Seán McDermott's GFC is a Gaelic Football club in Mountrush, a townland in the civil parish of Ardee, County Louth, Ireland, which fields teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. 'The Seán's' compete in the Louth Junior Championship and Division 3 of the all county football league. Bryan Sharkey is the senior team manager.
History The club is named after County Leitrim republican Seán Mac Diarmada, who was executed for his participation in the Easter Rising of 1916. Players are drawn from the neighbouring Ardee townlands of Cookstown and Mountrush.
In 1974, the club won the county Junior 'Double' of League and Championship titles. Dundalk Young Irelands were defeated in the MacArdle Cup final, while in the Championship title match, the Sean's triumphed over Ardee neighbours St Mary's, on a scoreline of 0–07 to 0–05.
The club has reached the final of the Louth Intermediate Championship twice and lost both times, to Stabannon Parnells in 1989 and Naomh Fionnbarra of Togher in 2001, after a replay.
In 2022, the club reached the final of the Kevin Mullen Plate competition, only to be beaten by Stabannon Parnells.
Inter-county players Éamonn and Noel Cluskey – brothers who represented Louth in the Leinster Senior Football Championship during the 1980s. Noel won a Leinster Under-21 Championship medal in 1981 as part of the county team that defeated Longford in the provincial final.
Tony Breen
Honours Louth Junior Football Championship (1): 1974 Louth Junior A Football League (3): 1974, 2000, 2005 Kevin Mullen Shield (3): 2000, 2005, 2013 Louth Junior 2A Football Championship (1): 1958 Louth Junior 2A Football League (1): 1952 Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4C) (1): 2004 Louth Junior 2 Football League (Division 4D) (1): 2003
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