The competition, introduced as a bridge between the senior and junior grades, was first staged in 1907 and annually until 1912, when the county board discontinued it.
[4] It re-emerged permanently on the county scene in 1978 with Kilkerley Emmets becoming the first winners of the Seamus Flood Cup.
[5] The winning team is presented with the Séamus Flood Cup, named after the Dundalk GAA official (d. April 1970) and Clan na Gael club member who was chairman of Leinster GAA from 1939 to 1941.
Castlebellingham had fielded unregistered players ‡ Drogheda Shamrocks beat Dundalk Young Irelands 1-06 to 0-06 in the Final.
Championship was later declared void after County Board established that Shamrocks had fielded an ineligible player