Dog days finally over for Louth

ASK Paddy Keenan to pinpoint the low point in his eight-year Louth career and the response is a wry smile and a deep breath as he rummages through a vault packed with disappointments.

First on the list are the 2004 and 2005 seasons. In their entirety. “Brutal” was Keenan’s assessment. A 13-point defeat by Dublin two summers ago is another memory he would dearly love to consign to Room 101.

And then there was the day in 2006 when they blitzed Meath at Croke Park for half an hour in a Leinster first round match and yet ended up scoreless for the next 40 and losing by eight points.