Their opponents, Kerry, refused to travel to Dublin as the Great Southern and Western Railway would not sell tickets to their fans at reduced rates.

[4] When Louth GAA sent the team into training in Dundalk for the 1913 Croke Memorial replay under a soccer trainer from Belfast, the move caused more than a ripple through the Association.

Jim Thornton of Cooley Kickhams captained Leinster, who overcame Ulster by 1-10 to 1-03 in the final at Croke Park on St Patrick's Day.

[6] Alongside him were county colleagues Paddy Larkin, Jim Quigley (Dundalk Young Irelands), Eddie Boyle (Cooley Kickhams) and Ollie Halpin of St Magdalene's.

Showband star and captain Dermot O'Brien arrived late for the game and joined the team after the parade was completed.

A reverse at the hands of Offaly in the 1960 provincial decider[11] would be Louth's last appearance in a Leinster senior final for fifty years.

The attendance of 42,858 at a thrilling 1951 replay remained a record for a provincial match other than a final for forty years until the four-match series between Meath and Dublin in 1991.

Deep into injury time in the 74th minute, referee Martin Sludden awarded a highly contentious goal to Meath.

He did so after a brief consultation with one of the match umpires, although television coverage of the game showed that the ball had been carried over the line by Meath player Joe Sheridan.

Irate Louth fans stormed the pitch and began chasing and physically assaulting the referee,[14][15][16] who had to be led away by a Garda escort in scenes broadcast to a live television audience.

Other scenes of violence saw bottles being hurled from a stand, one striking a steward who fell to the ground[14][17] and Meath substitute Mark Ward was hit by a Louth fan.

The violence was condemned and there were calls in the national media for the game to be replayed, including from former Meath players Trevor Giles and Bernard Flynn.

[21] Numerous TV replays showed that Sheridan's goal was indisputably a technical foul with regard to the Playing Rules of Gaelic football.

They intimated that the committee/council in charge erred in leaving the matter to the Meath County Board to offer a replay without seeking clarification from the referee in relation to his match report and his statement that "he made a terrible mistake".

[33][34] In a major surprise,[35] November 2020 saw former Tyrone coach Mickey Harte appointed as Louth manager for a three-year period[36] with Gavin Devlin as his assistant.

County board chairman Peter Fitzpatrick announced former Dublin inter-county player Ger Brennan as Louth's new manager on 2 October.