As of 2024, the club competes in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 3A of the county football Leagues.

As that year was the centenary of Catholic emancipation it was decided to name the club after Daniel O'Connell.

[1] That same year they reached the final of the Louth Senior Football Championship, only to lose to Wolfe Tones.

[3] In 2013, the club won a Senior-grade competition for the first time, by beating St Patrick's in the final of the Paddy Sheelan Cup.

[4] O'Connells players who have represented Louth at senior inter-county level include: