Preview: Dublin v Louth- Leinster Football Final

By Conor Martin 

Dublin and Louth go into battle this Sunday for the right to lift the Delaney Cup, when the pair meet in the Leinster Senior Football Final for the second year in a row at Croke Park (1.45pm). 

The game forms part of a double header with the LGFA Leinster Final, as the Dublin Ladies meet Meath (11.45am). 

Match tickets for the double header are available here. 

Dublin have won the last 13 editions of the Leinster Football Championship, stretching back to 2011. 

Comfortable wins over Meath and Offaly in the quarter and semi finals meant Dessie Farrell’s men deservedly earned their place in the 2024 Leinster final. 

Seán Bugler, Paul Mannion and Con O'Callaghan were the men amongst the goals against the Royals in the last eight. 

O’Callaghan found the net against Offaly alongside Niall Scully and Colm Basquel. The experienced trio of Mannion, Ciarán Kilkenny and Cormac Costello saw us home in style. 

Louth appear to have put their Allianz Football League Division 2 campaign behind them. The Wee County finished sixth in the second division with three wins and four defeats to their name.

Their provincial campaign got off to a flying start with a 4-10 to 0-15 win over Wexford in Portlaoise.

Captain Sam Mulroy led the charge on the scoring charge with 2-4, while Ciaran Downey also bagged a brace for himself in the comfortable win. 

In the semi-finals, Louth punished a wasteful Kildare, with Mulroy once again having a massive say in the outcome of the semi-final. As well as Mulroy. Conor Grimes, Downey and Ryan Burns all impressed. 

This Sunday’s Leinster final is a historic one for Louth; it’s their first successive provincial final since they achieved the feat in 1958, when they lost to Dublin in the Leinster final a year after winning it in 1957. 

You can support the Dubs as we bid for a 63rd Leinster Senior Football Championship title by buying tickets here!

You can also watch the final live on RTÉ 2 from 1:45pm. 

Dublin v Louth recent Leinster Senior Football Championship meetings

14th May 2023, Croke Park, Leinster Senior Football Championship Final, Louth 0-15 (15) - 5-21 (36) Dublin

25th May 2019, Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Portlaoise, Leinster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final, Dublin 5-21 (36) - 0-10 (10) Louth

3rd June 2012, Croke Park, Leinster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final, Dublin 2-22 (28) - 0-12 (12) Louth

8th June 2008, Croke Park, Leinster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final, Louth 0-12 (12) - 1-22 (25) Dublin

1st June 2003, Croke Park, Leinster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final, Dublin 1-19 (22) - 0-9 (9)