| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| County | Meath |
| Province | Leinster |
| Year | 2019 |
| Trophy | Keegan Cup |
| Sponsor | Fairyhouse Steel |
| Date | 4 April - 27 October |
| Teams | 18 |
| Defending champions | St. Peter's Dunboyne |
| Winners | |
| Champions | Ratoath (1st Title) |
| Manager | Davy Byrne |
| Captain | Ciarán Ó Fearraigh |
| Qualify for | Leinster Club SFC |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Summerhill |
| Manager | Declan McCabe |
| Promotion/Relegation | |
| Promoted team(s) | Nobber |
| Relegated team(s) | St. Patrick's Rathkenny Longwood |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 56 |
| Player of the Year | Joey Wallace |
| Website | Meath GAA |
The 2019 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 127th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior clubs in County Meath, Ireland. 18 teams compete, with the winner representing Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.
St. Peter's Dunboyne were the defending champions after they defeated Summerhill in the 2018 final to claim their third S.F.C. crown. However, the defence of their title was disappointing, failing to proceed past the group stages. [1]
This was Longwood's return to the top flight for the first time in 76 years after claiming the 2018 Meath Intermediate Football Championship. Longwood last won the I.F.C. in 1942 and after spending one season in the senior grade in 1943, they were regraded to the J.F.C. for 1944.[2]
Longwood, Rathkenny and St. Patrick's were relegated back to the I.F.C. for 2020 after spending just one, 13 and 19 seasons respectively in the top-flight of Meath club football when losing a relegation play-off.
On 27 October 2019, Ratoath claimed their first ever S.F.C. title after just four years as a senior club when defeating Summerhill 3-15 to 2-13 in the final at Pairc Tailteann. Ciarán Ó Fearraigh became the first Ratoath captain to lift the Keegan Cup while Joey Wallace claimed the "Man-of-the-Match" award for his performance. The match was refereed by David Gough.
The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 4 March 2019 with the games commencing on 4 April 2019.