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Wednesday, 14th May, 2025. Vol. 18, Issue 20 • 9A, Crowe Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth Tel: 042 932 0888 | Email: editorial@dundalkleader.com; advertising@dundalkleader.com
‘WEE’ DID IT!
Louth are Kings of Leinster again after a 68-year wait By Paul Byrne THE outpouring of emotion and relief as the hooter blew and the ball was kicked out was unlike anything seen in Louth GAA circles before since that often spoke about day in 1957 when the Wee County last won the All Ireland. For the majority of the thousands of Louth supporters in the crowd this was their first ever taste of success in a Leinster Final and for those who were there in 1957 when Louth last lifted the Delaney Cup there were a few tears shed from die hard Louth fans who perhaps thought that they may never see this day arrive. Louth were lining out for their third Leinster Final on the trot and this year there was a feeling
that this was a chance they had to take with Dublin having been knocked out by Meath in the semi-final. Mickey Harte’s Louth team were soundly beaten by the Dubs in the final two years ago while last year Ger Brennan’s side gained plenty of admirers as they went down narrowly to the same opposition by just four points. Much of the talk in the build up to this game was of old scored been settled following THAT controversial Leinster Final in 2010 but for the Louth management and players they were focusing on the last two meetings between the sides, both won by the men in red including a ten point victory in last year’s All Ireland series in Sam Mulroy lifts the Delaney Cup in front of a sea of Louth supporters in Inniskeen. Continued on Page 2 Croke Park. Pic credit: Ciaran Culligan.