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Dreadnots GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is located in the south Louth seaside village of Clogherhead.
The club has a local rivalry with neighbours St Fechin's. As of 2023, the club competes in the Louth Senior Championship and Division 1 of the county football Leagues.




History


The club was founded in 1887, making it one of the oldest active GAA clubs in County Louth. In 1889, Dreadnots reached the final of the Louth Senior Football Championship, losing to Newtown Blues by 1–02 to 0–03.
The 2002 arrival of former Louth inter-county star Colin Kelly from Newtown Blues helped propel Dreadnots to two Louth Intermediate Football Championship titles in 2004 and 2008. In 2010, forward Páraic Smith played in the controversial 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final against Meath.
123 years after their first appearance in the Senior final, Dreadnots contested the 2012 decider at the Gaelic Grounds in Drogheda against reigning champions St Patrick's. Once again they were runners-up, as St Patrick's won convincingly by nine points. A third visit to the county final in 2014 - this time under the management of now-retired Colin Kelly - ended in defeat to the same opposition as St Patrick's prevailed by two points, 1–10 to 1–08.




Honours


Cardinal O'Donnell Cup (2): 1988, 2016
Paddy Sheelan Cup (1): 2019
Louth Intermediate Football Championship (4): 1986, 2000, 2004, 2008
Louth Intermediate Football League (6): 1979, 1981, 1985, 1995, 2004, 2010
Dealgan Milk Products/Paddy Sheelan Shield (3): 1979, 1985, 2011
Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1999
Louth Junior A Football League (1): 1976
Kevin Mullen Shield (1): 1999
Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (2): 1962, 1974
Louth Junior 2A Football League (6): 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1973
Louth Junior 2B Football Championship (1): 2019
Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4B (1): 2011
Louth Junior 2 Football League Division 4C (1): 2005
Louth Under-21 Football Championship (3): ‡ 1976, ‡ 1977, ‡ 2008
Louth Minor B Football Championship (1): 2019
Louth Minor Football League (1): 2006 ‡
‡ Shared with St Fechin's




Inter-county players


Dreadnots players who have represented Louth at senior inter-county level include:

Denis Kelleher
Kevin Dawe
Paddy McGuigan
Derek Shevlin
Pádraig Rath
James Califf
Páraic Smith
Anthony Williams
Liam Shevlin
Dermot Campbell
Jay Hughes




References

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• Dreadnots GFC
• List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland
• Dundalk Young Irelands GFC
• Louth Junior 2A Football Championship
• Louth Intermediate Football League
• Dundalk Gaels GFC
• Louth Junior 2A Football League
• Kilkerley Emmets GFC
• Louth Junior A Football League
• Glyde Rangers GFC