The 1965 final was abandoned mid-game. Skryne awarded the title.

Records

  • Most titles:
    • 20 - Navan O'Mahonys
    • 13 - Skryne
    • 10 - Navan Gaels
  • Most consecutive titles:
    • 6 - Bohermeen: 1909-1914
    • 5 - Navan O'Mahonys: 1957-1961
    • 4 - Summerhill: 1974-1977
  • Most appearances in the SFC
    • 86+ - Skryne
  • Most consecutive appearances in the SFC
    • 84 - Skryne: 1938–present
    • 62 - Trim: 1949-2011
    • 54 - Seneschalstown: 1968–present
    • 51 - Walterstown: 1965-2015
  • Biggest win
    • 44 points - Kilmainhamwood 10–19, 0-5 St Colmcille's: 1996
    • 35 points - Summerhill 5-27, 0-7 Curraha: 2018
  • Most points scored
    • 174 - Summerhill: 2019
    • 169 - Ratoath: 2019
    • 168 - Kilmainhamwood: 1996
  • Most points conceded
    • 161 - Longwood: 2019
    • 153 - Duleek/Bellewstown: 2017
    • 141 - Gaeil Colmcille: 2004
  • Leinster SCFC titles
    • 2 - Walterstown: 1980, 1983
    • 1 - Dunsaughlin: 2002; Summerhill: 1977

References

References

  1. (9 November 2021). "'You have to grasp the nettle when you are good enough' — Ward". Irish Independent.
  2. Gaa.ie. (2025-10-12). "Meath SFC Final: Hard work pays off for victorious Summerhill".
  3. Gaa.ie. (2025-10-12). "Meath SFC Final: Hard work pays off for victorious Summerhill".
  4. (20 October 2024). "Mathew Costello goes from villain to hero as Dunshaughlin land Meath SFC title". RTÉ.
  5. (8 October 2023). "Summerhill prevail in extra-time to end ten-year wait for Meath football crown". RTÉ.
  6. (16 October 2022). "SFC final: Wallace leads way with hat-trick of points as Ratoath edge gripping contest". hoganstand.com.
  7. (7 November 2021). "SFC final: 'Tones triumph". hoganstand.com.
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  9. (27 October 2019). "SFC final: Stylish Ratoath reach summit for first time". [[Hogan Stand]].
  10. (14 October 2018). "Meath SFC final: Lowndes delivers for Dunboyne". [[Hogan Stand]].
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  14. (21 October 2014). "Meath SFC: O'Mahonys' resilience rewarded with 19th title". [[Hogan Stand]].
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  16. (29 October 2012). "O'Mahonys Royal kingpins again". [[Irish Examiner]].
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