Glyde Rangers GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club that fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is based in the County Louth village of Tallanstown, eleven kilometres southwest of Dundalk. As of 2025, the club competes in the Louth Junior Football Championship and Division 3 of the county football Leagues.
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Tallanstown is a village in County Louth, Ireland. It is on the banks of the River Glyde, 13 km southwest of Dundalk. The village is on the R171 road, at the junction with the R166 road. It was the winner of the 2010 Tidy Towns competition. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
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St Mochta's GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club that fields Gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. It is based in the village of Louth, where Saint Mochta is said to have founded a monastery in the 6th century. Both the club and the football ground, which has been a frequent venue for county finals, are named in his honour.
In 2021 the club reached the final of the Louth Senior Football Championship for the first time. Their side, which included former AFL player and Louth county footballer Ciarán Byrne, lost by eleven points to defending champions Naomh Máirtín at Ardee's Páirc Mhuire.
Cork-native John Moylan was manager of the senior team in 2023. In August of that year St Mochta's won their first ever Senior trophy, the Cardinal O'Donnell Cup, by beating Naomh Máirtín in the Louth Senior Football League Final.
St Mochta's regained their Division 1 League title in 2025, this time under the management of former Leitrim boss Stephen Poacher.
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Louth is a village at the heart of County Louth, Ireland. It is approximately 11 km south-west of Dundalk, 11 km to the neighbouring town of Ardee and 15 km south-east of Carrickmacross town in County Monaghan. The village gave its name to the county. Louth is in a barony and civil parish of the same name.
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St. Mochta's House is a medieval oratory and National Monument in County Louth, Ireland.
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Westerns GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club that was founded in 1951 and fields gaelic football teams in competitions organised by Louth GAA. The club is based in the parish of Reaghstown, close to the town of Ardee and the Louth/Monaghan border.
Westerns have reached the final of the Louth Junior Football Championship four times, in each case being unsuccessful in winning the Christy Bellew Cup.
As of 2023, the club competes in the Junior Championship and Division 3B of the county football Leagues. Anthony Durnin is the manager of the senior team.
At underage level, Glyde Rangers regularly combine with Tallanstown parish neighbours Westerns, Seán McDermott's and John Mitchels to enter teams in competitions under the banner of 'Baile Talún'. The club also has a Ladies' Gaelic football team that competes in the county Intermediate Championship.